Venom

Venom (1981)

International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck, however, when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, escapes and terrorizes both them and their hostages.

Data de estreia
1981-11-28
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (97)
Duração
1 h 33 min
Géneros
Terror, Thriller
Realizador
Piers Haggard

Elenco

Curiosidades

  • Bilheteira: US$ 5,2 mi
  • Orçamento: £ 7,5 mi

Venom is a 1981 British natural horror-thriller film directed by Piers Haggard and written by Robert Carrington. It stars Sterling Hayden, Klaus Kinski, Sarah Miles, Nicol Williamson, Cornelia Sharpe, Susan George, Lance Holcomb, and Oliver Reed. The film is based on Alan Scholefield's novel of the same name.

Production

Tobe Hooper was originally attached to direct but quit because of "creative differences", and Piers Haggard replaced him.

Kinski chose to do this film instead of Raiders of the Lost Ark because the salary was higher. In his autobiography, Kinski Uncut (1996), he also stated that the script for the Spielberg movie was "moronically shitty".

I took over that at very short notice. Tobe Hooper had been directing it and they had stopped for whatever reason. It hadn't been working. I did see some of his stuff and it didn't look particularly good plus he also had some sort of nervous breakdown or something. So anyway they stopped shooting and offered it to me. Unfortunately I had commitments, I had some commercials to shoot.

Filming took place in October 1980. In December 1981 it was announced Martin Bregman sold the film to Paramount. It was released in the UK by HandMade Films. Ray Cooper of HandMade later said "We bought it on the strength of its cast and couldn't believe how awful it was. We are making mistakes with HandMade but we have the humility to learn from them."

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