Venom

Venom (1982)

  • 40% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 38% of users liked it
    (2,937 ratings)

A big black mamba snake that has gotten loose in a townhouse slithers through a kidnapping plot in this film. Based on a novel by Alan Scholefield, Venom features a big name British cast that seems to be slumming in a B-movie project. Dr. Marion Stowe (Sarah Miles) is a toxicologist who has brought… More

R, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By
Piers Haggard
Genres
Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Cult Movies
In Theaters
Jan 29, 1981 Wide
On DVD
Jul 29, 2003

Critic Reviews

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Kinski is his typical insane self, but this killer snake thriller lacks bite.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Pretty darn funny, but I don't think that was the idea.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Ken S


    It feels kind of like Panic Room, except instead of Dwight Yoakam it has a Black Mamba. With a cast like Kinski, Reed and Hayden I can only the onset shenanigans were insane. Also notable for a couple reasons. *Kinski decided to do this instead of Raiders (he said Spielberg's… More

  • Barry L


    I saw this as young kid on a Friday night and it scared the living daylights out of me for years. Okay it will be as cheezy as hell now but the way the film is directed at the time was legendary. It was creepy, it was full of suspense and the way Reed gets it at the end will give you… More

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