A group of teenagers fear for their lives in the swamps of Louisiana, chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls, and now relentless in his pursuit of new victims.
As mindless scare machines go, Dimension Films' bayou-set slasher thriller acquits itself well enough. Gratuitously gory and derivative to the core, Venom manages to deliver some effective frights in between large swaths of voodoo gibberish.
– Justin Chang,
Variety,
16 Sep 2005
rotten:
Basically just a moss-strewn remake of his 1997 hit, I Know What You Did Last Summer.
– Chuck Wilson,
L.A. Weekly,
18 Sep 2005
rotten:
Even by the standards of the current Miramax fire sale, this misbegotten horror film deserved to go direct to video. Or cable. Or oblivion.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
19 Sep 2005
rotten:
A mud-simple horror trudge set in a swamp colony of Abercrombie models.
– Scott Brown,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Sep 2005
rotten:
This straight-up slasher flick probably should have gone straight to video for the cheesy-looking, computer-generated snakes alone.