HallowScream - Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

        Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, we're back with another review for HallowScream, and it's for Venom: Let There Be Carnage. I just got home from seeing it on the big screen, and I definitely have some things to say about it. 

          First off, I'd like to point out some behind the scenes changes between this movie and the first one. Mainly, the change in director. You see, Ruben Fleischer, director of the first Venom movie, was unable to commit to directing this one due to commitments to his 2019 film Zombieland: Double Tap. In his place, director Andy Serkis, best known for his mocap performances as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Cesar in the recent Planet of the Apes trilogy, and Supreme Leader Snoke in Episodes VII and VIII of Star Wars, as well as his live-action performance as Ulysses Klaue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Avengers: Age of Ultron and Black Panther, was selected to take the director's chair with this movie. Secondly, screenwriter Kelly Marcel is working solo as the screenwriter for this movie, and she's working from a story she wrote with lead actor Tom Hardy. And finally, Ludwig Goransson, composer of the first movie, is replaced by Marco Beltrami, due to Goransson's commitments to The Mandalorian on Disney+, as well as other projects. So, with this behind the scenes shake up, how did the movie fare? Let's dive in and find out. 

      The movie opens with a flashback to Cletus Kasady, and his romantic interest Frances Barrison, at a reform home for delinquent children. Barrison is taken away from the home as she and Kasady declare their love for each other, and she is sent to a mental institution called Ravencroft, which is Marvel's equivalent to DC Comics' Arkham Asylum. Years later, and Kasady is a psychotic serial killer imprisoned in San Quentin, and will only accept one visitor: Eddie Brock. The San Francisco Police allow this, despite the doubts of a detective named Mulligan, as they believe Kasady might tell Eddie of the location of the bodies of Kasady's victims. 

        While all this is going on, Eddie and Venom are having domestic troubles, as Venom feels all cooped up, and Eddie won't let him eat people, only chicken and chocolate. However, during one visit, Kasady provokes Venom, and bites Eddie's finger , tasting his blood. Venom, sick of Eddie's demeanor, decides to leave, and hops from body to body trying to find acceptance. Unfortunately, the symbiote-infested blood that Kasady tasted.from Eddie mutates into a new symbiote offspring of Venom, and this new symbiote is.known as Carnage. Kasady and Carnage team up to rescue Barrison from Ravencroft and cause some mayhem. So, do Eddie and Venom make up and reunite to stop a dangerous new for? You're just going to have to watch the movie yourself and find out. 

       Now, let me start off and say this: I definitely prefer the main villain of this movie over the one from the first movie. Woody Harrelson as Cletus Kasady/Carnage is easily.more terrifying, more hilarious, and more enjoyable than Riz Ahmed as Carlton Drake/Riot in the first Venom. I also liked the other two newcomers like Naomie Harris as Frances Barrison/Shriek and Stephen Graham as Detective Mulligan. Tom Hardy is great once again as Eddie Brock/Venom, as is Michelle Williams as Anne Weying. And yes, fellas, we do get to see her as She-Venom once again, but only for a brief moment. 

        The action in this movie, especially the fight scenes between Venom and Carnage, are phenomenal, and I think Andy Serkis did an excellent job with directing the action in this movie. Not only that, but just seeing Carnage, one of my favorite Spider-Man villains, on the big screen was an awesome experience, and it is definitely worth it. Now, there is a mid-credits scene, but I dare not spoil it, because it has to be seen first hand. 

         My final thoughts are this: Venom: Let There Be Carnage takes everything that fans loved about the first movie and adds to it. Not only did I love this movie, I enjoyed it more than the first one. I'm giving Venom: Let There Be Carnage a rating of 5/5. Definitely go see this one in theaters. This is Chuck signing off, and I'll be back on Tuesday as HallowScream continues with my review of Hocus Pocus.


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