The story is set in the quiet mining town of Prosperity, Arizona. After a truck accidentally spills toxic waste into a local pond, the chemical begins to affect the local fauna—specifically a collection of exotic spiders kept by a local entomologist. Before long, these spiders mutate into giant, SUV-sized monsters with a hunger for human residents. Mining engineer Chris McCormack (played by David Arquette ) and Sheriff Sam Parker ( Kari Wuhrer

El Ataque de las Arañas (released internationally as ) is a 2002 horror-comedy that serves as a modern homage to the "giant creature" B-movies of the 1950s. Directed by Ellory Elkayem and produced by the team behind Independence Day , the film blends early-2000s CGI with campy humor and classic monster-movie tropes. Plot: Chaos in Prosperity, Arizona