Spider (pulp fiction)
The Spider is an American pulp-magazine hero of the 1930s and 1940s.
Background
The Spider was created in 1933 by Harry Steeger at Popular Publications as direct competition to Street and Smith Publications' vigilante hero, the Shadow. Though similar, The Spider was millionaire playboy Richard Wentworth, who had served as a Major in World War I, and was living in New York City unaffected by the financial deprivations of the Great Depression. The ninth pulp has him as the last surviving member of a rich family.
Wentworth was easily identified as The Spider by his enemies in a number of earlier novels and was arrested by the police but quickly escaped, adopting a disguise and associated alias Tito Caliepi, donning make-up, a wig of lank hair, a black cape, and slouch hat. Later in the pulp series, vampire-like makeup appeared and then a face mask with grizzled hair; a hunchback was then added to terrorize the criminal underworld with The Spider's brand of violent vigilante justice. (Actor and comedian Harold Lloyd previously had used a similar mask, lank hair wig, and hunchback in the comedy film Dr. Jack (1922)). Caliepi sometimes begged, utilizing Wentworth's talent with a violin.
Spider (2007 film)
Spider is a 2007 Australian Black Comedy short film directed by Nash Edgerton and written by David Michôd and Nash Edgerton. The film had its world premiere in competition at the Sydney Film Festival on 17 June 2007. After that the film compete at number of film festivals and later theatrically released with Edgerton's feature-film The Square.
Plot
Consummate joker Jack plays a prank on his girlfriend Jill that goes too far. But like mum said, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye."
Cast
Reception
Critical response
The film earned mainly positive reviews from critics. Jason Sondhi of short of the week gave film the positive review said "It’s for sure a superior film, I just think I loved everything about it except the parts that I assume everyone loves." David Brook of blue print review gave the film four out of five stars and said "A simple one-gag comedy-short that works surprisingly well due to some accomplished naturalistic direction and performances. A nice touch at the end, although unnecessary, went down well with the audience too." Wesley Morris of Boston.com said that "as well-delivered as its shocks are, this film is cleverness in the service of cruelty."
Spider (disambiguation)
A spider is a type of arthropod.
Spider or Spiders may also refer to:
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Satu
Satu may refer to:
See also
Satu (album)
Satu is an album by Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer Edward Vesala recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label in 1977.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.
Track listing
Personnel
References
Satu (name)
Satu is a popular female given name in Finland, meaning fairy tale or fable. Its nameday is celebrated on the 18th of October. As of 2012, more than 26500 people in Finland have this name. The names peak popularity was in the 1960's and the 70's.
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Kita (surname)
Kita is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
