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"Get back, you eight legged freaks!" was actually an adlib that the director liked so much that he changed the name of the movie to it. One of the rare reverse title drops.

The other spiders: *kills people like a regular spider would by biting their prey* That one spider at 12:24 : "IMMA BEAT THE MF SHIT OUT OF YOU"

The one thing I actually remember from this movie is the absolutely wild sound effects they use. The spiders scream and yell at the people, there's punching sound effects, it's honestly like watching the gremlins as spiders.

This was literally my favorite movie in preschool, it's so cool that you covered it. It's also what sparked my interest in spiders, by kindergarten I could spell cephalothorax and identify random spiders around the house. My dumb teacher actually complained to my parents that I was reading too many non-fiction books. So yeah, I was basically that kid riding his bike to see some spiders. Now I'm 24 doing manual labor and drinking too much. Funny how that happens.

Finally someone understands that the punching scene is in fact the best

I love how the jumping spiders in this movie actually have voice lines that sound like gibberish, but are actual real words, just edited to sound incomprehensible

I personally love this movie because it was filmed in a small town my aunt and uncle live in and one of my cousins was an extra and body double in the film. Makes it far more special to me

The cat's face being imprinted into the wall, teeth and every detail being perfectly detailed, always cracked me up during that cat attack scene

No one ever shows the part where one of the spiders does an evil laugh.

Tarantula breeder here! My mom -who also bred T’s-and I used to watch this when I was a kid before she passed away. We thought it was hysterical. Fun fact; the blue tarantula with pink toes who ‘stalks’ down that guy and bites him is an Avicularia species. It’s known for its relaxed attitude and relatively harmless bite. It’s often recommended as a beginner species. Thank you for covering this great movie even if you’re afraid of spiders! :)

I work in a wearhouse in oklahoma, and we are over run by spiders. Some of them that I've had to enter pvp combat with for car parts have been damn near dollar bill sized, while we also have rats, snakes, and sometimes geckos shipped in from factories in parts boxes.

I think the dirt bike chase will always be my favorite scene from this movie. I was a little kid watching this movie originally (10 years old) wanting a dirt bike anyway, then there’s bad ass metal playing during the scene, and it’s just dudes being chased by giant jumping spiders on bikes. THE DUDE SUPERMANNED A GIANT SPIDER IN MID AIR ON HIS DIRT BIKE IN THE DESERT THAN CAUSES AN OIL TANKER TO FLIP AND EXPLODE KILLING A BUNCH OF THEM. Fucking awesome. This movie is Gold for kids, or people who are really high.

I remember this movie as a kid. And the one fps game they had on their website, just a quick download. Going through the mall and eliminating giant jumping, orb weaver and...well one big turantula. Awesome times

The fact that the CGI looks actually good makes this whole movie a lot creepier than it actually is

This movie is so God damned good. The story is pretty solid tbh. The way the sequence of events happen honestly makes sense because they follow the rules set within thier own movie. Like disappearing and bringing back characters with the mine, the way the phone line goes down and the subsequent fight to get the 1 cell phone in town some cell service. Anyone who says it's bad isn't paying attention to the movie. The perfume part was pulled off way better than evolutions head and shoulders idea. *to be a boomer about it too, having 1 cell phone in a town like that back then is so goddamned realistic.

I love the reference to Baird saying our brains are hardwired about things that skitter.

Another impossibility in all this is that spiders in real life are incredibly cannibalistic, even mothers will often see their own young as easy snacks. Even if they were smarter like in this film they'd still be constantly eating each other as it's an abundant food source for them

This is a certified "Giant Enemy Spider" moment.

That cat went out like a champ. My cat runs from mice... Nevermind a dog sized spider.

Considering how smart jumping spiders are at their current diminutive sizes, I wonder how sentient & friendly/hostile they would get if they are to evolve to such sizes with more neurons. I had always thought of having a pet jumping spider to the size of a cat so I could have fun with its curiosity & pet its cute flat head.

“Don’t try to avoid animals in the road” unless it’s a moose or a bear because they will absolutely body your car and you.

"Leaving the Spider to be purged in flames, just as god intended them to." *laughing in Heavy Flamer intensifies*

This movie honestly began my fascination with spiders particularly jumping spiders because of how intelligent they are and how some can be cute.

Man, I remember this movie. I was already arachnophobic due to reasons, and this movie didn't help. Terrified the heck out of me as a kid, but for some reason I would watch it everyday for several months. Was so terrified that the other kids in the house got mad at me

The spider beating the shit out of that guy always cracked me up too

Interesting side note: if spiders managed to grow to that size, they almost certainly wouldn't have the ability to crawl along walls and ceilings since the setae on their feet would never be able to support so much mass. We see this already in a lot of (normal-sized) tarantulas that have developed larger claws to aid in climbing. I know it's not much, but at least it would put the bastards back on a more 2-dimensional warfighting environment rather than 3D one.

