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Eight Legged Freaks
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Eight Legged Freaks is a 2002 American, Australian, and German science fiction comedy horror film directed by Ellory Elkayem, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jesse Alexander. The movie stars Kari Wuhrer, David Arquette, Scarlett Johansson, and Matt Czuchry. Produced by Dean Devlin, Bruce Berman, and Roland Emmerich, the film was released by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix. It was filmed in Glendale, Page, and Superior, Arizona, with a narrative setting in Arizona.
The runtime is 99 minutes, and the budget was 30,000,000, resulting in a revenue of 45,900,000. John Ottman composed the score. The film holds various review scores, including 47%, 5.4/10, 53/100, 5.806, 5.5, 49%, and 53/100. It received one nomination total and is rated PG-13. The production companies include Centropolis Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Electric Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Pictures.
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5.8The 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 eight-legged beasts.
Cast
- David Arquette as Chris McCormick
- Kari Wührer as Samantha Parker
- Doug E. Doug as Harlan Griffith
- Scarlett Johansson as Ashley Parker
- Rick Overton as Pete Willis
- Matt Czuchry as Bret
Themes
- spider
- creature
- pick up
- wetting pants
- hockey mask
- barbershop
- perfume
- aunt nephew relationship
- straight razor
- forklift
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Ratings
IMDb
5.5/10
62,764 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
49%
Metacritic
53/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ellory Elkayem
- Screenwriter
- Jesse Alexander
- Cast member
- John Ennis
- Composer
- John Ottman
- Producer
- Roland Emmerich
- Production company
- Village Roadshow Pictures
- Narrative location
- Arizona
- Filming location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 644404
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- eightleggedfreaks.warnerbros.com
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- publication date
- 2002-08-15
- title
- Eight Legged Freaks
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Roland Emmerich
- review score
- 53/100
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