Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32745 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-10-29
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Format: NTSC
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 99 minutes

Video Details
Residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size of SUVs. Movie tagline: Do you hate spiders? Do you really hate spiders? Well they don't like you either.

Review
If Eight Legged Freaks feels a lot like Tarantula, Them!, Arachnophobia, Starship Troopers, or even the previous year's Evolution, that could be because there's not a single original idea in it, and even fewer guilty pleasures. Its absolutely rigid enslavement to formula might be excusable if the spiders looked cool, but they're like jerky Ray Harryhausen creations, and not in a good way. Neither does the film accomplish the opposite goal of serving as intentionally cheap kitsch, because that would have required a certain effort of its own, and everything in Eight Legged Freaks represents a lack thereof. The script and the grungy production design fight for which is the moldiest component, and billing the film as an homage to yesteryear is just a cover up. The character types are so stock, they might have leapt out of a textbook on how to make B horror movies before the onset of irony, before anyone knew better. Even if green writer-director Ellory Elkayem falls into that last category, Dean Devlin should not, having presided over some of the bigger-budget and better-looking popcorn movies of recent years. Devlin's track record might not be exactly clean, but he's at least shown a knack for sticking with the times. He abandons that here, permitting such has-been jokes as having the tarantula movie on TV while the real tarantulas roam outside, and pedaling an agenda of square 1950s attitudes toward the characters -- never once winking. One pities independent film darling Scarlett Johansson for ending up in this mess. It seems the conventional wisdom still holds true: David Arquette movies should be avoided at all costs, as if they were dripping venom more deadly than these oversized arachnids. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

On the DVD
ccFeature-length audio commentary by co-stars David Arquette and Rick Overton, director co-writer Ellory Elkayem and producer Dean Devlin
Eight spine-tingling additional scenes of spiders in action
Elkayem's award-winning short film "Larger Than Life"
"Creepy Crawly Giants" essay
Interactive menus
Theatrical trailer
Star/director/writers film highlights
Scene access
Languages: English & Fran�ais (dubbed in Quebec)
Subtitles: English, Fran�ais & Espa�ol
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Customer Reviews

entertaining spoof of 50's sc/fi, horror
eight legged freaks is the tale of radiated spiders who become massive
and really,really mean.they take over the town,killing anyone in their
path.the townspeople must find a way to stop them.this movie is
hysterical.it references other movies of the past,especially 50's
sc/fi horror.the whole thing is played for camp.which is why it
works.the acting is way over the top,again intentional.the spiders
themselves are even funny in their actions and their
vocalizations.David Arquette,Kari Wuhrer and Scarlet Johansson star.if
you go into this movie expecting to see a serious piece of work,you
will be disappointed.(hopefully the title will be a hint).anyway,this
is an entertaining film with a lot of deliberate laughs. 4/5

You've Got To Be Kidding Me
Don't get me wrong! I love horror movies, science fiction movies and movies with big creatures in it. I'll even go as far as "just" buying a movie rather than rent it - BUT - This has to be possibly the WORST MOVIE I ever bought.

I gave this movie only 2 stars. 1 for the realistic look of the spiders as they reaked havic on the citizens towards the end of the movie and 1 for my main man on the radio. He was the only actor in the movie that delivered any comedy to his lines.

The rest of the acting was totally stupid and my recommendation to anyone is: If you BUY them instead of RENT... Then, don't rent it at all. Even on a Rainy Day!!!

Spider-rific
Eight Legged Freaks was a great movie! It is the best monster spider movie I've ever seen. The digital spiders weren't cheap looking at all. They looked very realistic especially the Jumping spiders and the Orb Weavers. It is good for people who are interested in giant spiders (like me who has eight normal size Tarantulas) The plot is good with the idea of normal size spiders digesting toxic waste and growing huge and trying to survive by eating the citizens of Arizona. A good frightening movie for some and fun scientific ride for others.