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 scr... read more
Klaus Kinski,
Oliver Reed,
Nicol Williamson,
Sarah Miles,
Sterling Hayden
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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... read more
DVD Release Date: July 29, 2003
Stats: 101 reviews
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February 13, 2009
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 giv... read more
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April 24, 2011
A ridiculously effective thriller that actually made me jump in spite of myself, as this fucking snake can be lurking ANYWHERE in the house in which it is accidentally let loose.
A kidnapping turns into a standoff, but there's more than just the criminals and cops to contend wit... read more
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Pretty darn funny, but I don't think that was the idea.
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