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FilmPG-132002
Eight Legged Freaks
Directed by Ellory Elkayem
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… From TMDB
133 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Oct 30, 2026 · How this works
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| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TMDB reviews * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Eight Legged Freaks is a 2002 action comedy horror film, directed by Ellory Elkayem, starring David Arquette, Kari Wührer and Doug E. Doug.
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60 of 133 · most liked firstWhen I was a kid, I would spend all my free time watching the American Godzilla movie and Eight Legged Freaks, I mean that literally: I would watch the film, rewind the tape, then immediately start watching it again, did it for years til the VHS player broke How did they not suspect I was autistic?
positive · AI labelView post →I can’t stop thinking about Deep Blue Sea (1998), what makes a good creature feature?. I guess the modified sharkos in DBS could be called “creatures”. I also attached a pic of two my favorite characters from the movie. Creature features I’ve seen (which I remember): Almost everything on this list: https://the-line-up.com/best-creature-feature-films And almost all of this list: https://m.imdb.com/list/ls560720658/ Cloverfield, Eight Legged Freaks, Spring (2014), a Korean one I am forgetting…
neutral · AI labelView post →I think RJ city should use his connections to David Arquette and the AEW roster to remake the 2002 classic "Eight Legged Freaks" but instead of giant CGI spiders mauling people it's just Thekla.
neutral · AI labelView post →You ever seen the movie Eight Legged Freaks? Did the mention of that movie unlock a memory? youtu.be/yUQyyfdrDJ0?...
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my comfort films has always been EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS. It packs the 50s and 80s monster movie charm and it’s goofy as hell. Overlooked way too much. Watched it again tonight and it never gets old.
positive · AI labelView post →I think about this movie semi-regularly, but ONLY because pixelated posters for it appear in the FPS for Eight Legged Freaks that played when you put the movie's DVD in the PC. I think about the Eight Legged Freaks FPS quite a lot
neutral · AI labelView post →Eight Legged Freaks movie review (2002) | Roger Ebert.
neutral · AI labelView post →Eight Legged Freaks was released on this day in 2002. This was how I learned about trapdoor spiders! 🕷️ 🖤🎥🍿 #horrormovies
neutral · AI labelView post →superhero fan: what's your favourite Spider-Man movie? guy who's never heard of Spider-Man and thinks "Spider-Man movie" means movies with spiders and men in: umm prolly Eight Legged Freaks
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh my goddd, I just found the only movie/scene I remember making me cry as a kid. It was the stupid cat-in-the-vent scene from Eight Legged Freaks. It's supposed to be a silly scene, but my child mind just saw a cat being brutally killed by a giant spider.
neutral · AI labelView post →These are movies of my childhood😂 I watched Starship Troopers everyday for MONTHS 😭😂 Eight Legged Freaks was my younger brother’s favourite movie when I was in grade 2ish so we watched that everyday before school for awhile too😂😭 Something seriously wrong with us😂😂😂
neutral · AI labelView post →I sold movie tickets to Conor Oberst once. He paid to see Eight Legged Freaks in a theatre.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Godzilla” (1998)? Having a lot of Baby Godzillas chase the inept heroes around actually works, not on a “Godzilla” level, obviously, but on a pure creature feature level.* The smaller size ironically makes the stakes feel bigger. *Emmerich would later produce such a film, “Eight Legged Freaks.”
neutral · AI labelView post →I would like to personally throw out a big ol heaping helping of FUCK YOU to the movie Eight Legged Freaks for giving me this crippling fear of spiders
negative · AI labelView post →This film was fun and the right kind of cheesey. John Goodman steals the show as always. It did get better when I realized this film wasn't Eight Legged Freaks, I combined them in my head and was waiting for the big goofy ones and over the top shit. For what this film is, its a fun time.
neutral · AI labelView post →What a nightmare reminds me of the movie “Eight Legged Freaks” 😰 #HogwartsLegacy #games
neutral · AI labelView post →Comics Eight Legged Freaks movie adaptation. Written by Marv Wolfman, interiors by Joe Phillips. My nephew LOVED this movie as a child, I watched it more times than I can count… comic tells the story differently. 50¢ pickup!
