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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasSmartly directed by Jim Gillespie from a script by various hands, Venom is from Dimension Films and follows its stylish, energetic and darkly amusing horror movie tradition.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerA competent concoction of familiar ingredients, smothered with gothic mood and served up with a generous helping of teenagers: skewered, slashed and stabbed.
- 40The New York TimesAnita GatesThe New York TimesAnita GatesVenom certainly can't be called a good movie, but within its genre it's perfectly palatable.
- 25Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneSadly, the concept of dialogue is totally lost on the makers of Venom, a laughably bad example of teen-scream movies.
- 25Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleCould there be a more inappropriate time to release a cheesy horror movie about evildoing in Louisiana.
- 25Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandPhiladelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandThis insipid take on the teens-in-peril formula, with a snake-bit ghoul chasing kids around the bayou, is truly a fangless task.
- 25New York Daily NewsRobert DominguezNew York Daily NewsRobert DominguezA witless, derivative slasher flick.
- 25New York PostNew York PostAll hopes for suspense and plot twists are snuffed out about as quickly as the film's black characters.
- 25Boston GlobeJanice PageBoston GlobeJanice PageIf ridiculous, hackneyed, gratuitously violent slasher movies aren't your thing, don't go near Venom with a 10-foot snake pole.
- 20Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonReprises all the tedium of slasher flicks.