Venom (2005)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

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:

Voodoo | Louisiana | Undead | Swamp | Suitcase

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

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Amite, Lousiana, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Originally entitled "Backwater".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sean is pulled through the glass window with a chain, he doesn't have any cuts on him.

Quotes:

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

Soundtrack:

Jole Blon

Returning To What We Need For Horror...

After the splash of remakes of both classics we grew up on like Dawn Of The Dead,Texas Chainsaw Massacre or just Japanese goods turned American minour, we finally get a throwback to the best times of horror for me personally- the 80s slasher flicks.

Devils Rejects was an amazing piece of cinema for me. Hostel was loads of kickass fun for me.

Venom was just flat-out solid,enough said. If you grew up loving the Friday The 13th sequels or the likes such as myself,this shouldn't let you down at all. Sadly this didn't take off in the box office due to terrible promotion and advertising skills,or lack of from the distributor. This had potential to create a new face in horror for us to love to fear.

Hopefully we can grab some STV sequels of this because the killer has loads of potential.