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Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie contains creepy but reliable cliches (sticking your hand into dark places), funny dialogue ("Please! Not the mall!") and bizarre special effects, as when a spider slams a cat so hard against plasterboarding that its face can be seen on the other side in bas relief. ...
Glenn Whipp
L.A. Daily News
The folks behind the new giant spider flick, "Eight-Legged Freaks," set out to make a film that was very much in the tradition of the B-movie thrillers of the late 1950s. They succeeded. Consider that a warning. If you go to "Eight-Legged Freaks," and leave the theater complaining that it was cheesy and campy and dumb, then -- and pardon the reality-check -- you're an idiot. ...
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
"The town is being overrun by giant spiders!" yelps one of the panic-stricken overrunees in "Eight Legged Freaks," an arachnids-on-the-attack romp that combines over-the-top, Mad-magazine-style lampooning with tons of tarantula splatter, gored and disgorged townsfolk, and crunching, squooshy sound effects. ...
Chris Hewitt
St. Paul Pioneer Press
"Eight-Legged Freaks" is a nifty little B-movie in the same funny/scary vein as "Tremors," the one about huge worms that terrorize a tiny town. Both movies are throwbacks to '50s creature features, and both benefit from knowing that comedy is funnier if it's mixed with something dark (it's the same principle as adding salt to caramel in order to intensify the sweetness). ...
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Eight Legged Freaks
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(2002)
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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 up to mining engineer Chris McCormack (David Arquette) and Sheriff Sam Parker (Kari Wuhrer) to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts.
Starring:
David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Doug E. Doug and Scarlett Johansson
Directed by:
Ellory Elkayem
Written by:
Jesse Alexander
Cinematographer:
John S. Bartley
Studio:
Warner Bros.
Release Date:
July 17, 2002
MPAA Rating:
(PG-13) - for sci-fi violence, brief sexuality and language
Running Time:
99 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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