Spider-Man Versus Kraven the Hunter (1974) on Netflix
Spider-Man breaks up a group organizing a bank robbery, but one man escapes and contacts Kraven the Hunter. Peter Parker photographs for The Daily Bugle when the hunter arrives by boat.
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Plot summary
A man who escapes from a bank robbery that Spider-Man breaks up contacts Kraven the Hunter, who then travels to the city by boat. Peter Parker is taking photographs for The Daily Bugle and is there when the hunter arrives. The screenplay adapts a story from The Amazing Spider-Man issue fifteen, with new scenes built around Kraven's first arrival in America. The film is a fan production endorsed by Marvel Comics and limited to non-commercial exhibition, shot in color with costumes and lighting effects made for it. A section of a building was built for Spider-Man to climb, and traveling matte shots place him swinging through Times Square at night.
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Spider-Man Versus Kraven the Hunter (1974)
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- The film is believed lost: its writer-director Bruce Cardozo died on April 24, 2015, and the computer holding the only known copy was destroyed with him. Later information suggested copies may survive on 16mm film, VHS and DVD.
- The film was already a legend in the fan community when Bruce's apartment was burglarized in 2010 by thieves who seemed specifically after the negatives of Spider-Man Versus Kraven the Hunter; he then placed the negatives in a more secure location, likely a safe-deposit box.
- In October 1972, director Bruce Cardozo wrote to Stan Lee about the project and received a very enthusiastic letter of approval, on condition the film was limited to a non-commercial exhibition because of Marvel Comics' commercial licensing commitments at the time.
- Cardozo pitched his experimental film class a half-hour, 16mm, color, sound, semi-professional Spider-Man movie; when he outlined the special effects the class thought it impossible, but his instructor Peter Glushanok gave him the go-ahead.
- The crew built an entire section of a building for Spider-Man to climb, and used traveling matte shots to make him swing through a neon-lit Times Square at night, matting in colorful sunsets rather than using a phoney-looking backdrop.
- When the film was about three-quarters finished, the makers gave Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and other members of the bullpen a preview of some key scenes, and they were so impressed they encouraged them to finish the project.