Hearing the gears of war mainmenu theme legit brought back SO MANY memories Thank you

As a kid with arachnophobia, this movie used to chill me to the bone. Hard. As a man who overcame his phobia, it cracks me up. I got into spiders so I could get rid of my fear. It worked through years of therapy. By the way, Roanoke Gaming, have you thought about reviewing the movie Arachnophobia? Oldie but a goldie.

The documentary about Australia's wildlife really freak me out

This definitely brought back some memories. As a kid I was fascinated about spiders and thought this movie was awesome. Better yet, I actually had a substitute teacher who was one of the stuntwomen on this movie. Living in Arizona it was cool knowing it was filmed here and her showing us set photos.

So when this movie was coming out, I was like seven or something. And I was losing my mind with anticipation I wanted to watch it in theaters the day it came out. I loved and still love spiders so much. The movie was set to come out on a Friday. I remember seeing a commercial where this guys spoke in a hyped up monster truck announcer type voice over some shots of the movie. He said "Eight Legged Freaks is coming out Wednesday, not Friday! Why?? Because they JUST CAN'T WAIT!!!" I jumped up and started jumping around with excitement. I ran out into the living room and grabbed my mom saying "mom! Mom! It's coming out in two days! Why? BECAUSE THEY JUST CAN'T WAIT!!" I was ecstatic. I didn't know that was a thing. I had never heard of a movie having a release date and then just being like, nah we are going to come out sooner instead. It was very memorable.

At 24:45 I heard that background music and my neck hairs stood up! I knew I recognized it! I searched every eerie video game I have ever played from Left 4 Dead to Plague inc. and then it hit me... "GEARS OF WAR MAIN MENU!"

I learned there's a species of spider that actually keeps frogs as pets! the frog will eat pests that could endanger the spider and their offspring, and the spider will make sure the frog is safe nature, man- it's nuts

I just wanna say: GG in that cat attacking and fighting that GIANT SPIDER!! RIP Mr Whiskers. 😢

The first spider that attacked Joshua is Avicularia Avicularia aka the Pink Toe Tarantula. This tarantula is a super docile tree dweller from South America in and around the jungles of Columbia. They prefer to run and jump away, as they are super shy and heavily prefer to avoid any confrontation. Most spiders and tarantulas are like this too. We do hear about spider bite reports. Especially from venomous species that can really make a very healthy man sick. This is rare, as they only bite if they feel cornered. Tarantulas especially will give warnings if they feel cornered by showing what is called a threat posture. Their body flexes in a L shape, the upper body and first 4 pairs of legs are raised in the air towards the perceived threat. You can see under them and their fangs. The more defensive tarantulas from Africa and Asia take it one step further by slapping the ground. This it to intimidate to show how fast they are. It is rare they will bite first without warning but it is possible they will. All tarantulas can slap, and even will slap their owner. My Texas brown, one of the most docile slapped my hand when I was removing her water bowl for cleaning. Still do not let this movie fool you into thinking spiders are bad and aggressive. They are defensive creatures and to them we're fricken giants.

I legitimately adore this movie. It's one of my go-to feel-better monster movies. I'm an AZ native so the setting gave me giggles.

I like how the jumping spiders were shown stalking/chasing their prey. This is something our real life(and thankfully tiny sized) jumping spiders do…well the stalking part more so than the chasing part.

Straight up would watch this movie every time it was on HBO, usually in the early morning before school. What a campy, terrible movie that will forever hold my heart

After watching this, it is my theory that the world from ‘The Ricks Must Be Crazy’ is actually one where the spiders in this movie weren’t destroyed and continues to develop themselves.

19:33 Early humans were actually around in the days where giant spiders existed. We did have to spear them. I think that's why giant spiders are such a common horror trope, an instinctive fear hearkening back to the real thing. I remember watching a documentary that proved this.

Honestly, I've got to hand it to them. "I want to restart the *coal mine* in order to save my hometown" is definitely... A motivation that exists.

many years later, I now know that the spdiers coming out of that' guys mouth at 21:08 are based on the common gold and black/zig-zag spider! A harmless garden spider with very limited ability to move around off its own web! Well, mostly harmless . If they did bite someone it'd be like a bad mosquito bite.

