Eight Legged Freaks( 2002)

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Let the squashing begin!

Overview

The 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. It's then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople, including the Sheriff's young son, Mike, her daughter, Ashley, and paranoid radio announcer Harlan, into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts.

Top Billed Cast

David Arquette
Chris McCormick
Kari Wuhrer
Samantha Parker
Doug E. Doug
Harlan Griffith
Scarlett Johansson
Ashley Parker
Rick Overton
Pete Willis
Matt Czuchry
Bret
Riley Smith
Randy
Leon Rippy
Wade
Randi Klein
Waitress #1
Terey Summers
Waitress #2
Scott Terra
Mike Parker
Eileen Ryan
Gladys
Jane Edith Wilson
Emma
Jack Moore
Amos
Roy Gaintner
Floyd
Jay Arlen Jones
Leon
Matt Holwick
Larry
John Storey
Mark
Don Champlin
Leroy
David Earl Waterman
Norman
John Ennis
Cop #1
Ryan C. Benson
Cop #2
Bruiser
Self
Tom Noonan
Joshua Taft (uncredited)
Debbie Overbey
Girl in Window (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Wed Sep 16 2015

Arach Attack! Spiders escape from a spider farm in Prosperity, Arizona, and become giant man eating beasts on account of toxic waste carelessly dumped in a near by river. Can the odd ball inhabitants of this Arizona town escape with their lives? Or will spiders rule the earth and lay waste to man kind? Eight Legged Freaks is unashamedly homaging B movie creature features from the 1950s. The likes of Tarantula and Them! have their Pedipalps well and truly watered, in what is possibly the most undervalued of all the modern day creature feature homages. Having no pretensions what so ever, th...