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a SCARY movie title that begins with the letter E 🎥🖤 Eight Legged Freaks
neutral · AI labelView post →Eight Legged Freaks is an awful title. They also forgot the hyphen. Given the tone of that movie they shoulda just called it Attack of the Spiders or The Night of Spider Mayhem.
negative · AI labelView post →Hooptober movie 6/31: EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS (2002) This movie's greatest sin is never deciding if it's gonna be an ironic monster movie, or a heartfelt emulation of old monster movies. Instead it's a tonal mess that deviates so wildly the spiders damn near talk. letterboxd.com/gavingwhiz/f...
negative · AI labelView post →Eight Legged Freaks - 9/10 A very wild movie that I kept almost watching for years and finally watched.
positive · AI labelView post →Eight Legged Freaks fucked me up with the cat scene at the beginning. I’m a big softie for animals in films.
neutral · AI labelView post →Marian made spider pizza and Mab made spider cupcakes, because EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS is on the horror movie bingo card tonight.
neutral · AI labelView post →What's like the best spider movie? Its this one right? Over like, Eight Legged Freaks, or more serious pics like Tarantula. And definitely not Kingdom of the Spiders lol.
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Birthday to the amazing David Arquette, Emmy-nominated actor, producer, and former professional wrestler, who was #BOTD on 9/8/1971. Famous for roles in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1992 film), the SCREAM franchise, AIRHEADS, RAVENOUS, EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS, CELEBRITY NAME GAME, and much more.
neutral · AI labelView post →I have something to get off my chest. After the delightful Arachnophobia I was very much looking forward to Eight Legged Freaks. It was no good, and they have refused to make another giant spider movie since and I feel let down. Thanks for letting me speak my truth.
negative · AI labelView post →Eight Legged Freaks (2002) I was wary of the horror here but it turned out to be a pretty good campy movie. Low-key wish the creative minds that gave such identifiable personalities to the town of extras in this movie could've given Source Code that extra charm that it needed.
positive · AI labelView post →The movie itself is goofier but the spiders in Eight-Legged Freaks are in the sweet spot for most scary, size-wise
neutral · AI labelView post →"A gang of youths riding ATVs... one of whom pooped a wheelie" And an extreme airborne wheelie while kicking the a large spider like a bada** in the 2002 movie, Eight Legged Freaks, I might add (I saw this movie, and it was both scary, action-packed, and epic). 🔥
positive · AI labelView post →The movie Arachnophobia? Terrifying. Eight Legged Freaks? Hilarious.
positive · AI labelView post →They also changed the title of the movie Arac Attack to Eight Legged Freaks because it sounded too much like Iraq attack
neutral · AI labelView post →sloshed ollie movie reviews volume 2: Eight Legged Freaks holy moly what a fun movie that doesnt take itself too seriously. reccomended by my gf, pretty spooky at times, consistently got laughs from me, weirdly good score?? would reccomend for a goofy movie night~
positive · AI labelView post →A better-than-expected USA Network cable movie from the director of EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS. It has killer bugs, Thomas Calabro and a cold setting as opposed to a hot one. 😱 #TVSky #HorrorSky #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS (2002). The transfer on the SHOUT! Factory blu-ray is quite stunning...the film looks great! Really well shot. The CGI spider effects do not hold up very well, but it sort of works given the camp aesthetic of the film, which is a throwback to 50s creature features.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pretty slick giant spider flick with good, goopey effects Simply for nostalgia, I still prefer Eight Legged Freaks (this film is nowhere near as campy) but if you’re not arachnophobic and seeking a solid creature feature, it’s not a bad flick
positive · AI labelView post →As much as I enjoyed Arachnophobia, I have to give the best spider movie award to Eight-Legged Freaks. It had just the right balance of scares and laughs like Tremors or Slither.
positive · AI labelView post →Huge arachnophobe here (and Spidey is my all time favourite hero, it explains my life), and yeah Arachnaphobia is a great film and I hate seeing the bloody things on screen. Eight Legged Freaks is also fun.
positive · AI labelView post →Spell a film you love with the first letters of other films you love. Conrad Brooks vs The Werewolf Local Legends One Night in Miami V/H/S Eight Legged Freaks RRR Fish Story Iron Monkey Evil Dead (2013) Little Shop of Horrors Deerskin
neutral · AI labelView post →6. Eight Legged Freaks Was this movie good? No, but at one point a kid rides a dirtbike off a jump and kicks a giant spider in midair so it was still worth watching honestly.
