Venom;; The Plot: Set in the creepy, ugly swamps of Lousiana, this limp slasher follows a group of teens who treat local Ray as inferior. He's the town creep, and nobody bothers with him. One night, a mysterious suitcase is dug up and placed in the backseat of a car, which eventually gets into a car crash with Rays truck. As Ray attempts to rescue the poor old woman in the front seat, he goes back in to retrieve the suitcase, but the car gives out, slipping off the bridge into the lake. That's where the story begins. It turns out the suitcase contained snakes, possessed by the evil souls of dead people. When these snakes infest Ray, he goes on ramphage through the swamps, killing everybody who treated him poorly.
The good stuff: The only things I can come up with are direction, for one. Jim Gillsepe is better than this material, and does the best with what he has. And I have to say I appreciated the voodoo-spin they put on the typical slasher. I'm not by any means saying it's original, but it does try to shuffle the deck a little.
The bad stuff: Pretty much everything else. Character development is weak, acting is weak, writing is weak, execution is weak, and the story itself is just dreadful. And I'm not one of those slasher haters, by any means. I appreciate most low-grade slasher/horror flicks for what they are. But Venom doesn't push any of the right buttons.
The verdict: 'Venom' is pretty much the cinematic version of a toilet; It is filled with crap, and eventually just gives it u, flushes it. Only rent if your'e bored on a rainy Sunday afternoon, if you have no cable or computer.
The good stuff: The only things I can come up with are direction, for one. Jim Gillsepe is better than this material, and does the best with what he has. And I have to say I appreciated the voodoo-spin they put on the typical slasher. I'm not by any means saying it's original, but it does try to shuffle the deck a little.
The bad stuff: Pretty much everything else. Character development is weak, acting is weak, writing is weak, execution is weak, and the story itself is just dreadful. And I'm not one of those slasher haters, by any means. I appreciate most low-grade slasher/horror flicks for what they are. But Venom doesn't push any of the right buttons.
The verdict: 'Venom' is pretty much the cinematic version of a toilet; It is filled with crap, and eventually just gives it u, flushes it. Only rent if your'e bored on a rainy Sunday afternoon, if you have no cable or computer.