Spiders have to molt when they grow. Thats usually what kills a spider before it gets so large that it can't breathe. Its much less about the amount of oxygen in the air and more to do with how healthy a spider is when it molts. If a spider grows too fast it won't have the energy or a proper diet. So they would literally just die even if the science behind the growth was sound. Also fun fact Jumping spiders and tarantulas are extremely intelligent and can sometimes recognize their owners

Been binging a lot of your explinations on this stuff; it is some great stuff to binge so keep it up man.

The very first book my parents ever gave me was called "Be Nice to Spiders." It was my very first lesson in ecology, and it prevented me from becoming arachnophobic.

"peta might get onto me for this, but don't try to dodge animals on the road" Oh yes, Peta would tell you to aim right for them, weaving through traffic and onto the sidewalk to hit a dog being walked by its owner.

This literally gave me arachnophobia when I was a kid. I was the kid who'd play with spiders, then saw this movie, had nightmares, and... Well, I can't be in the same room I saw a spider in in the last few hours.

Ah yes, the movie that started my Arachnophobia when i was a kid. Classic

When I was a child, my cousins ​​and I used a hose as a "telephone" to play, until on one occasion a spider got into my mouth, specifically a Loxosceles laeta, one of the most dangerous species in my country, it was in my mouth just for an instant and luckily it didn't bite me but feeling its legs move in my mouth before I spit it out felt like an eternity, so the scene where something similar happens in the movie affected me more than it should when I saw the movie as a child, although now as an adult I could bear it almost without problems ... I am not hyperventilating, you are hyperventilating!

As a Gears of War fan, I’m happy to hear Baird’s quotes are still relevant to this day.

This was one of the few movies that I watched as a kid that really freaked me out. Kept me up for weeks being irrationally paranoid there is a giant spider under my bed waiting to suck my guts out.

The nostalgia! Thanks for going over this childhood classic sir. This reminds me of another somewhat similar move from back in the day called Evolution(2001) you should check out it is definitely up your alley.

It's also important to note that tarantulas, especially the terrestrials, are surprisingly fragile. If you drop one any higher than a foot, you risk rupturing their abdomen which would result in death.

Roanoke: Is scared of spiders Me: "Haha! Weak!" Roanoke: Motions towards a ladder with a sign that says "Climb me" Me: Breaks into tears and pulls out the crucifix

This was so funny, and really enjoyed 8 Legged Freaks. Scary ones that I'd like to see done is 1990's Arachnophobia, 2019's Itsy Bitsy and 1977's Kingdom of the Spiders.

I love this movie, it’s one of my go to B-schlock films, thanks for covering it Roanoke!!!

23:20 is hysterical to me, because you have a jumping spider literally ushering other spiders to get into the mall in slower "go go go" sort of fashion. That said, the one thing you missed regarding the spiders moult is that... they simply grow way too fast and don't eat nearly enough to sustain them. The spiders wouldn't be out of their first moult before they start their next with that sort of exponential growth in the first few days, and so they'd all almost certainly die mid-moult as they get stuck in old exoskeletons and then wind up still trying to moult again. Moulting is also a process that takes a huge amount of energy on the part of spiders - certainly not enough for one single man to feed the sheer number of spiders we see. Basically, even if there was theoretically enough oxygen to support spiders of this size, they would NEVER grow to that size in just a few days naturally, and any imbalance in their system causing them to grow faster than they can manage to moult would inevitably just kill them as they'd die mid-moult due to being unable to shed properly. Not even talking about the fact that many, many, many species of spiders are cannibals and even with higher intelligence, these eight legged dudes would probably just eat each other first. Maybe they'd just say "Sorry bro but I'm hungry" given the higher intelligence and be a bit polite about it.

I didn’t know they made a documentary on Australia a horror movie

Thank you man it was a very nice listening of the video. Top quality as always

Ultimately, despite my gripes, this video is top tier like all of your other vids. Love it man, keep up the good work!

Ah' the early 2000's. What a great time to be traumatized as a small child by watching movies

This is my favorite movie I love how the spiders even have a sense of humor.

OMG! It's a Broanoke gaming video that I haven't seen!! Even though I have been watching your content for years already! Obviously it has to be like... totally like... yeah I'm not sleeping for months. Great one matey!

I always thought this movie should have ended with the camera looking at the pond where the radioactive waste can was and seeing something like a giant snake, turtle, fish, or (my personal favorite idea) a giant frog!

The spiders in the mouth always messed me up as a kid. I still almost die anytime I feel a small chunk of anything when I'm drinking. It's not often, but dying isn't fun 🤣

got dam! this movie is damn near vintage.

This movie gave me such a distinct fear of trapdoor spiders, more than any other spider out there.

Who would think up such a horrific scenario?? I had nightmares for what felt like ever because of this movie. Lord why?!??

