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Venom (1981)
Director: Piers Haggard
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Woefully archaic in its British B-pic reliance on very cheap thrills and very worn dramatic clichés, and without any self-parodic saving grace, Venom spells box-office poison. A kidnapped kid, a killer snake loose in the house, sibilant Teuton Kinski and sneering Bulldog Reed hamming villainy against each other, and Nicol Williamson the sorely tried bobby out in the sealed-off London street. Get the picture? There is more (by way of disgressive star turns, that is), but never enough to raise a glimmer of interest or tension in the static rituals of siege cinema.Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: Piers Haggard
Producer: Martin Bregman
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Klaus Kinski, Sarah Miles, Oliver Reed, Cornelia Sharpe, Nicol Williamson, Susan George full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 92 mins
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