Eight Legged Freaks | | Cast : | David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer | | Director : | Ellory Elkayem | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | July 17, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | June 01, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 03, 2005 | | Summary | Revenge of the Mutated Spiders!! | Content
 | At first I thought this movie was going to be downright stupid. Finally I rented it and eventually bought it. Eight Legged Freaks is about the townspeople of Prosperity, Arizona who are attacked by suppoosedly "Mutated" spiders that took in toxic waste from their food and grew large and escaped from an exotic spider farm.
From there the monster spiders are beginning to eat dogs and cats (not great for the feline and canine lovers) and sneaking into people's houses and businesses to feed. Now the whole town has to fight back before each one of them is picked off by orb weavers, jumping spiders, spitting spiders, trapdoor spiders, and a tarantula.
What I liked about the movie was the detail of the spiders. Nothing too fake looking. Everything especially the jumpers were extremely realistic looking for a movie. The whole movement and placement of the spiders was also nice. They didn't just all attack at once like most monster movies. Some of them laid back and did some funny things if you watch carefully. Overall I loved this movies and if you're interested in large spiders like I so am BUY IT! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 04, 2005 | | Summary | Fun and Good Bug Action | Content
| I don't usually like it so tounge in cheek but this one had a good action story and great spider Sp F X. I liked the radio guy and the end was okay but predictable. Had fun. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 01, 2005 | | Summary | 100000000000000000% sappy | Content
| or should i say crappy? Ellory Elkayem (the director) should be ashamed .this movie is terrible, except for that really hot spider that was killed at the end in the mine. She was 1 hot mama. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 26, 2005 | | Summary | Big mistake to eat lunch while watching this | Content
| This is revenge for all those times you've trapped a spider under a coffee mug (and promptly left it there), or flushed it down the plughole, or thrown it out in the cold, far away from your front door (like I do).
I'm not particularly fussed either way about spiders, I like the teeney ones best. They're good for the environment at least. It's when they come out shooting out from under your couch or something, and head straight for you.
This movie terrified me. I was eating my lunch at the time, and thought I'd put it on, to calm me down after getting myself all worked up about booking a holiday. My lunch went cold, and my mouth went dry. This is NOT as it says on the tin, a comedy movie, it's a bloody horror movie! Jeezus! This is enough to send shivers up your spine. What's comedy about this movie? If I'd been standing, my knees would have been knocking. If you suffer from severe arachnophobia, I beg you not to watch this movie. You'll be paranoid for months afterwards.
The only comedic things I found about this movie, were actually the spiders. There were three things I found funny, the first one being when Sam (the sheriff) shouted at one and it turned round and looked at her. I nearly had an accident at that bit, it had this look that just said "what?" Then when one is trying to eat (?) the deer's head on the wall, and it spits it out when it realises it's not real. I nearly choked. And then when the spiders are chasing after the motorbike, and they choke on the dust - that was so sweet!
I'm not keen on David Arquette. He can only show the one expression, and it's fear most of the time. He plays the same character in this, as he does in a couple of others. (Can you say Deputy Dewy?) He wasn't bad in this movie, but not good either.
I wasn't thrilled about getting this movie bought for me - but at least it wasn't Commando - but now I've watched it, it's not bad. Scary as hell, but nonetheless, it's good to watch, and it's over reasonably quickly. I'll be checking under my bed tonight, and in all the nooks & crannies. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 12, 2005 | | Summary | Bad movie | Content
| Watching this movie I realize they producers didn't took it for seriously. And when people stay in the shopping mall to protect of the spiders, that idea reminded me "Dawn of the dead", of George A. Romero. It's the same idea. Bad acting and bad script. Don't waste time. |
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