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Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 141
Fresh: 67 | Rotten: 74

This homage to the B-movies of the '50s has a promising first half, but runs out of ideas in the second.

36

Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 16

This homage to the B-movies of the '50s has a promising first half, but runs out of ideas in the second.

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Average Rating: 2.5/5
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Movie Info

In this throwback monster movie from producer Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Godzilla), David Arquette plays the son of a deceased mine owner, returning home to the economically depressed hamlet of Prosperity, AZ, after a long absence. His arrival coincides with a toxic waste accident in the local water supply, the result of a barrel jostled loose from the back of a passing truck. Unfortunately, said water source abuts the region's least-popular attraction: an exotic spider farm. The farm's

Oct 29, 2002

$17.2M

Warner Bros.

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All Critics (158) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (69) | Rotten (77) | DVD (33)

Despite nifty F/X, first-time director Ellory Elkayem's staging is altogether devoid of variation.

July 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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[I]ts marginally amusing, but I'm giving it thumbs down.

July 22, 2002 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Ebert & Roeper
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This is a poster movie, a mediocre tribute to films like Them!

July 19, 2002 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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As green-guts monster movies go, it's a beaut.

July 19, 2002 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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However many screaming teenagers it produces at the multiplexes, Eight Legged Freaks isn't good or funny enough to reinvigorate the style. It can't even maintain its own initial zing.

July 18, 2002 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | Comment
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Like many of the worst pop-referential parodies of the post-Scream era, this one stalls on laughs once the big joke has been established.

July 18, 2002 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Entertainment Weekly
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Straight-out scarefest.

December 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

The best giant-spider movie I've seen in quite some time.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

No Aracnhophobia but still good.

January 7, 2004 Comment

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January 7, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

There's something distasteful about a supposed 'B-movie' made with the financial backing of a major Hollywood studio and production company.

January 6, 2004 Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | Comment
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

Fans of the Kevin Bacon action-comedy Tremors (1989) will feel right at home.

May 20, 2003 Comment
Palo Alto Weekly

If you want to enjoy a campy but fun B-movie, then go with a real B-film . . . Don't fall for mainstream Hollywood's pale big-budget imitation.

March 19, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment (1)
eFilmCritic.com

Isn't it worth paying into any film that features a talking parrot writing off The Sixth Sense with just a single line?

February 26, 2003 Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | Comment

While the gigantic spider animation is not bad in this movie, just about everything else is absolutely awful, including the story, the dialogue, and especially the acting.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | Comment
Film Quips Online

Fun comedy horror that recognizes its limitations and revels in its own absurdity, though too polite to be a classic in its genre.

January 13, 2003 Full Review Source: Radio Free Entertainment | Comment
Radio Free Entertainment
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Audience Reviews for Eight Legged Freaks

Far far too long. The cast of Eight Legged Freaks perform well but the film is neither funny or scary.

November 8, 2011
Michael M.
Michael Miller

Super Reviewer

Even though I was sleeping through most of the second half I have to say...It wasn't a bad movie. Just some lame ass effects

June 6, 2010
TheGame90
Martin Sahlin

Super Reviewer

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