Eight Legged Freaks is a 2002 comedy horror directed by Ellory Elkayem and stars David Arquette, Kari Wührer and Scott Terra. 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 Pilar Seurat, the mother of producer Dean Devlin, who died of cancer the previous year. In the quiet mining town of Prosperity, Arizona, an accident involving a rabbit causes a barrel of toxic waste to land in a reservoir. An exotic spider farmer named Joshua has been... making regular visits to the site, where he collects crickets for his spiders. Although the spiders have ingested the toxins, he is oblivious since the arachnids seem unaffected. Joshua shows Mike , a local boy, his collection, which include Jumping spiders, Trapdoor spiders, Tarantulas, and Orb-weaver spiders, including a female named Consuela. After Mike leaves, Joshua is bitten by an escaped tarantula and accidentally knocks down the spider cages. He is killed by the spiders and, after devouring him, the spiders grow to even huger proportions.
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| Release date: | July 17, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Ellory Elkayem |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 99 Minutes |
| Producer: | Bruce Berman, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich |
| Editor: | David Siegel |
| Music by: | John Ottman |
| Cinematography: | John S. Bartley |
| Screenplay by: | Jesse Alexander, Ellory Elkayem |
| Estimated budget: | $30,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Science Fiction |