Eight Legged Freaks
Mining engineer Chris McCormack teams with Sheriff Sam Parker to stop colossal mutant spiders unleashed by a toxic spill before they annihilate their small mining town.
“Let the squashing begin!”
Synopsis
In a rural mining town, residents are confronted with a crisis when a chemical spill causes hundreds of small spiders to mutate overnight into creatures the size of SUVs. Mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker must rally an unusual group of townspeople—including the Sheriff's young son, Mike, her daughter, Ashley, and the paranoid radio announcer Harlan—to combat the bloodthirsty, eight-legged creatures.
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Principal cast & crew: 36
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Craft leads on file
Edited by David SiegelShot by John S BartleyScored by John OttmanDesigned by Charles William Breen
Box Office
2002 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.5× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$45.9M
US & Canada: $17.3M — 38% of worldwide · International: $28.6M (62%)
Opening weekend: $2.6M — 15% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $2.6M — 15% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 2,402 theaters
Also known as
- Arac Attack – Angriff der achtbeinigen Monsterde
- Arac Attackfr
- Arac Attack, les monstres à huit pattesfr
- Arac Attack - Mostri a otto zampeit
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Cast & Crew
36 unique people credited
Top billed cast
David Arquette
as Chris McCormick
Kari Wuhrer
as Sheriff Samantha Parker
Scott Terra
as Mike Parker
Doug E Doug
as Harlan Griffith
Scarlett Johansson
as Ashley Parker
Rick Overton
as Pete Willis
Matt Czuchry
as Bret
Leon Rippy
as Wade
Riley Smith
as Randy
Jay Arlen Jones
as Leon
Randi Klein
as Waitress #1
Eileen Ryan
as Gladys
Supporting cast
13Terey Summers
as Waitress #2
Jane Edith Wilson
as Emma
Jack Moore
as Amos
Roy Gaintner
as Floyd
Matt Holwick
as Larry
John Storey
as Mark
Don Champlin
as Leroy
David Earl Waterman
as Norman
John Ennis
as Cop #1
Ryan C Benson
as Cop #2
Bruiser
as Self
Tom Noonan
as Joshua Taft (uncredited)
Debbie Overbey
as Girl in Window (uncredited)
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2Other crew
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