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As anyone who regularly watches big-bug movies should know, toxic waste and creepy-crawlies are not a great combination, the result usually being monstrous, over-sized critters intent on devouring humans and trashing cities. Eight Legged Freaks is no exception, and opens with a barrel of radioactive goop leaking into a pond near the seemingly-soon-to-be-ghost-town of Prosperity (why do they always tempt fate by giving these places such silly names?); before you know it, giant spiders are everywhere, wrapping up victims and taking them into their arachnoid larder—a network of disused gold mines.
David Arquette plays Chris McCormick, owner of the mines, who teams up with various townsfolk who have managed to avoid becoming spider fodder—including sexy Sheriff Samantha Parker (Kari Wuhrer), her equally sexy daughter Ashley (Scarlett Johansson) and geeky son Mike (Scott Terra), and conspiracy theory nut Harlan (Doug E. Doug)—to destroy the gigantic spiders and save the town.
With a likable cast and a whole slew of impressive special effects, Eight Legged Freaks is an affectionate tribute to the B-movie monsterfests of the 50s. Planting tongue firmly in cheek, writer/director Ellory Elkayem delivers an action packed, thrill-a-minute movie that will have arachnophobes squirming in their seats, whilst everyone else will be having a blast.
Occasionally, the film's comedic elements veer towards the cartoonish a tad too much (the spiders make unnecessarily silly noises, do pratfalls, and in one silly scene, even have a wrestling match with a cat inside a dry-lined wall cavity), but, on the whole, the film is a great mix of the silly and the scary.
I enjoyed Eight Legged Freaks very much (not least because Wuhrer and Johansson are perhaps the fittest mother/daughter combo ever to grace the silver screen) and highly recommend it if you're after a fun popcorn flick for a Saturday night.
och johan tordes inte se den här. Den är liiite för mild. lite!!
David Arquette plays Chris McCormick, owner of the mines, who teams up with various townsfolk who have managed to avoid becoming spider fodder—including sexy Sheriff Samantha Parker (Kari Wuhrer), her equally sexy daughter Ashley (Scarlett Johansson) and geeky son Mike (Scott Terra), and conspiracy theory nut Harlan (Doug E. Doug)—to destroy the gigantic spiders and save the town.
With a likable cast and a whole slew of impressive special effects, Eight Legged Freaks is an affectionate tribute to the B-movie monsterfests of the 50s. Planting tongue firmly in cheek, writer/director Ellory Elkayem delivers an action packed, thrill-a-minute movie that will have arachnophobes squirming in their seats, whilst everyone else will be having a blast.
Occasionally, the film's comedic elements veer towards the cartoonish a tad too much (the spiders make unnecessarily silly noises, do pratfalls, and in one silly scene, even have a wrestling match with a cat inside a dry-lined wall cavity), but, on the whole, the film is a great mix of the silly and the scary.
I enjoyed Eight Legged Freaks very much (not least because Wuhrer and Johansson are perhaps the fittest mother/daughter combo ever to grace the silver screen) and highly recommend it if you're after a fun popcorn flick for a Saturday night.
och johan tordes inte se den här. Den är liiite för mild. lite!!
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