It’s an undoubtedly weird concept for a Spider-Man movie, but perhaps not so bizarre considering Cannon Films were prolific B-movie makers themselves, responsible for such dubiously titled films as New Year’s Evil and The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood. Not to mention the company was also behind the legendarily awful Superman IV: The Quest for Peace - a film so bad, it’s arguably even worse than Corman’s Fantastic Four. Luckily the late, great Stan Lee put the kibosh on Cannon’s plans, and this odd Spider-Man horror movie never saw the light of day. Which was probably for the best as Cannon’s interpretation of Spider-Man - an actual man fused with a spider as opposed to a man with spider-like superhero abilities - was just a tad too literal. One wonders what kind of abomination Cannon would’ve come up with if they’d optioned the rights to Batman.
