Christmas gift-bringer the leader of the Wild Hunt at the time of Yule. Santa Claus's reindeer has also been compared to Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin in Norse mythology. Jacob Grimm ("Deutsche Mythologie") traces the threatening or scary companions of Saint Nicholas (such as the Krampus of the Austro-Bavarian dialect region) to Christianized versions of house-spirits (kobolds, elves). After Christianization, the benign mid-winter gift-bringer was associated with the 4th-century Christian Saint Nicholas of Myra. This association took place mainly in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire, including German-speaking Europe, the Low Countries, the Czech lands, Hungary and Slovenia. The basis
Eight Legged Freaks is currently inactive. On January 5, 2003, the movie news website Moviehole reported that "Eight Legged Freaks 2" was in development, but no additional information has come forth since then. "Eight Legged Freaks" was met with mixed reviews. It currently holds an approval rating of 48% on Rotten Tomatoes stating: "This homage to the B-movies of the '50s has a promising first half, but runs out of ideas in the second". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale. Eight Legged Freaks Eight Legged Freaks is a 2002 horror comedy