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Venom
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Rotten Tomatoes
6.6
IMDb / 10
6.8
TMDB · 17,391 votes
Film series · Venom · Part 1/3
DE release
03.10.2018
FSK
12+
Budget
116 Mio. $
Box office
856 Mio. $
The story
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
Key characters
Trivia & background
- Despite 30% on Rotten Tomatoes: $856 million — the audience/critic divide as a business model.
🥚 Easter eggs & references
- In the credits: Cletus Kasady writes his welcome in blood — Carnage announced classically.
- Eddie's reporting past nods to his comics downfall: the Sin-Eater story that ruined him.
📍 Filming locations
- San Francisco plays itself — supplemented by Atlanta studio work for the Life Foundation.
Gallery & videos
🎵 Music
Score: Ludwig Göransson
- Eminem – Venom (title song)
📖 Comic sources
Venom: Lethal Protector (1993)
Venom as an antihero in San Francisco — the film's setting and tone.
Post-credit scenes · 2
1
Eddie interviews a red-haired inmate in San Quentin: Cletus Kasady promises 'carnage'.
→ Leads to: Venom: Let There Be Carnage2
Plus: a complete Spider-Verse preview scene — Sony advertising its own animated film.
→ Leads to: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse🥸 Stan Lee cameo
Passer-by with a dog: 'Don't give up on her — either of you.' (posthumous)
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