CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

gavin6942 Venomous spiders get exposed to a noxious chemical that causes them to grow to monumental proportions.What separates this film from some of the lowest-budget science fiction films out there is the cast. The effects are not really any better than the films shown on SyFy, but the talent in the cast brings this up a notch from crud to minor cult classic. The inclusion of Scarlett Johansson right before she got big helps, too.Having David Arquette as the leading man is an interesting choice. Arquette is fun, quirky and does a great job as comic relief. We rarely see him carry a movie. But, to be honest, he did a fairly good job here. The cover tries to play up his goofiness, but he is actually very much the "straight guy" here.

Uriah43 One night on a dark, desert highway the driver of a truck carrying a few barrels of hazardous chemicals takes a turn too quickly and one of the barrels accidentally gets dumped into a pond off of the side of the road. As luck would have it this pond just happens to be near a house where an eccentric man collects all kinds of spiders. Noticing that the insects near the pond have started to grow to a pretty good size, the man gleefully begins to use them as food for his exotic pets. What he doesn't count on is these spiders getting loose and subsequently growing to a massive size. Soon the residents of a nearby town notice that their cats and dogs are disappearing with no apparent explanation for it. However, that soon changes one night when the spiders decide to start feeding on the humans as well. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this started off as a decent sci-fi/horror film not unlike those seen back in the 50's. Unfortunately, the focus shifted from horror and suspense to non-stop action which resulted in an all-too-typical over-reliance on special effects and other assorted gimmicks thus causing it to essentially morph into a host of similar movies produced in the last decade or so. Basically, if you've seen one action film like this then you've pretty much seen them all. And, quite frankly, there's only so much enjoyment a person can get from watching the same action-packed scenario over and over again. In short, there were a lot of big spiders killing people for almost 90 minutes followed afterward by a rather predictable ending. No doubt those who enjoy movies of this type will absolutely love this particular film. However, I got bored with it after the first 30 minutes or so and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.

Paul Magne Haakonsen Despite the really bizarre and misplaced attempt at humor that director Ellory Elkayem opted for "Eight Legged Freaks", then this 2002 movie is still worth watching if you enjoy a monstrous creature feature.The story, in all its simplicity, is about a small town that become the hunting grounds for huge, aggressive spiders.While this movie doesn't instill any academy award winning moments, then people still managed to do good jobs with their given roles and characters. Most memorable was Doug E. Doug as the eccentric Harlan Griffith.The spiders in "Eight Legged Freaks" were actually quite nicely animated and did look like real arachnids. Well, aside from the sounds they made at times, which were epic fails at bringing comedy into the movie. It was a shame, because this actually dragged the movie down into a mediocre experience.Yes, there are far better spider movies available, but I do think that if you enjoy such movies then "Eight Legged Freaks" is still worth sitting down to watch, just tune out the ridiculous sounds that were added to the spiders in many scenes.

videorama-759-859391 Spider haters beware. Another creature feature, that is so much fun, just not for spider haters. It has a surprisingly good script, and a probable story, stretched I guess, a little bit. When spiders feed off this toxic waste, they augment to gigantic proportions, and the whole show town becomes their pray. I must say, the whole spider thing is well staged. The spiders look awesome. If you hated Arachnophobia, then make this one, the last film, you'll never want to see. It's a great starring vehicle for Arquette, who returns to town to his old love, cop, Wuhner, who's arrest of some young teens, mirrors that same familiar scene with cop, Shue, in Piranha. The thrilling action and spiders come in spades making for a great monster flick, with a little bit of sappy romance, which heightens it's quality some. This is much better than a lot of type of monster, pick off victims, flicks. It even has the killer from Manhunter, of all people, as a geeky hermit who has a fascination with, of course spiders, who Wuhner's nerdy son hangs out with. Just leave your brain at the door, sit back and enjoy the guilty pleasure ride and popcorn flick, and let the spiders do their thing.