Venom
Theatrical poster for Venom
Directed by	Jim Gillespie
Produced by	Scott Faye
Written by	Flint Dille, John Zuur Platten, Brandon Boyce
Starring	Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, D.J. Cotrona, Rick Cramer, Meagan Good, Bijou Phillips
Music by	John Debney, James L. Venable
Cinematography	Steve Mason
Editing by	Paul Martin Smith
Release date(s)	September 16, 2005
Running time	85 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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Venom is a 2005 voodoo horror film starring Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, Meagan Good, DJ Cotrona, and Method Man. The movie marks the re-teaming of Kevin Williamson, creator of Scream, and director Jim Gillespie from I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Venom follows the story of several teenagers lost in the bayous of Louisiana trying to escape a mysterious evil.

[edit] Plot

A good Samaritan becomes the victim of voodoo spells in this horror story produced by Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson. When an aged Creole woman is caught in a car wreck in a remote section of Louisiana, Ray (Rick Cramer), the owner of a nearby filling station, speeds to the scene of the accident to help. However, Ray doesn't know that the woman is a voodoo practitioner and that her vehicle holds a case full of magic talismans in the form of poisonous snakes (hence the title). The magical spirits lead Ray to an unexpected death, and then they take over his body, turning him into a bloodthirsty zombie-like monster. As the reanimated Ray makes his way into town, a group of teenagers led by Eden (Agnes Bruckner) find themselves running for their lives from the supernatural creature, while Deputy Turner (Method Man) looks for a way to keep the strange menace under control. One by one the teenagers are wiped out, the most inventive death at the hands of a sandblaster in a parking garage. Some teenagers venture to the old woman's house, in search of help from her grandaughter, CeCe. The house is a very large and very run-down plantation home. The "zombie" follows them there, but cannot enter because it had been blessed by CeCe's grandmother. The blessing is foiled when he hooks his tow truck up to one of the house's massive support piers, causing a small section to be yanked free and go flying across the yard, breaching the perimeter which must have somehow disturbed the barrier.

Venom went into release in the fall of 2005 -- only a few weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated much Southeast Louisiana, making the film seem unfortunately topical. However, the scenery was much more typical of the Acadiana Region.

[edit] Cast

• Agnes Bruckner as Eden
• Jonathan Jackson as Eric
• Laura Ramsey as Rachel
• DJ Cotrona as Sean
• Meagan Good as CeCe
• Rick Cramer as Ray Sawyer
• Bijou Phillips as Tammy
• Davetta Sherwood as Patty
• Pawel Szajda as Ricky
• Method Man as Deputy Turner
• Deborah Duke as Miss Emmie, CeCe's Grandmother
• James Pickens Jr as Sheriff
• Marcus Lyle Brown as Terry, Morgue Worker
• Stacey Travis as Laura, Eden's Mother

[edit] DVD information

Venom was released on January 17, 2006 on Region 1 DVD in USA. It was released a few months later in UK.

Extras Included:

• "Voodoo Nightmare": The Making of Venom
• Storyboard-To-Film Comparison
• Cast Auditions
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
• Spanish Subtitles

[edit] See also

• Zombie
• Voodoo
• Scream
• Venom (disambiguation)

[edit] External links

• Venom at the Internet Movie Database