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List Price: $29.99 | | Label: Dimension
Salesrank: 39077
Released: January 17, 2006 |
| Our Price: $4.23 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
VENOM is a fright-filled voodoo thriller loaded with a sizzling cast of the screen's hottest young stars! Set deep in the eerie swamps of southern Louisiana -- Agnes Bruckner (MURDER BY NUMBERS), Jonathan Jackson (TUCK EVERLASTING), and Meagan Good (ROLL BOUNCE) are among a group of teenagers trying to uncover the truth behind a friend's mysterious death. What they find is an evil force more deadly than anyone could have imagined! Now they are the ones running for their lives! Also starring Bijou Phillips (ALMOST FAMOUS) and Method Man (GARDEN STATE) -- critics everywhere hailed this chilling and thrilling horror tale!
Venom Reviews:
Almost Pure Poison 
2009-12-31 - I gotta admit it, I love horror films...especially 80s slasher films. Hell, I even love cheese like Sleepaway Camp and Night of the Demons. But, I didn't think much of this movie. The death scenes weren't very well done, the CGI was terrible, and the acting was ho-hum. Worst of all was the story which didn't make sense at all. I'd say save your money but chances are, if you want to see this movie...you're going to anyway. I didn't hate it...it's just not very good. Overall, it's just another bland, lifeless horror film that lacks life (it's no surprise that this one was on the shelf at Dimension for over a year after it was completed).
SURPRISINGLY GREAT FLICK! SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THEATERS! 
2009-10-15 - This is one of those pleasant surprises that makes our endless movie quest worthwhile! 'Venom' was much better than I expected! It was very 80s style in the best way with a great looking zombie/killer and brutal splattery kills! The atmosphere was very creepy and the locations they shot in were some of the best swamp areas I've ever seen. I can't imagine any real horror fan not liking this movie. It was well paced, the plot & acting were decent, the kills were many and the atmosphere was great! What more do you need? It would be great to see a sequel done by the same writer, director & crew.
Indie Horror Movie with Mystery/Voodoo/Friendship Themes
2009-02-15 - Venom is a classic-style horror movie with elements of mystery, adventure and minimal gore. It is also an "Indie" type of movie, in that it stars a group of young actors with lots of energy, who are having fun, planning their lives (and getting killed-off:) I rated it a Nine within this context.
The mystery theme, involving a group of young friends, reminds me of a Nancy Drew type story line. These young friends, with their whole lives ahead of them, are forced to learn about Voodoo quickly (to avoid getting killed-off:)
The horror/Voodoo theme is well-known: A Voodoo Zombie is created when a dead body becomes "possessed" by a legion of escaped bad souls. These souls had previously been extracted from unfortunate victims and "confined" by a good Voodoo priestess during intervention/cleansing rituals. Unfortunately the bad souls escaped their confinement during an accident).
The adventure theme is classic chase-and-kill: Obviously the Zombie is out for a hellish romp, and killing people left-and-right to strengthen it's evil occupants. Who is going to step-up and kick it's butt?
This movie was deliberately made to be fun and entertaining, as well as provide some Voodoo folklore. A great Friday night romp in the swamp with an evil Zombie! Where Friends get to gather at Voodoo temples, get chased thru a bona-fide Louisiana Swamp, and often get to die!! There's even a hero at the end:)
Solid horror 
2008-04-16 - This movie wasn't the greatest horror movie, but given the budget, I enjoyed it. The story is pretty cool, gets quite cheesy at times, but what horror movie doesn't. The voodoo idea was done in a way that was creepy and believable, but not overly Hollywood glamorized idea of Voodoo. I'd recommend this movie to someone who wants a good way to spend a Friday night.
0 STARS: Rubbish!! 
2007-08-22 - Unfortunately, I caught this on encore the other night, and being that it is supposed to be a horror movie, I decided to watch it. Succinctly, "Venom" represents a lame attempt to spice up a slasher-type movie with an element of the oh-so-deadly voodoo stuff!! I'm just shaking in my boots after having seen it!!
The voodoo element does not work at all, and, basically, what you have in "Venom" is nothing you haven't already seen before except for the exciting element of voodoo which is completely unconvincing in my estimation and actually makes the movie even more stupid in my opinion than if the movie had just gone straight slasher.
The acting, directing and screenplay are all horrible in this flick making for an intellectual meltdown experience and a completely boring way to spend your evening. I could barely finish this trash. Sadly, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" is a lot better than this garbage. I guess they just don't make slashers like they used to...what a tragedy to see what this once beautiful sub-genre of horror has actually come to. If Hollywood is going to continue with this kind of garbage, then I have great fears (not in a good way) for the future of my beloved horror genre.
Some people call "Venom" a horror movie...I just call it rubbish.
