Venom (2005)

Director:

Jim Gillespie

Writers (WGA):

Flint Dille (screenplay) &
John Zuur Platten (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

16 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

He Never Hurt A Soul Until The Day He Died.

Plot:

A pack of teenagers run for their lives through the swamps of Louisiana, as they are chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls who is relentless in his pursuit of new victims.

Plot Keywords:

Screwdriver In The Head | Crowbar | Crypt | Tomb | Snake

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Aug. 17

9:00 AM

SCIFI

Cast

Agnes Bruckner	...	Eden Sinclair
Jonathan Jackson	...	Eric
Laura Ramsey	...	Rachel
D.J. Cotrona	...	Sean
Rick Cramer	...	Ray Sawyer
Meagan Good	...	Cece
Bijou Phillips	...	Tammy
Method Man	...	Deputy Turner
Pawel Szajda	...	Ricky
Davetta Sherwood	...	Patty
Stacey Travis	...	Laura
Marcus Lyle Brown	...	Terry Parker (as Marcus Brown)
James Pickens Jr.	...	Sheriff
Deborah Duke	...	Miss Emmie

Also Known As:

Backwater (USA) (working title)
The Reaper (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence/gore, and language.

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Germany:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Malaysia:18SG | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Netherlands:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Choctaw, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

The movie is based on a story for a video game that BFG has in development.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The town 'Backwater' that the movie is set in, seems to be deserted. No people are out and no shops or anywhere are open - and it's a pretty big town. The only place that is open is the diner.

Quotes:

Ray: Bridge ain't no place to park a car boy.

Soundtrack:

Nothing Comes Easy

Horror? Just horrible!

This movie had elements of House of the Dead, especially with Ray and the crypt at the end and was actually even worse then House of the Dead which I didn't even think was possible! Especially the ending which was the most unintelligent crap I have ever witnessed in my life.

There were no good kills, no satisfying resolutions or character development, no sympathizing relationships, just a really stupid movie.

This was not horror, this was just horrible.

Great horror movies are out there, many from South Korea and these days actually literally blow this crap to dust.

Two words sum up this movie and the latest horror movie trend from Hollywood: So dumb.

I miss Nightmare on Elm Street 1 and 3, where a plot was built and the creepiness unreality was an atmosphere unto itself! Halloween 1 and 2. Friday the 13th's very early beginnings had the right mood to really freak ya out. A Tale of Two Sisters, the original Dark Water not the remake, the original Ring 0 and even verbinski's The Ring was nice. Where have all the scary movies gone? Theonly scary movie I've been looking forward to in the last 2 years is SAW II. Though for sheer fun, The Hazing was pretty good.

Score for Venom: 1/10