neutral · AI labelView post →Eight-Legged Freaks (2002): surprisingly charming monster movie and so VERY '00s
positive · AI labelView post →i saw that movie in the theater! but a private after hours affair where a bunch of the punks who worked there threw a little friends-only thing. i... do not remember what happens in EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS. but i def saw it in the theater
neutral · AI labelView post →Tomorrow, we record the next episode of the Dissect That Film Podcast on 2002's EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS. Have you seen this wild mutant creature feature? Let us know your thoughts. Side question: What is your favorite insect/arachnid based creature feature?
neutral · AI labelView post →YOOOO EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS, that movie fucked me UP as an arachnophobic young teen
negative · AI labelView post →Idk, in the movie Eight Legged Freaks a bigger than normal spider kills a cat 😟 (Random fact: after experiencing a cat dying as a kid, that movie made me cry when my mom was trying to show it to cheer me up cuz it's silly😭)
negative · AI labelView post →One I learned from @filmcrithulk.bsky.social is "plotblocking," which is when the script mistakes interrupting a statement for developing an arc. A good example is in a movie I like, "Eight Legged Freaks," where David Arquette keeps saying "There's something I've been meaning to tell you"...
positive · AI labelView post →What's y'alls favorite 'bad' movie? The one you know is ass but you love it anyway & don't care? Mine is Snakes on a Plane (honorable mention is Eight Legged Freaks)
positive · AI labelView post →Day 3 - A film you like with a number in the title Eight Legged Freaks (2002) #filmsky #moviesky #30DayFilmChallenge
positive · AI labelView post →And once you get done, you can check out our review of the movie! We covered it when we did Creature Feature Month a while back (along with Matinee, Tremors, the '88 Blob and Eight Legged Freaks)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bvK...
neutral · AI labelView post →Look, “Eight-Legged Freaks” remains a tremendously fun film that I enjoy a lot. If you haven’t seen it, give it a shot. If you haven’t seen it and you live nearby, maybe we can do a Spider Movie Party. I think it all holds up really well. Check it out! What other spider movies would we include?
positive · AI labelView post →Boy, you should see the movie about that: Eight Legged Freaks.
neutral · AI labelView post →E, for a fun horror/comedy romp about big ass spiders. My ★★★½ review of Eight Legged Freaks on Letterboxd boxd.it/24LLfX
positive · AI labelView post →Finally watched Sting. Good film, fun with a couple of nasty gory bits. As usual for a mainstream film, tho, a bit light on the webbing. A couple of cocoons, but that's it. When oh when will the next Gremlins 2/Eight Legged Freaks come? 😁
neutral · AI labelView post →n(e)w: “Infested” (2024) I’ll catch the DNC highlights tomorrow, I heard there was a new horror flick about spiders, and as a card carrying member of the “Eight Legged Freaks” Fan Club, I have a duty. 🫡 [Shudder]
neutral · AI labelView post →The funny thing is: the boy says "arac attack" in the movie and then the protagonist says EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS. Maybe they thought they would use one or another.
neutral · AI labelView post →For Bloody Disgusting, I revisited a fun if not familiar bug-horror movie from 2000: THEY NEST (a.k.a. CREEPY CRAWLERS). It's directed by Ellory Elkayem, who went on to helm EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS. @bloodydisgusting.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh Eight Legged Freaks, i love this terrible movie so much
positive · AI labelView post →Eight Legged Freaks. I actually need to watch that film as an adult. I watched Hostel years ago and it wasn't scary like I remembered it was back in 2005. Gross, sure, but not horrifying.
neutral · AI labelView post →A real gem of a movie particularly for playing it real even with John Goodman all but actually winking to the camera. I liked Eight Legged Freaks for being more like a Saturday morning cartoon as well.
positive · AI labelView post →Every 10/15yrs or so we get a major studio Spider attack film. Arachnophobia in 1990, then Eight Legged Freaks* (my then 4yr old daughters favourite film) in 2003 , we are overdue. Saw the "the producers of John Wick" was expecting an action film. *Originally Arach Attack - renamed due to Iraq War
neutral · AI labelView post →(1/3) - Do you know what America needs? We need a new killer spider movie. The last one we had was Eight-Legged Freaks at the beginning of the century. When are we gonna have a New awful spider movie?
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