The Horror Movie Director Who Nearly Made a Spider-Man Movie

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By Adam Grinwald

Updated Sep 6, 2023

The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell Peter Parker.

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Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, almost directed his own Spider-Man film, envisioning a twisted version of the character unlike anything we've seen before.
Cannon Films misunderstood the concept of Spider-Man and thought of him as a grotesque human-spider hybrid, leading to Hooper's departure from the project.
A horror-oriented Spider-Man movie would be a perfect fit, tapping into the character's demographic and exploring the darker and scarier aspects of his world.