The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
Practical Effects
Sandman's particle transformation — still gorgeous CGI.
Direction
Raimi's horror roots peek through in symbiote sequences.
Acting
Franco's unhinged Harry arc deserved its own movie.
Director
Sam Raimi
Tobey Maguire
Spider-Man / Peter Parker
Kirsten Dunst
Mary Jane Watson
James Franco
New Goblin / Harry Osborn
Thomas Haden Church
Sandman / Flint Marko
Topher Grace
Venom / Eddie Brock
Bryce Dallas Howard
Gwen Stacy
Rosemary Harris
May Parker
J.K. Simmons
J. Jonah Jameson
James Cromwell
Captain Stacy
Dylan Baker
Dr. Curt Connors
Theresa Russell
Emma Marko
Bill Nunn
Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson
Bruce Campbell
Maître D'
Elizabeth Banks
Miss Brant
Ted Raimi
Hoffman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Raimi never wanted Venom — producer Avi Arad forced him in, believing the character was 'too popular to ignore.' The resulting creative friction birthed cinema's most memeable meltdown.
The infamous 'bully Maguire' jazz sequence was Raimi's deliberate homage to his own Evil Dead slapstick, misunderstood by audiences as unintentional comedy. The finger guns were always the point.
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