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10/30/02
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Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
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Reviews Counted:141
Fresh:67
Rotten:74
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: This homage to the B-movies of the '50s has a promising first half, but runs out of ideas in the second.
Theatrical Release:Jul 17, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $17,231,006
Synopsis: New Zealand-born Ellory Elkayem's EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS is a ridiculously irreverent romp that pays homage to American b-movies of the 1950s. Set in the nearly bankrupt mining town of Prosperity,... [More]
Starring: David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scarlett Johansson, Scott Terra
Director: Ellory Elkayem
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Reviews for Eight Legged Freaks
Some of the movie succeeds; some of it falls flat. But you can't say it doesn't try to live up to the corny reputation of sci-fi in the mid-twentieth century.
10/23/02
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10/15/02
Eight Legged Freaks clearly wants to be a Gremlins for the 21st century, but never quite makes it due to lackluster character development and shaky pacing.
10/11/02
Leave it to Hollywood to try to keep spinning gold from toxic waste.
10/03/02
It's actually kinda scary. Scary in a really, really dumb way, but scary!
10/01/02
After rolling out the trusty old 'radiocative barrel in the lake' routine, Eight Legged Freaks flips through the pages of the monster movie manual - written in the 50s by classics such as Them and Tarantula - and doesn't miss a trick.
09/20/02
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09/18/02
The enormo-spiders have exactly the right presence, but the movie fails in its hour of introduction; its townspeople are not funny, they're boring.
09/09/02
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08/27/02
A ridiculous but enjoyably campy 'creature feature' that serves as the logical extension of goosey, B-movie matinee shenanigans in a world gone 'X-treme.'
08/26/02
It knows the cliches of B movies, but not the intentions.
08/22/02
The pure malevolence of the movie has to be appreciated on some level (not even one of the family pets lives to see daylight).
08/22/02
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08/20/02
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08/13/02
'Eight Legged Freaks is drive-in-flavored arachnid anarchy...[a]cinematic fun ride where creepy-crawly things constantly pop out from off-screen.'
08/12/02
...I thoroughly checked for spiders under my pillow before I went to bed.
08/11/02
Neither interesting nor particularly silly.
08/09/02
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08/09/02
Top CriticA gem of a movie - a genuine "eww-gross" schlockhorror that's also a great send-up for fans of '50s B-movies.
08/08/02
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