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Eight Legged Freaks

Horror. Comedy. Fantasy A variety of horrible poisonous spiders get exposed to a noxious chemical that causes them to grow to monumental proportions.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
"A cunning and hilarious update of the giant-insect movies of the 1950s" POS
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"It's a genre survey, a homage, a meditation, a parody and, oh yeah, while it's at it, still a pretty good story." POS
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"Has laughs, thrills, wit and scary monsters, and is one of those goofy movies like "Critters" that kids itself and gets away with it" POS
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New York Daily News
New York Daily News
"Neither particularly funny nor especially scary. But it's so cheerfully silly, you may just have fun with it anyway." NEU
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SFGATE
SFGATE
"Has a smart mix of things going for it, including a self-effacing sense of humor."  POS
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Variety
Variety
"This update of 1950s drive-in sci-fiers finds the right balance between icky, funny and scary, with sheer energy compensating for a script that could have used more parodic panache" NEU
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"The movie is so unapologetic in its crassness that it disarms even the fussiest connoisseur of throwaway disaster flicks" POS
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"Awkward, obvious and sporadically -- very sporadically -- amusing"  NEG
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