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Line 4: {{quote\|''Do you hate spiders? Do you REALLY hate spiders? Well, they don't like you, either!''\|'''[[Tagline]][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1WhVnLahvM\]'''}} {{quote\|The [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever\|biggest]]... ''[[Covered in Gunge\|nastiest]]...'' '''[[Attack of the Killer Whatever\|mutant spider]] movie''' '''''[[Overly Narrow Superlative\|of all time]]!!!!'''''\|'''Alternate [[Tagline]][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-Gw_22R6E\]'''}} ''Eight Legged Freaks'' is a 2002 horror-comedy film directed by Ellory Elkayem, executive produced by [[Stargate (~~Film~~film)\|Roland]] [[Independence Day\|Emmerich]], and starring David Arquette, Kari Wührer, [[Scarlett Johansson]] and Doug E. Doug. The plot concerns a collection of spiders that are exposed to toxic waste, causing them to grow to gigantic proportions. Yeah. It's a 50s monster movie made with 21st century visual effects, and it's '''exactly''' what you're expecting. It's set in [[Them\|a Nevada nowhere town called "Prosperity"]] - which [[Dawn of the Dead (~~Film~~film)\|just happens to have a mall, just so survivors can battle spiders with improvised weapons]]. There are mine shafts for that [[Survival Horror]] feel. There's even a [[Xtreme Sport Xcuse Plot\|scene where jumping spiders chase dirt bikers]]. Get some popcorn and watch spiders gobble bystanders and get squished by the heroes! [[Narm Charm]]! ~~----~~ ~~=== This movie contains examples of ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Affectionate Parody]]: it's not hard to notice. The spiders panting in exhaustion and squeaking "uh-oh" are pretty telling signs that it doesn't take itself seriously. ** There is also a scene where a spider jumps on a moose's head, mounted on a wall, and takes a bite, only to visibly complain about the taste. Line 19 ⟶ 17: * [[Anal Probing]]: There's a bit where Harlan goes on a tirade about aliens and this very subject. "...I mean, what do they expect to find there? It's just wrong!" * [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Harlan believes in alien conspiracy theories, but thinks the emergence of giant spiders in the town is nonsense until he actually sees them - then he thinks they are in fact the aliens he was talking about. Lampshaded by Chris. * [[Attack of the Killer Whatever\|Attack Of The Killer]] [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever\|five-foot]] (for starters!) [[Giant Spider\|Giant Spiders]]! * [[Auto Erotica]]: Bret tries to have sex with Ashley in his pickup truck. She refuses. * [[Big Bad]]: The female Orb Weaver. {{quote\| ''"You know how women like breakfast in bed."'' }} * [[Book Ends]]: Harland's broadcast. * [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Kari Wührer's a damned good shot. Pistol, rifle, shotgun, crossbow; result the same - [[High-Pressure Blood\|fountains of spider guts]]! * [[Chainsaw Good]]: In a mall, Pete manages to lift the garage-door-style mesh that locked one of the stores, since the caretakers apparently neglected to lock it. He logrolls under and slams it down. However, the spiders reach their legs through, yanking him right up against the mesh but unable to bite him. His solution? Grab a nearby chainsaw and slice through all their limbs. * [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Bret's dirtbike. Line 30 ⟶ 28: ** The taser gun - [[Chekhov's Boomerang\|twice.]] * [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Harlan, who believes the [[Giant Spider\|Giant Spiders]] are the alien invaders he has warned about his whole career. {{quote\| You ain't getting that anal probe near me!}} * [[Conversational Troping]]: Harlan, being a conspiracy theorist, assumes the spiders are aliens. On the second broadcast of his radio show, he talks about the anal probes. This movie has do to with neither aliens (as far as we know) nor [[Anal Probing]]. * [[Date Rape Averted]]: While they are in his truck Bret gets very handsy with Ashley who refuses his advances and then zaps him with a taser that her mother gave to her in case this happened. Unusually, while the movie certainly depicts Bret as wrong and Ashley as right, it portrays his actions as being due to a moment of teenage hormone-driven boneheadedness rather than those of an evil rapist. Bret survives the entire film and he gets back with Ashley. Line 52 ⟶ 50: * [[Rule of Fun]]: It doesn't take itself too seriously plot wise. * [[Rule of Scary]] * [[Super -Persistent Predator]]: Despite having a lair full of cocooned meals, the female spider at the end feels the need to chase down Chris and Gladys, who are on a MOTORCYCLE. * [[Take That]]: [[Roger Ebert]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728041020/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=~~/20020717/REVIEWS/207170301/1023~~%2F20020717%2FREVIEWS%2F207170301%2F1023 review] opened by saying that this film delivered everything that ''[[Men in Black (~~Film~~film)\|Men In Black II]]'' did not. * [[Title Drop]]: "Get back, you '''[[Title Scream\|EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS!]]'''" ** Interestingly, that line didn't start out as a [[Title Drop]]; the title of the movie was originally ''Arach-Attack'' according to the commentary. Unfortunately, the title has [[Unfortunate Implications]] when said out loud (the movie came out not long after the war started), so the title was changed at the last minute to reflect the line--which was, incidentally, ''ad-libbed'' on-set by David Arquette.