Venom: Amazon.ca: Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Cornelia Sharpe, Lance Holcomb, Susan George, Mike Gwilym, Paul Williamson, Michael Gough, Hugh Lloyd, Piers Haggard, Tobe Hooper, Harry Benn, Louis A. Stroller, Martin Bregman, Richard R. St. Johns, Alan Scholefield, Robert Carrington: DVD

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Actors: Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden
Directors: Piers Haggard, Tobe Hooper
Writers: Alan Scholefield, Robert Carrington
Producers: Harry Benn, Louis A. Stroller, Martin Bregman, Richard R. St. Johns
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
MPAA Rating:
Studio: eOne Films
Release Date: Aug 5 2003
Run Time: 92 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000096I9O
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #39,081 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #82 in DVD > Mystery & Suspense > Film Noir
- #88 in DVD > Cult Movies > Blue Underground

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3.0 out of 5 stars A powerful thriller Feb 27 2004

By ACS

Format:DVD

Even though this film is called "Venom" and features a snake, this is no "creature feature." Two English domestics (Oliver Reed and Susan George), along with an international criminal (Klaus Kinski), conspire to kidnap their wealthy employers' ten-year-old son. The plan goes awry after the boy mistakenly receives a highly aggressive, super-poisonous black mamba (originally intended for a research facility), which kills one of the conspirators and transforms the attempted kidnapping into a tense armed standoff. A box-office flop in its day, American audiences were probably turned off by the film's stodgy English production values and -- thanks to a misleading advertising campaign -- probably felt duped once they realized it wasn't a killer snake movie. Still, a strong script and Kinski and Reed's explosive performances make this a powerful thriller. Highly recommended.

Three and a half stars out of five.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Return of the Black Mamba Jan 26 2004

By Xavier I. Ucar Conte

Format:DVD

Do not get fooled by the horrenduos DVD cover art that has nothing to do with the movie. The movie has a black mamba and the cover shows a rattlesnake!! and it is horrible!!! But the movie is one hell of a ride! Late great actors Reed and Kinski bring some very cool and violent stuff to the screen. They kidnap a rich kid and everything goes "Violently" wrong, they get trapped in a house and ask for a ransom without knowing that a deadly black mamba is loose between their feet....that's when all hell breaks loose! Venom is a very entertaining Low budget film with some great visuals, amazing score and some very chilling atmospheres. The fact that they used real black mamba snakes in the film makes the viewing even more creepier- A very entertaining film with a great and violent ending...give it a try!

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5.0 out of 5 stars I Remember Mamba... Dec 19 2003

By Bindy Sue Fr�nk�nschtein

Format:DVD

VENOM is a tense horror / thriller starring Oliver Reed (the family chauffeur) and Klaus Kinski (a german underworld figure) as crooks who decide to kidnap the 10yo son of a wealthy woman. Unbeknownst to them, the boy has brought home the wrong snake from the pet shop. Instead of a harmless serpent, he's now in possession of a black mamba, the deadliest, most aggressive snake in the world! This is bad news, as it quickly escapes it's box and bites the maid (an accomplice) in the face. She dies in minutes, leaving the two would-be kidnappers, the kid, and his grandfather trapped in the house with their scaly friend (they can't go outside, since Reed's character shot a cop on the front stoop). Just where is that bloody snake? Who will it strike next? Can the police get these guys before they kill the hostages? Will anyone survive? Prepare to squirm! Highly recommended...

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