Eight Legged Freaks

Pros: Fun, entertaining movie.
Cons: Silly and corny.

I hate spiders and tend to freak out when I see them around the house. Despite that, I'm not bothered when I see a spider or many spiders in a movie like I am with snakes. I've actually enjoyed some movies dealing with spiders. I recently watched one ...

Pros: Fun that won't tax your brain
Cons: Disposable and easy to dislike if you take it too seriously

The good people behind Eight Legged Freaks must have been nervous that the audience just wouldn't get it. Producers Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich (best known for high brow art films like Independence Day and Godzilla) and...

Pros: spiders
Cons: erm, were you expecting art?

The B movie is indeed a strange thing, a contradiction in terms. On the one hand these films are quite literally, inherently crap. Everything from the cheesy giant bugs/space monster plots to the extreme overacting screams that these films are not ...

Pros: Lots of action, Kari's presence.
Cons: Underdeveloped characters, half-^ssed effects.

Good guys vs. Bad guys. That's a rare find these days. Perhaps it's a belief going around that true evil doesn't really exist. That even the baddest of villains are still good on the inside, or at least have good intentions. Count Dooku's ulterior...

Pros: Never takes itself too seriously.
Cons: Relies on a lot of cliches.

I went into Eight Legged Freaks with pretty low expectations. Honestly, after having just seen Halloween: Resurrection (and hating it) I didn’t have high hopes for a Hollywood-produced giant spider flick. Maybe it was simply...

Pros: It's a B movie, there are no pros in a B movie
Cons: .........

Nothing says B-Movie like a bunch of toxic waste genetically transformed spiders. I haven’t had a ...

Pros: Campy summer fun movie
Cons: Some silly parts

Eight Legged Freaks is a horror action comedy along the lines of Tremors. It starts out showing a truck hauling barrels of toxic waste through a small desert town called Prosperity. When a rabbit runs out in front of the half-awake truck driver, he...

Pros: Nice Special Effects & Some Funny Moments.
Cons: Lame Script, Mediocre Performances, & Bland Direction.

When it comes to spider movies, there are two kinds of fans. One who love them and the ones who hate them. While “Arachnophobia” may have not been for everyone, recently there’s been a couple of appearance from spiders in huge franchises. ...

Pros: A B-movie that knows it...
Cons: ...but of course, still a B-movie.

Last year Ca rl wrote a r eview of Eight Legged Freaks, so I'm continuing the tradition after seeing it on television recently. Speaking of traditions, Eight Legged ...

Pros: CGI spiders and witty script.
Cons: Arquette is abysmal, as is the ending.

During the 1950s, films such as Them! and Tarantula capitalised on our near-universal queasiness over what would happen should, one day, the multi-legged insects decide that enough was enough and took it upon themselves to see how we...

Pros: sometimes funny, some will enjoy it
Cons: cliched out the window

Eight Legged Freaks moves along the lines of Arachnophobia, only this time the spiders are mutated giants who sound like monkeys. Audiences either loved it or hated it. I found myself somewhere in the middle, but sharply leaning towards the 'thumbs...

Pros: Pure fun.
Cons: Some people don't dig spiders. Weird, eh?

Some films move you and help you to expand your thinking. Others inspire deeply emotional responses and help you to grow (just a little) as a human being. Then there are movies in which the audience becomes a 90-minute community - hooting, hollering, and...

Pros: Light-hearted, fun, cool spiders
Cons: Drags on for a little too long; not enough species shown

The title of the movie - as well as the trailers - should give it away: Eight-Legged Freaks is not a movie that takes itself very seriously, and is better off for it. It's a delightful throwback to the 50s monster-movie era, and it is definitely...

Pros: Big Freakin' Spiders, and all the cheesiness that entails.
Cons: Nothing you can say against this movie, given its tone and content.

First Off, if you're reading this review, I'm going to assume you've had your interest piqued by the trailers or TV commercials and seek my help. I'll be very blunt: if you liked the trailers, you'll like the movie. It sets out to be nothing more than...

Pros: Good sense of humor, energy, effects.
Cons: Maybe a bit too goofy, lightweight?

A film that wasn't a success in the Summer only because it would have made a far better Fall choice, ...