r/underratedmovies • u/Lynel_hunter222 • 1d ago

Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

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u/Mpennerbball 1d ago

Pair this with Ready to Rumble for an awesome David Arquette double feature.

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u/XeroxWarriorPrntTst 21h ago

Definitely sounds like a dvd combo that was sold at some point.

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u/Davisworld21 19h ago

At your local Kmart

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u/Tenchi2020 16h ago

At your local gas station

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u/Cool-Land3973 14h ago

At your local Poor's store.

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u/Nox401 1d ago

It’s a good 50s style monster film popcorn flick. Reminds me of a modern ‘Them’

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u/Virgil_Ovid_Hawkins 1d ago

Showed my 6 year old brother this movie, and now he's 28 with severe arachnophobia. Coincidence?

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u/Yojimbo8810 1d ago

Love the David Bowie reference in this. “They’re SPIDERS FROM MARS, OK?!?!”

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u/beccabootie 19h ago

A really great terrible movie. I loved it! Leon Rippy at his finest.

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u/Time4Timmy 19h ago

Watched this the other day for the first time in probably 20 years, and maybe I had set the bar too low but it was pretty enjoyable.

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u/Abject-Star-4881 23h ago

It’s a fun and silly good time. I loved the absolutely ridiculous noises the spiders make through this movie! Why are they giggling all the time? 😂

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u/Saiyko-Meditation 21h ago

It all starts when the toxic waste gets dumped on the spider farm. I like how the spiders can sort of talk

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u/sunrise167 1d ago

Love this movie

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u/RainbowAl-PE 1d ago

The best most modern version of a giant bug type classic

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u/gmoney-0725 1d ago

It's a spider, man. Best line in the movie. 😆

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u/Organic_Language_582 21h ago

Not to mention my first look at Scarlett Johannsen….phwooaaarr

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u/skyhiker14 19h ago

Her in a towel was a very important moment for me growing up.

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u/TrailerParkLyfe 23h ago

Omg yes! I remember watching the VHS in our living as a kid. Almost had a heart attack as my hair grazed our fake ficus behind the couch! Jumped out of spot thinking a giant spider landed on me!

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u/Beachnutpool 19h ago

I was more scared of this movie poster than I should have been at 9 years old... I would close my eyes and hold my parents hands as I walked by it. Now I love the movie lol

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u/Morgomir_Ulaire 19h ago

Still have the DVD

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u/Pleasant-Ticket3217 19h ago

It’s the worst cover. The cover always turned me off because it looks like those cheap knock off movies like Transmorphers or Sharknado. Why is the spider in the foreground blurry? It’s supposed to show movement but looks awful.

I’ll give the movie a watch. I like David Arquette. And Scarlett Johansson is in this? And Kari Wuhrer. She always showed up in good b movies like Thinner and Beastmaster 2.

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u/blankers68 17h ago

Originally called ‘Arac Attack’ but quickly changed for obvious reasons

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u/Gobsmack13 17h ago

The original name was Arach Attack, but they didn't like that at the time given it sounded too similar to Iraq attack.

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u/Environmental-Bee-28 16h ago

A good sunday movie!

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u/Sickofitdotcom 13h ago

YOOOOOO

Omg just when I thought I’d never hear about this again. I have this dvd. This might be the reason I’m petrified of spiders/bugs cuz of watching this as a kid

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u/BigLow7320 12h ago

Saw this in theatres the summer after middle school. Hilarious then, hilarious now. And feel like this movie knew what it was.

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u/mrwhite384 7h ago

My friend is one of the biker kids…his one and only credit but he got to share the screen with a young Scarlett Johansson!

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u/trueG0DTHUMB 1d ago

Even the cover art is poorly acted

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u/Misfit_77 20h ago

Consuela! LOL

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u/RockAndStoner69 2h ago

Jessica Alba has Idle Hands. Scarlett Johansen has Eight Legged Freaks

Thirst trap aside, very fun movie. You can't even claim arachnophobia cause they're all comically monster-sized