Bro, this was my favorite movie as a kid!

"Why would any kid want to see spiders?" ... I did when i was a kid^^' I was fascinated by them

19 years, 19 years! I haven't watched this movie in such a long time. I used to watch this movie over and over. I loved this movie.

i watched this movie as a kid and i loved it, found the idea of giant spiders really interesting and the movie overall was fun, here in my country its name was translated to spider attack, watched it again as an adult and it was as fun as i remember but the cgi didnt age that well but it is still impressive for its time

Little correction: While you are absolutely right with the fact that insects breath through their threachea, this is not the whole truth with spiders. They actually have small booklungs as well, which help them out with their breathing by supplying their hemolymph with some oxygen

Even though I have Arachophobia, I used to have a book about spiders. When my mom asked why I chose to traumatized myself, I said "No thy enemy"

I love the sound effects they added to the spiders. The squeaks they do during the movie are hilarious.

"you gon catch all eight of these hands" -the spider that chose to punch a guy to death

Speaking of oversized arthropods, I'd be very interested to see you take a look at the 1997 movie "Mimic".

I love the various personalities on display. Each Archanid having their own little thing. It's cute to me.

I’m about the same age as Roanoke so I saw this movie when I was around 8 with my Dad and he decided to permanently traumatize me by when I went to the bathroom he had a streak of quick thinking and I guess had a giant fake spider from Halloween in the basement and thought it would be really funny to put it in front of the door to the bathroom so when I opened the door I got a big shock of a big spider! I screamed and he came out laughing his ass of and I cussed him out which he allowed even tho I was a kid cuz he knew he deserved it. Lol Father of the year!😅😊

Eight legged freaks was one of my favorite movies lmao. I had the DVD and it had a small game that put you in the town fighting the spiders. It was great.

13:04 "As Leon and Chris-" I thought I was watching a Resident Evil vid for a second, lol.

Oh shit is this the movie where The Other Guys got “aim for the bushes from”

Dude! You are friggin hilarious man; always catching me off guard and my sides are in orbit xD 👏

I HATE spiders but man I’ve loved this movie since it came out. My go to when I need a laugh because it is absolutely HILARIOUS! The spider’s personalities and little human sounds they make 😂😂😂 The creepiest thing about this movie is the ending song to me.

Great movie! I loved the scene with the Dirt Bikes, the cat scene always cracked me up even now at 25, and later in the caves when the main characters spray perfume in the black widows face. Always made me laugh. Also that the spiders seemed to have gain a little sentience and the ability to talk. Sometimes you can even hear them laugh in the film. Also holy shit! I forgot Scarlett Johansson was in this film. She's aged well. As always mate great video. Keep being rad my friend, stay safe out there, and thanks for the Merch will order a hoodie later. I hope you get those posters at some point. Your Halo:CE Cpl Mendoza quote had me dying.

As always a super informative video on a cult classic! Thank you Roanoke 👍

Had a rose hair tarantula for almost 8 years, literally the most chill pet ever. You could handle her as much as you want and leave her where you wanted since she wouldnt go far at all or even just stay put

My dad took me to see this at our local drive-in when it came out. . .so there I was, an arachnophobe watching gigantic spiders on a gigantic screen. . .my skin was crawling for almost the whole movie, but we still enjoyed the night.

Here for the watch minutes before it gets yanked. I did enjoy being a young child watching my arachnophobic dad attempt to watch it because he could handle them if they were little ones, but boy he freaked out as they got bigger. I was a strange child.

Glad to see everyone remembers this movie from they're childhood

First time I watched this was a few years ago with my partner. She likes spiders while I'm arachnophobic.... When the giant spiders showed up she was hiding under the blankets and couldn't watch while I was laughing at it

Something you didn't mention but would have also needed to have happened is some change to their locomotive systems. Normal spiders basically use pressure to move, that's why you will see spiders suddenly stop, they need to repressurize their limbs. But these big spiders are relentless.

As someone that actually respects and appreciates arachnids and most bugs this has always been one of my favorite movies

You should do arachnophobia! Favorite movie of mine as a kid, and they use actual spiders for a lot of the film but their bite is incredibly potent and it would be interesting to see your take on what exactly is going on with the venom and their hunting habits / strategies

I was obsesed with this movie as a kid, use to have my grandma rent it from the dvd store anytime we went, got to a point where i knew where it would be on the shelf

The thing that got me was arachnophobia trailers, never seen the movie, then ice spiders. That one got me good

this movie was basically why I wanted to be an entomologist when I was a kid, so fucking cool

Why the hell am I watching this? Damn you Roanoke for making science fun and interesting!

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. For some reason I was obsessed with giant bugs