Venom (1981 film)

Venom
US theatrical release poster
Directed byPiers Haggard
Screenplay byRobert Carrington
Based onVenom
by Alan Scholefield
Produced byMartin Bregman
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byMichael Bradsell
Music byMichael Kamen
Production
companies
  • Morison Film Group
  • Venom Productions Limited
Distributed byHandMade Films (Distributors) Ltd.
Release dates
  • 28 November 1981 (1981-11-28) (Japan)
  • 19 January 1982 (1982-01-19) (United Kingdom)
Running time
92 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£7.5 million[2]
Box office$5.2 million[3]

Venom is a 1981 British natural horror-thriller film directed by Piers Haggard and written by Robert Carrington. It stars Sterling Hayden, Klaus Kinski, Sarah Miles, Nicol Williamson, Cornelia Sharpe, Susan George, Lance Holcomb, and Oliver Reed. The film is based on Alan Scholefield's novel of the same name.

  1. ^ "VENOM (AA)". British Board of Film Classification. 2 February 1982. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 30.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).