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Venom (2005)

September. 16,2005
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4.6
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R
| Horror Thriller

A group of teenagers fear for their lives in the swamps of Louisiana, chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls, and now relentless in his pursuit of new victims.

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Hellen
2005/09/16

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Nonureva
2005/09/17

Really Surprised!

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Tayyab Torres
2005/09/18

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

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Kaelan Mccaffrey
2005/09/19

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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Marincho
2005/09/20

We're in front of our typical slasher film; good guy dies in a freak accident, then comes back to life turned into an evil killing machine. The plot is really simple, so I'm pretty sure you're not going to miss anything and get lost/confused in the middle of the flick.We also have our group of characters; the girl who is recovering from several traumatic experiences, the guy who's trying to win said girl's love back, the bimbo, the tough guy, the funny guy and the Regina George wannabe. It's a pretty overused formula, but in this case it works; the characters are likable and you find yourself rooting for them but at the same time, thinking about which one of them is going to get the nastiest demise next.Even though I'm not the kind of guy who gets scared by slasher movies, I did with this one. The atmosphere was great, it was dark and intriguing; the surroundings were obscure (with the exception of the party at the lagoon and the gas station scene where the girls go for some fuel), those aspects helped the movie a lot and honestly, I can't think of any other place better for the story than the swamps of Louisiana; they nailed it at this one.The killings were really gruesome (as expected), the sequences were mostly intense, like the one at the grandmother's house and the last fight between our leading lady and the villain. The acting was really good for this kind of film and the effects were nicely done; oh! and the addition of Rob Zombie's ''Two Lane Blacktop'' was good, because let's be honest, at the end of the day what is a slasher movie without rock music? All things said, it's a really entertaining flick with a good dose of gore, creepy imagery and good looking actors. If you're looking for an intelligent, mind-blowing, original kind of film, stay away from this; but if you're in it just for the blood and guts, this is for you!If you find yourself with some free time in your hands and don't know what to do, ignore the ratings and go for it! I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

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atinder
2005/09/21

The movie start with ray who helping to kids out the car after crash however there is some kind old box on the back seat as he goes to get the car that was half hanging of a very low bridge , Which falls and snakes come out the box, this is as some really bad effects and ray is taken to morgue only for his body to go missing.Then people are being killed of one by one by ray, Who Seem to be some kinda of voodo zombie snake man The acting in this movie as got be some of the worse I ever seen in a very long time.I am going to give this movie a 3 out 10

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jmbwithcats
2005/09/22

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.

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MBunge
2005/09/23

I can't believe it took three people to write this movie. It shouldn't have taken even one whole person to come up with this screenplay. In this day and age, there has to be a computer program where you can load in a bunch of horror movie scripts and have it edit out every single thing that's unique or individual about each script, until you're left with the stripped down, blunt, dry and dumb essence of the "teenagers vs. supernatural monster" story. Venom is a film that doesn't use the horror movie formula. It IS the horror movie formula.I can't imagine there's much point is trying to relate the plot of this thing. t's teenagers being chased and killed in a swamp by a zombie. Not a Romero Zombie, though. This is a voodoo zombie. And it's not just any voodoo zombie, this is like a super-zombie who can run and swim and drive a truck. But when the script requires it, he's still dumb enough to be utterly stymied by a simple metal gate.This story is as basic as you can get. There's no twist, there's no self-aware irony, there's no effort to break new ground in gore or perversity, there's not even an attempt to explore the subject of voodoo as anything more than the particular gimmick of this movie. If you've seen any other "teenagers getting killed" horror movie, you've already seen everything in Venom. Except for naked boobs. There are no naked boobs in Venom. I don't know how three dudes write any sort of horror movie without including at least one topless chick. Even the gayest man on Earth would know enough to include a scene with unclothed knockers in this kind of film.For all that, though, I suppose Venom isn't really that bad. Sometimes you're hungry, but you don't want a steak. You just want a fast food cheeseburger. This movie is a fast food cheeseburger. Except it doesn't have any cheese on it. Or pickles. Or ketchup. And the burger hasn't been fried. It's just been stuck under a heat lamp for 30 minutes. And the bun isn't really bread, it's some sort of processed bread substitute. So, Venom is like a lukewarm piece of cow flesh between two slabs of cardboard. Yummy.I guess there is one interesting thing about Venom. It's one of the few teen horror films you'll see where the actors are all much prettier than the actresses. Not that the young women in this movie are dogs, but they don't hold a candle to the metrosexual beauty of their male co-stars. I'm not sure what the reason for that is but like Zap Brannigan, it fills me with emotions that are weird and deeply confusing. If you have 90 minutes to kill and want to watch a horror movie that believes you can defeat a magical enemy by just hitting them hard enough, you could rent Venom. I can't actually recommend it but I can't discourage it, either. I suppose that makes this review a "push".

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