Eight Legged Freaks
Eight Legged Freaks (originally titled Arach Attack, under which it was released in some parts of Europe and other countries around the world) is a 2002 monster comedy horror film directed by Ellory Elkayem and starring David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Doug E. Doug, and Scarlett Johansson. The plot follows spiders that are exposed to mutagenic toxic waste, causing them to grow to colossal sizes and attack a small American mining town.
Plot
On a highway outside of the quiet mining town of Prosperity, Arizona, a truck driver carrying a load of chemicals swerves to avoid a rabbit, causing a barrel of toxic waste to land in a pond. Crickets that feed from the pond are collected by an exotic spider farmer named Joshua Taft.
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| author | Ellory Elkayem Jesse Alexander |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Arizona |
| director | Ellory Elkayem |
| editor | David Siegel |
| events | spider |
| genre | comedy horror science fiction |
| keywords | abduct attack broadcast connect dead body discover extraterrestrial extraterrestrial life giant spider gold vein jump jumping spider kill lock meet methane gas mining town missing pet older sister orb-weaver spider ostrich police station radio station smoke spider web tarantula think town meeting toxic waste trap truck driver |
| musicBy | John Ottman |
| productionCompany | Electric Entertainment NPV Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures |
| publisher | access-date=27 August 2021 title=Eight Legged Freaks url= website=Australian Classification Board |
| recordedAt | Arizona Glendale Page Superior |
| theme | comedy horror monster movie science fiction horror |