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Venom (1982)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1982
Running Times: 89 mins 92 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby
CREDITS
 PRODUCTION
Production Company: Morison Film Group / Venom Entertainment
Executive Producers: Louis A. Stroller, Richard R. St Johns
Producer: Martin Bregman
Associate Producer: Harry Benn
Production Manager: Ron Fry
SCRIPT
Script: Robert Carrington
Novel: Alan Scholefield
DIRECTION
Director: Piers Haggard
2nd Unit Director: Michael Bradsell
1st Assistant Director: Dominic Fulford
2nd Assistant Director: Nick Daubeny
PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Gilbert Taylor, Denys
Coop
Best Boy: Bill Pochetty
Stills: Clive Coote
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Michael Bradsell
Assistant Editors: Tim Jordan, Jim Howe
MUSIC
Music: Michael
Kamen
Music Mixer: John McClure
SOUND
Sound Recordists: Rene Borisewitz, Simon Kaye
Boom Operator: Keith Batten
Sound Editor: Archie Ludski
Assistant Sound Editor: Roy Birchley
Dubbing Mixer: Bill Rowe
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Basil Newall
Hair: Meinir Brock
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Alan Whibley, Richard Dean
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Tony Curtis
Assistant Art Director: Fred Carter
Set Decorator: Tessa Davies
Property Master: Terry Wells
Property Buyer: Dennis Maddison
Construction Manager: Bill Waldron
LOCATIONS
Locations: London, England, UK
STUNTS
Stunts: Roy Scammel
CASTING
Casting: Maude Spector
CAST
Klaus Kinski (Jaemel)
Oliver Reed (Dave)
Nicol Williamson (Commander William Bullock)
Sarah Miles (Dr Marius Stowe)
Sterling Hayden (Howard Anderson)
Cornelia Sharpe (Ruth Hopkins)
Lance Holcomb (Philip Hopkins)
Susan George (Louise)
Mike Gwilym (Detective Constable Dan Spencer)
Paul Williamson (Detective Sergeant Glazer)
Michael Gough (David Hall)
Hugh Lloyd (taxi driver)
Rita Webb
Edward Hardwicke (Lord Dunning)
John Forbes-Robertson (Sergeant Nash)
Ian Brimble (constable in police station)
Peter Porteous (Hodges)
Maurice Colbourne (Sampson)
Nicholas Donnelly (Superintendant)
Cyril Conway (man in no.17)
Sally Lahee (woman in no.17)
David Sterne (driver)
Charles Cork (driver's mate)
Howard Bell (constable)
Alan Ford (Peters)
Norman Mann (Williams)
Tony Meyer (Martin)
Michael Watkins (Rogers)
Gerard Ryder (Smith)
Moti Makan (Mr Mukerjee)
Katherine Wilkinson (Susan Stowe)
Eric Richard (airline clerk)
Arnold Diamond (head waiter)
SUMMARY
A gang of ruthless international terrorists plan
to kidnap the son of a wealthy couple. But once they get inside the
family's house, they find themselves being picked off one-by-one by
the boy's pet, a deadly Black Mamba snake.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Tobe Hooper certainly knew what he was doing when
he backed out of this dismal effort. The snake outacts all comers and
the all-star cast is utterly defeated by the tepid script. Piers Haggard
had already proved himself a more than capable director with the excellent
Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and the hit TV series
Pennies From Heaven (1978) and Quatermass
(1978). But sadly, even he was unable to make Robert Carrington's po-faced
script seem believable or even interesting. Just how anyone could take
a Black Mamba, with that hideous 180° bite radius and a natural revulsion
for such creatures inherent in a large part of their audience and then
make that monstrous creature seem dull is anyone's guess. Amazing...
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: M
Finland
Rating: K-16
France
Rating: -12
Norway
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: 15
USA
Rating: R
TIMELINE
1982
January
19: UK - theatrical release
20: France - theatrical release
29: USA - theatrical release
September
24: Finland - theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
Kidnappers terrify... black mamba's kill!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Musta mamba - Finnish title
Die Schwarze Mamba - German title
Venin - French title
Veneno - Spanish title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Flesh and Blood no.7 pp.24-25 (UK)
credits, review
KEYWORDS
snakes, black mambas, reptiles, kidnapping, hostages,
terrorists, animal attacks
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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