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Genre :

Horror, Thriller

Release Date :

September 16, 2005

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Jim Gillespie

Starring :

Agnes Bruckner, Method Man, Bijou Phillips, Jonathan Jackson, Meagan Good, Rick Cramer, D.J. Cotrona, Marcus Lyle Brown

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2.5 of 5

“..the kind of mess only a diehard horror freak can appreciate...”
by Kevin Johnson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
0.5 of 5

“..the death scenes are so unimaginative and the gore is so minimal..”
by Michael Ferraro [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice]
1 of 4

“..offers nothing new..”
by Brett Michel [The Boston Phoenix]
“..misbegotten horror film..”
by Frank Scheck [The Hollywood Reporter]
1 of 4

“..loaded with lazy contrivances and dead ends that should annoy any horror fan..”
by Janice Page [Boston Globe]
1 of 4

“..is even more pointless than most supernatural slasher movies..”
by John Monaghan [Detroit Free Press]
3.5 of 5

“..delivers everything a teen horror audience could ask..”
by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
1 of 5

“..another dreary slog through slasher movie cliches..”
by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]
0.5 of 4

“..an extremely distorted horror tale..”
by Brian Marder [Hollywood]
2.5 of 5

“..a straight-up slasher flick that should have gone straight to video for the cheesy-looking, computer-generated snakes alone...”
by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
“..a putrid bit of bad filmmaking..”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
1 of 4

“..a laughably bad example of teen-scream movies...”
by Jessica Reaves [Chicago Tribune]
2 of 4

“..a harrowing ordeal in the ruthlessly violent vein of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre...”
by Bruce Westbrook [Houston Chronicle]
1 of 5

“..a dull, painful project...”
by Pete Croatto [Filmcritic]
1.5 of 4

“.."Venom" belongs in the base ranks of "Wrong Turn" slasher films...”
by Jackie Loohauis [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Vince Leo [Qwipster's Movie Reviews]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Christy Lemire [The Dallas Morning News]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Scott Brown [Entertainment Weekly]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
0.5 of 4
Reviewed by Paul Schrodt [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Chuck Wilson [L.A. Weekly]

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