Directed by:
Piers HaggardScreenplay:
Robert CarringtonCinematography:
Gilbert TaylorComposer:
Michael KamenCast:
Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Cornelia Sharpe, Susan George, Michael Gough, Edward Hardwicke, Alan Ford (more)Plots(1)
It was supposed to be the perfect crime: the sexy maid (Susan George of Straw Dogs), a psychotic chauffeur (Oliver Reed, Revolver) and an international terrorist (the legendary Klaus Kinski) kidnap a wealthy ten-year-old boy from his elegant London townhouse. But they didn't count on a murdered cop, a desperate hostage siege and one very unexpected houseguest: a furious Black Mamba, the most lethal and aggressive snake known to nature. It can attack from ten feet away. Its bite brings excruciating death, and it is on the loose. Now, terror knows no antidote...and the ultimate in slithering mayhem is Venom. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Klaus Kinski
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Oliver Reed
UK
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Trap (1966)
Sarah Miles
UK
Best movies:
Sterling Hayden
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Cornelia Sharpe
USA
Best movies:
Serpico (1973)
The Way We Were (1973)
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
Susan George
UK
Best movies:
Straw Dogs (1971)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie)
Sonny & Jed (1972)
Michael Gough
Malaysia
Best movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Out of Africa (1985)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Edward Hardwicke
UK
Best movies:
Love Actually (2003)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Othello (1965)
Alan Ford
UK
Best movies:
Snatch (2000)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Chaplin (1992)
Tony Meyer
UK
Best movies:
The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
Octopussy (1983)
Venom (1981)
Charles Cork
Best movies:
Snatch (2000)
V for Vendetta (2005)
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
Maurice Colbourne
UK
Best movies:
The Duellists (1977)
Bloodline (1979)
Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985) (TV movie)
Sally Lahee
UK
Best movies:
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
Venom (1981)
Pat Gorman
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Batman (1989)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Eric Kent
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Quadrophenia (1979)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Eric Richard
UK
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series)
Little Dorrit (1987)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Arnold Diamond
UK
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Masters of Venus (1962)
It's Trad, Dad! (1962)
Rita Webb
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
The Best of Benny Hill (1974)
Cyril Conway
UK
Best movies:
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
The Wicked Lady (1983)
Getting It Right (1989)