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Post by moviemouth on Oct 2, 2021 0:14:20 GMT
This is Siskel & Ebert's review of a 1981 horror movie called Venom. I agree with Roger Ebert.
What makes this movie stand out is the cast. Oliver Reed, Sterling Hayden, Susan George, Nicol Williamson, Michael Gough, Klaus Kinski and Sarah Miles. That is a lot of talent for a dumb horror movie like this. It isn't terrible or anything and I can understand why Siskel had fun watching it, but it is really just a waste of talent.
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Post by mgmarshall on Oct 2, 2021 1:40:50 GMT
This is Siskel & Ebert's review of a 1981 horror movie called Venom. I agree with Roger Ebert. What makes this movie stand out is the cast. Oliver Reed, Sterling Hayden, Susan George, Nicol Williamson, Michael Gough, Klaus Kinski and Sarah Miles. That is a lot of talent for a dumb horror movie like this. It isn't terrible or anything and I can understand why Siskel had fun watching it, but it is really just a waste of talent. Ah, I had some fun with it. It's nothing special, and it's really more of a hostage thriller than a killer snake movie- as it was advertised. But as you mentioned, it's a great cast, and they all do a fine job- Williamson and Kinski in particular. And my god- Oliver Reed, Klaus Kinski, Nicol Williamson, and Sterling Hayden all on the same set. Can you imagine the violence and drunken carousing that must've devolved into?! Oh, to be a fly on that wall... |
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 2, 2021 2:02:38 GMT
This is Siskel & Ebert's review of a 1981 horror movie called Venom. I agree with Roger Ebert. What makes this movie stand out is the cast. Oliver Reed, Sterling Hayden, Susan George, Nicol Williamson, Michael Gough, Klaus Kinski and Sarah Miles. That is a lot of talent for a dumb horror movie like this. It isn't terrible or anything and I can understand why Siskel had fun watching it, but it is really just a waste of talent. Ah, I had some fun with it. It's nothing special, and it's really more of a hostage thriller than a killer snake movie- as it was advertised. But as you mentioned, it's a great cast, and they all do a fine job- Williamson and Kinski in particular. And my god- Oliver Reed, Klaus Kinski, Nicol Williamson, and Sterling Hayden all on the same set. Can you imagine the violence and drunken carousing that must've devolved into?! Oh, to be a fly on that wall... The cast is effective and they don't put in their best work, but they aren't phoning it in either. The cast is what makes the movie work at all. The issue with the movie is the story isn't developed in a way that is interesting and the snake stuff is underused. What sets this movie apart, besides the cast, is the horror element and that element isn't integrated into the story very well. The actually hostage stuff is quite mundane and the writing is lazy. They had an opportunity to make something more suspenseful, more scary and more interesting than they did, and that is unfortunate. What we get instead is a movie that is just okay and the only reason it is even that good is because of the cast and the use of a real black mamba. One thing I definitely miss about old movies is the use of real snakes. It makes a big difference that you know you are seeing an actual black mamba on screen. 5.5/10
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Post by politicidal on Oct 2, 2021 2:07:47 GMT
Dang, haven’t even heard of this one before.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 2, 2021 2:19:26 GMT
This is Siskel & Ebert's review of a 1981 horror movie called Venom. I agree with Roger Ebert. What makes this movie stand out is the cast. Oliver Reed, Sterling Hayden, Susan George, Nicol Williamson, Michael Gough, Klaus Kinski and Sarah Miles. That is a lot of talent for a dumb horror movie like this. It isn't terrible or anything and I can understand why Siskel had fun watching it, but it is really just a waste of talent. Ah, I had some fun with it. It's nothing special, and it's really more of a hostage thriller than a killer snake movie- as it was advertised. But as you mentioned, it's a great cast, and they all do a fine job- Williamson and Kinski in particular. And my god- Oliver Reed, Klaus Kinski, Nicol Williamson, and Sterling Hayden all on the same set. Can you imagine the violence and drunken carousing that must've devolved into?! Oh, to be a fly on that wall... What I think they should have done is make it 3 black mambas and had to have the hostages and the killers have to work together to catch them. Make one hostage get a snake bite during the hostage situation and that would add an urgency to everything. The biggest mistake was to start with a snake attack before the hostage situation started. The movie doesn't give itself enough room to build tension.
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Post by kolchak92 on Oct 2, 2021 2:45:07 GMT
Never heard of it, but I gotta say that's really a hell of a cast.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Oct 2, 2021 4:08:56 GMT
Oh yes, I remember this one. Saw it at the theater when it first came out. Mediocre at best.
Tobe Hooper was the original director, but the cast and crew were such assholes to him that he left the production.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Oct 2, 2021 5:38:00 GMT
Im surprised I never heard of this. Im more familiar with the 2005 slasher film with the same name.
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Post by petrolino on Oct 2, 2021 10:51:35 GMT
It had a troubled production and it's quite ragged as I remember. Tobe Hooper left the production, as mentioned by Dramatic Look Gopher. Piers Haggard was a fine director who made one of my favourite horror movies, 'Blood On Satan's Claw' (1971), but I think 'Venom' lacks that movie's heady atmosphere. The dvd issued by Blue Underground seemed to have several different types of cover art.
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