Eight Legged Freaks

The residents of a rural mining town discover that a chemical spill has caused hundreds of spiders to mutate to monumental proportions. David Arquette and Scarlet Johansson star. (2002)., After a toxic waste spill pollutes a swamp, an army of spiders mutate into predatory killers., Sci-fi action comedy in a 1950s B-movie vein. A chemical spill creates massive man-eating spiders which launch a vicious attack on the population of a small mining town. While the residents fight for their lives, can the local sheriff and a tourist save the day?, 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 SUV’s. It’s then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker to mobilise 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., From the producers of Independence Day and Godzilla. Spilled toxic waste results in giant jumping, weaving and trapdoor spiders that attack a small town in this fun comedy starring David Arquette, Kari Wührer and Scarlett Johansson., Thriller about giant spiders that wreak havoc on an Arizona town., Toxic waste from a truck pollutes a swamp. An eccentric naturalist thinks he’s found a secret to breeding spiders when he starts feeding them crickets. But the spiders mutate after eating the radioactive critters, growing into predatory killers. B-movie mayhem., Mutated by radioactive waste, giant spiders terrorise a sleepy Arizona mining town. Hairy, scary thrills in this creepy-crawly B-movie with David Arquette., A variety of horrible poisonous spiders get exposed to a noxious chemical that causes them to grow to monumental proportions., In this throwback monster movie from producer Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Godzilla), David Arquette plays the son of a deceased mine owner, returning home to the economically depressed hamlet of Prosperity, AZ, after a long absence. His arrival coincides with a toxic waste accident in the local water supply, the result of a barrel jostled loose from the back of a passing truck. Unfortunately, said water source abuts the region’s least-popular attraction: an exotic spider farm. The farm’s owner (Tom Noonan) becomes the first victim when the spiders, already possessed of keen predatory abilities, grow to the size of small automobiles. Laying in wait underground, they begin picking off the town’s pet and ostrich population, and soon it’s all the local sheriff (Kari Wuhrer) can do to raise the alarm before the siege begins. Eight Legged Freaks was produced under the working title “Arac Attack,” but the politically conscious producers, concerned the title sounded too much like “Iraq Attack,” went with Arquette’s brainstorm as a safer alternative., Campy humor underscores this thriller about about giant spiders that wreak havoc on an Arizona town. Homage to the giant insect flicks of the ’50s is fun, but slight., In this campy thriller, chaos ensues in an Arizona town when toxic waste causes exotic arachnids to grow to humongous proportions. Soon, the spiders attack the population, and a local man and a sheriff try to save the day.