🎬 Movie Treatment: Spider-Man: Vermin’s Requiem

🕷️ General Information

Detail	Description
Title	Spider-Man: Vermin’s Requiem
Logline	Haunted by a savage new predator who controls an army of vermin, Spider-Man must confront the darkest side of humanity and his own symbiotic suit before the monster’s underground war consumes New York City.
Genre	Superhero, Psychological Horror, Action-Thriller
Director	[Placeholder for a director known for dark, visceral work]
Starring	Bruno Jukic as Peter Parker / Spider-Man (Black Suit), Billy Toro as Edward Whelan / Vermin
Tone	Darker and more grounded than previous installments, exploring themes of mutation, poverty, and unchecked scientific ambition.

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🐀 Synopsis (Three-Act Structure)

Act I: The Tides of Ratcliffe

• The Setup: Peter Parker (Bruno Jukic) has been using the black symbiotic suit for several months. He feels stronger, faster, and more confident, but his temper is shorter, and his dependency on the suit is growing, straining his relationship with Mary Jane (or a relevant supporting character).
• The Threat Emerges: Reports of massive, coordinated vermin attacks surface in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, particularly the derelict subway tunnels and sewer systems. People are being dragged away, and the police are baffled.
• Vermin’s Origin: We are introduced to Edward Whelan (Billy Toro), a former genetics researcher who was subjected to horrifying, illegal experiments attempting to splice human and animal DNA. He has mutated into the feral, rat-like creature known as Vermin, now driven by primal rage and a psychic connection to the city’s entire rodent population.
• The First Clash: Spider-Man tracks the attacks into the darkness of the tunnels. His initial confrontation with Vermin is brutal. Vermin’s speed, agility, and sheer savagery—combined with the distraction of his rat swarm—overwhelm the usually dominant Spider-Man, who barely escapes, realizing this is a monster unlike any he has faced.

Act II: Descent into Madness

• The Suit’s Influence: Shaken by his defeat, Peter becomes recklessly reliant on the black suit’s raw power. He uses more aggressive tactics, nearly harming bystanders, and his nightmares intensify. The suit is amplifying his anger and paranoia.
• Investigating the Past: Peter researches the rumors surrounding Whelan and the illicit genetic labs that operated years ago. He discovers that Whelan was part of a controversial program funded by an untraceable organization, targeting marginalized communities for test subjects. This ties Vermin’s origin to systemic injustice.
• The Lair: Spidey descends back into the massive, labyrinthine tunnels, which Vermin has turned into a territorial kingdom and nesting ground. Vermin is not just attacking, he is building a sanctuary for himself and his rat army, planning a massive assault on the surface world.
• The Confrontation (The Cover Scene): The image from the comic cover plays out here. Spider-Man and Vermin engage in a fierce, visually stunning fight in a flooded, claustrophobic chamber, surrounded by the swirling water and a massive rat swarm. The suit’s rage pushes Peter to the brink of lethal force, but the fight ends in a momentary stalemate or a narrow escape, leaving Peter questioning the suit’s control over him. He realizes he cannot beat this monster with pure brute force—especially the suit’s force.

Act III: The Exorcism

• The Climax: Peter recognizes that the sound and vibrations of the subway system and church bells seem to distress Vermin and the suit itself. He uses this knowledge to set a trap.
• The Final Battle: Vermin launches his planned assault, bringing his army of rats up from the subways into a major public square (e.g., Grand Central Terminal). Spider-Man arrives, but instead of wearing the black suit, he is in his classic costume.
• The Revelation & The Cure: Using an array of sonic webbing devices he quickly created, Spider-Man floods the square with high-frequency sound waves. The sound temporarily incapacitates the rat swarm and causes Vermin immense pain, breaking his concentration. Spider-Man, despite being less powerful, uses his intelligence and superior agility to subdue Vermin. He manages to inject a synthesized antidote/cure that he developed while researching Whelan’s genetic markers.
• The Conclusion: The antidote forces a physical and mental regression in Whelan. He is separated from the “Vermin” persona and reverts to a weak, human form, collapsing in exhaustion and sadness. Peter realizes the man was as much a victim as a monster. He is left to deal with the moral complexity of handing a cured, but deeply traumatized, Edward Whelan over to the authorities. The final shot is Peter staring at the remnants of the discarded black suit, recognizing the danger it posed to his own soul.

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⭐ Key Selling Points

• A Unique Spider-Man: Features the iconic, fan-favorite Black Suit era, exploring Peter’s psychological struggle with enhanced power.
• Horror Element: Introduces a villain, Vermin, that brings a genuine element of body horror and psychological terror to the MCU.
• Billy Toro’s Performance: A chance for Billy Toro to deliver a primal, physically intense, and ultimately tragic performance as a monster born of societal neglect.
• Visceral Action: The setting (the grimy, neglected underbelly of NYC) allows for unique, claustrophobic action sequences, perfectly captured in the comic cover’s dynamic.