A pack of teenagers run for their lives through the swamps of Louisiana,
as they are chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls who
is relentless in his pursuit of new victims.
Venom is a 2005 American voodoo horror-of-the-demonic film starring Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, Meagan Good, D.J. Cotrona and Method Man.
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 whose vehicle holds a case full of magic
talismans. The magical spirits lead Ray to an unexpected death, and then
they
take over his body,
turning him into a bloodthirsty monster. As the reanimated Ray makes his
way into town, a group of teenagers including Eden (Agnes Bruckner) and
Tammy (Bijou Phillips) 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.
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| He Never Hurt A Soul Until The Day He Died. |
This movie received horrible reviews. But goddammit I thought the killer was cool as fuck. Look at the above picture. That's bad ass. I think the key was that I didn't go in with high expectations so I was pleasantly surprised when it didn't shit the bed. It is basically a slasher film but it throws in a little voodoo to make it a tad different.
The actors were a bit wooden but they weren't doing Shakespeare. Director Jim Gillespie (who also directed,
"I Know What You Did Last Summer") offers some well executed shots and
some creativity in the picture. The atmosphere is nice, taking place in
the muggy Louisiana bayous - it's a perfect setting for the story.
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| I told you....Bad Ass |
This movie also has a numerous amount
of creative and gory deaths. Some
examples are a missing corpse, a crowbar stabbing,
a hanging body, a chain around the neck,
a slit throat, voodoo rituals, a collapsing house, a tree branch through
the chest and a knife in the head.
It's a perfectly serviceable slasher
film. Give it a shot if you don't expect too much.
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| Mr. Jangles has had a bad evening. |
Trivia:
The movie is based on a story for a video game that BFG has in development.
In the video game and some versions of the script, Ray Sawyer was
nicknamed Mr. Jangles because of his keys. When you hear them jangling,
you know he's near.
Originally entitled "Backwater".
Fangoria Magazine did a behind-the-scenes story during the making of the
film while it was shooting under the title "The Reaper". The title was
changed to "Venom" shortly before its release.
