Venom (2005)

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Venom
He never hurt a soul until the day he died.
Credits
Title	Venom
Directed by	Jim Gillespie
Written by	Flint Dille; John Zuur Platten; Brandon Boyce
Produced by	Bob Weinstein; Harvey Weinstein; Andrew Rona; Michael Zoumas; John Zuur Platten; Flint Dille; Kevin Williamson; Scott Faye; Karen Lauder; Ron Schmidt
Music by	James L. Venable; Scott Humphrey
Cinematography	Steve Mason
Edited by	Paul Martin Smith
Distributed by	Dimension Films; Miramax Films
General Information
Release date(s)	September 16th, 2005
Film Rating	R
Running time	85 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
Gross revenue	$881,745 (US)
Preceded by	—
Followed by	—

Venom is an American horror film of the demonic supernatural thriller subgenre. It was directed by Jim Gillespie and written by Flint Dille, John Zuur Platten and Brandon Boyce. It was produced by Outerbanks Entertainment, Collision Entertainment and presented by Dimension Films. The movie premiered on September 16th, 2005 and stars Agnes Bruckner as Eden Sinclair, Jonathan Jackson as Eric, Laura Ramsey as Rachel, D.J. Cotrona as Sean, Rick Cramer as Ray Sawyer and Meagan Good as Cece. Other stars include Bijou Phillips, Method Man, Pawel Szajda, Davetta Sherwood and Stacey Travis.

Cast

Actor	Role
Agnes Bruckner	Eden Sinclair
Jonathan Jackson	Eric
Laura Ramsey	Rachel
D.J. Cotrona	Sean
Rick Cramer	Ray Sawyer
Meagan Good	Cece
Bijou Phillips	Tammy
Method Man	Deputy Turner
Pawel Szajda	Ricky
Davetta Sherwood	Patty
Stacey Travis	Laura
Marcus Brown	Terry Parker
James Pickens, Jr.	Sheriff
Deborah Duke	Miss Emmie
Michael James Dukes	Paramedic
David Michel	Officer at crime scene

Notes & Trivia

• Copyright holder: © 2005, Miramax Film Corp.

• Venom is based on a story for a video game that BFG has in development.

• Production on Venom began on October 4th, 2004. It was shot on-location in Louisiana in the cities of New Orleans, Amite, Choctaw and Hammond.

• One of the working titles for the film is Backwater. It was also being filmed under the title The Reaper, but this was altered shortly before the movie's release.

• Outerbanks Entertainment, a division of Dimension Films, also produced by the 2005 werewolf film Cursed.

• Director Jim Gillespie is best known for directing the 1997 slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer.

• Michael James Dukes and David Michel are uncredited for their participation in this film.

The year in film

Other films that were released in 2005 include:

2001 Maniacs Amityville Horror, The Beast of Bray Road, The BloodRayne Cave, The Constantine Corpse Bride Crow: Wicked Prayer, The Cursed Dark Water Dead Men Walking Descent, The Devil's Rejects, The Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist Dr. Chopper Dracula III: Legacy Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Feast Fog, The Frankenstein Reborn Hellraiser: Deader Hellraiser: Hellworld Hostel House of the Dead II House of Wax King Kong King of the Lost World Komodo vs. Cobra Land of the Dead Mangler Reborn, The Man-Thing Mortuary Naked Monster, The Noroi: The Curse Prophecy: Uprising, The Prophecy: Forsaken, The Ring Two, The Santa's Slay Saw II Swarmed Urban Legends: Bloody Mary Vampire Wars: Battle for the Universe Wolf Creek Zodiac, The

Recommendations

Psycho-Thrillers

A Bucket of Blood Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Alphabet Killer, The Anamorph Brain Dead Carnival of Souls Creature With the Blue Hand Demons of the Mind Hannibal Headless Eyes House of Evil

House of Horrors I Saw What You Did Murders in the Rue Morgue My Soul to Take Nightmare Paranoiac Psycho Spiral Strange Door, The Valentine When a Stranger Calls

External Links

• Venom at IMDB
• Venom at Wikipedia
• Venom at AllRovi.com
• Venom at The Film Fiend
• Venom at Popcorn Pictures
• Venom at Obscurehorror.com
• Venom at The Video Graveyard

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