With the recent success of the Deadpool films and Logan, the path to another R-rated Marvel movie seemed like a possible route for the film to take, considering the character’s affinity for blood and gore.
When Sony’s Venom was announced, the solo film starring the Spider-Man villain got some mixed reception, especially considering Venom wouldn’t be able to face off against a certain friendly neighborhood web-slinger.
But just under two month before its release, it seems the studio isn’t following in the darker and raunchier footsteps Wade Wilson paved.
In Venom, the introduction of Eddie Brock’s villainous alter-ego is taking the tone of a horror film, as the journalist is infected by an alien symbiote hell-bent on terrorizing with its bloodthirsty tendencies.