Venom

You know, sometimes you see a horror movie and you think to yourself, 'wow, that's pretty innovative and original.' and other times you just say, 'hey, didn't they aready do this?'. The second is the reaction I had to Venom!



Here's the basic story: in a small town in rural Louisiana a voodoo woman has a car accident on a bridge. When a tow truck driver and a kid try to save her and her treasured suitcase, the tow truck driver is thrown off the bridge with the car, the suitcase opens and we find that it's full of snakes! Well, they're not just snakes, these snakes are voodoo snakes, they possess the evil souls of people that the voodoo lady has put to rest. Are ya with me so far? Well, from here on in, it gets WAY easier!

The tow truck driver is bitten by the snakes, all the evil in the snakes is now in him and he's turned into a zombified evil filled killing machine, and who does he go after, you got it, the kids in town! This is just another slasher movie with the killer turned into something slightly different than all the other movie killers!

I'm giving Venom one lonely cigar, only because some of the death scenes were mildly interesting and the special effects weren't that bad for a low budget movie . But, otherwise, I could totally see what was coming up and found myself mildly bored throughout! Venom feels like a movie that was intended as the Sci Fi channels movie of the week and then had some extra gore added to get a DVD release instead, if you're looking for a slasher vs. kids movie, then trot down and rent one of the Friday the 13th sequels or a Nightmare On Elm Street Sequel, save your money on Venom! And, until next time, when I'll think back on Venom and discover that I prefer my Snakes on a plane, remember that the best movies are bad movies!