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** There were plans for a sequel that would have had David Arquette returning as Chris. Due to the low Box Office return, it wasn't made.

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** There were plans for a sequel that would have had David Arquette returning as Chris. Due to the low Box Office box office return, it wasn't made.
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* TyopOnTheCover: Of the most technical variant. Since the movie's title has no hyphen between "eight" and "legged", its name technically means "eight freaks, each of which possess legs".
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* TyopOnTheCover: Of the most technical variant. Since the movie's title has no hyphen between "eight" and "legged", its name technically means "eight freaks, each of which possess legs".

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Misuse. Made back its budget.


* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $30 million. Box office, $17,322,606 (domestic), $45,867,333 (worldwide).



** There were plans for a sequel that would have had David Arquette returning as Chris. Due to the low Box Office return, it wasn't made.

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** There were plans for a sequel that would have had David Arquette returning as Chris. Due to the low Box Office return, it wasn't made.made.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The original title was changed because it sounded too similar to "''Iraq'' Attack", and therefore inappropriate with the start of the Iraq War.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original title was ''Arac Attack'' and in many European countries it was still released as that. There was also a TitleDrop where Joshua says "they call that an arac attack" early in the film.

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The original title was ''Arac Attack'' and in many European countries it was still released as that. There was also a TitleDrop where Joshua says "they call that an arac attack" early in the film.film.
** An alternate opening has Harlan's broadcast running longer promoting the mall, after which a worker sees the toxic waste being put into the basement.
** There were plans for a sequel that would have had David Arquette returning as Chris. Due to the low Box Office return, it wasn't made.
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* CreatorKiller: ''Eight Legged Freaks'' squashed the cinematic careers of director/writer Ellory Elkayem and co-writer Jesse Alexander into pulp. Neither wrote another cinematic screenplay, with Elkayem doing DirectToVideo and TV movies since, and Alexander returning to a successful TV career.
* ThrowItIn: David Arquette ad-libbed the line "eight legged freaks", which subsequently became the title.

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* CreatorKiller: ''Eight Legged Freaks'' squashed the cinematic careers of director/writer Ellory Elkayem Creator/ElloryElkayem and co-writer Jesse Alexander Creator/JesseAlexander into pulp. Neither wrote another cinematic screenplay, with Elkayem doing DirectToVideo and TV movies since, and Alexander returning to a successful TV career.
* ThrowItIn: David Arquette Creator/DavidArquette ad-libbed the line "eight legged freaks", which subsequently became the title.
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* CreatorKiller: ''Eight Legged Freaks'' squashed the cinematic careers of director/writer Ellory Elkayem and co-writer Jesse Alexander into pulp. Neither wrote another cinematic screenplay, with Elkayem doing DirectToVideo and TV movies since, and Alexander returning to a successful TV career.

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* CreatorKiller: ''Eight Legged Freaks'' squashed the cinematic careers of director/writer Ellory Elkayem and co-writer Jesse Alexander into pulp. Neither wrote another cinematic screenplay, with Elkayem doing DirectToVideo and TV movies since, and Alexander returning to a successful TV career.career.
* ThrowItIn: David Arquette ad-libbed the line "eight legged freaks", which subsequently became the title.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original title was ''Arac Attack'' and in many European countries it was still released as that. There was also a TitleDrop where Joshua says "they call that an arac attack" early in the film.
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* CreatorKiller: ''Eight Legged Freaks'' squashed the cinematic careers of director/writer Ellory Elkayem and co-writer Jesse Alexander into pulp. Neither wrote another cinematic screenplay, with Elkayem doing DirectToVideo and TV movies since, and Alexander returned to a successful TV career.

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* CreatorKiller: ''Eight Legged Freaks'' squashed the cinematic careers of director/writer Ellory Elkayem and co-writer Jesse Alexander into pulp. Neither wrote another cinematic screenplay, with Elkayem doing DirectToVideo and TV movies since, and Alexander returned returning to a successful TV career.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $30 million. Box office, $17,322,606 (domestic), $45,867,333 (worldwide).
* CreatorKiller: ''Eight Legged Freaks'' squashed the cinematic careers of director/writer Ellory Elkayem and co-writer Jesse Alexander into pulp. Neither wrote another cinematic screenplay, with Elkayem doing DirectToVideo and TV movies since, and Alexander returned to a successful TV career.

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