Set in the Louisiana Bayou, Mr Jangles is a man possessed by 13 evil souls killed by a voodoo priestess. Mr. Jangles becomes evil and collects keys as trophies from his victims.
From the creator of Scream and the director of I Know What You Did Last Summer comes VENOM, a voodoo horror tale set deep in the swamps of Louisiana centered around a group of teenagers fighting for their lives against a mysterious evil force.
The Story
A good Samaritan becomes the victim of voodoo spells in this horror story produced by Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson. When an aged Creole woman is caught in a car wreck in a remote section of Louisiana, Ray (Rick Cramer), the owner of a nearby filling station, speeds to the scene of the accident to help.
However, Ray doesn’t know that the woman is a voodoo practitioner and that her vehicle holds a case full of magic talismans in the form of poisonous snakes (hence the title). The magical spirits lead Ray to an unexpected death, and then they take over his body, turning him into a bloodthirsty zombie-like monster.
As the reanimated Ray makes his way into town, a group of teenagers led by Eden (Agnes Bruckner) find themselves running for their lives from the supernatural creature, while Deputy Turner (Method Man) looks for a way to keep the strange menace under control. One by one the teenagers are wiped out, the most inventive death at the hands of a sandblaster in a parking garage. Some teenagers venture to the old woman’s house, in search of help from her grandaughter, CeCe.
The house is a very large and very run-down plantation home. The “zombie” follows them there, but cannot enter because it had been blessed by CeCe’s grandmother. The blessing is foiled when he hooks his tow truck up to one of the house’s massive support piers, causing a small section to be yanked free and go flying across the yard, breaching the perimeter which must have somehow disturbed the barrier.
Venom went into release in the fall of 2005 — only a few weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated much Southeast Louisiana, making the film seem unfortunately topical. However, the scenery was much more typical of the Acadiana Region.
These production notes provided by Dimension Films.
Venom
Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Method Man, Bijou Phillips, Jonathan Jackson, Meagan Good, Deborah Duke
Directed by: Jim Gillespie
Screenplay by: Brandon Boyce, John Zuur Platten, Flint Dille
Release: September 16, 2005
MPAA Rating: R for strong horror violence / gore, and language.
Studio: Dimension Films
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $881,779 (100.0%)
Foreign: —
Total: $881,779 (Worldwide)