Eight Legged Freaks story

movie: Eight Legged Freaks (2002) · 2002-07-17

Eight Legged Freaks (originally titled Arach Attack, under which it was released in some parts of Europe and other countries around the world) is a 2002 monster comedy action film directed by Ellory Elkayem and starring David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, and Scarlett Johansson. Synopsis: A colony of spiders are exposed to toxic waste, causing them to mutate into gigantic, monstrous creatures and attack a small American mining town.

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Theme	Level	Motivation
conspiracy theory	major	The raving conspiracy theorist Harland had his own conspiracy-themed pirate radio show, and was trying to get the other townspeople to buy into his far-fetched ideas.
giant monster	major	The film's main novelty consisted of giant, mutant spiders going around killing people.
human vs. monster	major	The story follows some townspeople as their town is overrun by a hoard of giant, mutant spiders.
law enforcement	major	Sheriff Sam and Deputy Pete led the response against the giant spiders.
mother and son	major	The adolescent boy Mike and his mother Sheriff Sam were at the heart of the story.
romantic love	major	Chris was courting Sheriff Sam over the course of the film and in the end he got her.
toxic waste management	major	The viewer is made to consider about the problem of toxic waste in society when mismanagement of this pollutant resulted in the creation of a hoard of giant, man-eating spiders. The mayor was using the mines as a toxic waste dump without the consent of the townspeople.
alien abduction	minor	The eccentric extraterrestrial enthusiast Harlan broadcasted his theory that various missing pets around town had been abducted by space aliens.
animal behavior	minor	Josh spoke of how orb-weaver spiders fill their prey with digestive acids so that they can "drink them from the inside out".
attachment to one's land	minor	Some of the townspeople opposed selling their land and relocating.