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Eight Legged Freaks movie storyline. 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 eight-legged beasts.
Eight Legged Freaks is a 2002 horror comedy film directed by Ellory Elkayem and starring David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra and Scarlett Johansson. An international co-production between Germany, the United States, and Australia, the plot concerns a collection of spiders that are exposed to toxic waste, causing them to grow to gigantic proportions and begin killing and harvesting.
The film was dedicated to the memory of several people: One was Lewis Arquette, father of the star of the film David Arquette, who had died in 2001 from heart failure, and the other two were Don Devlin and Pilar Seurat, the parents of producer Dean Devlin, who both died of lung cancer in 2000 and 2001, respectively.
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Directed by: Ellory Elkayem
Starring: David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Scarlett Johansson, Doug E. Doug, Rick Overton, Eileen Ryan, Jane Edith Wilson, Riley Smith
Screenplay by: Ellory Elkayem, Randy Kornfield, Jesse Alexander
Production Design by: Charles Breen
Cinematography by: John S. Bartley
Film Editing by: David Siegel
Costume Design by: Alix L. Friedberg
Set Decoration by: Marcia Calosio
Art Direction by: Charles Butcher
Makeup Department: Leo Corey Castellano, Kim Collea
Music by: John Ottman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi violence, brief sexuality and language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: July 17, 2002
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