WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Venom: Let There Be Carnage, now playing in theaters.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is definitely a film based around the two titular symbiotes, but ever since the first movie was released in 2018, fans have wondered what, if any, connection the universe will have with any version of Spider-Man. The movie's post-credits scene helps to finally answer this, but there's another interesting scene toward Venom 2's climax that seems eerily reminiscent of one of the web-slinger's most famous failures.

Venom 2's final battle has Venom fighting his much stronger progeny Carnage, and the near-fatal situation for Anne Weying brings to mind Gwen Stacy's infamous fate. The resemblance is especially strong when compared to the cinematic version of this iconic death. Here's how the film subverts the scene by giving Anne a much different ending.

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Venom vs. Carnage

The climax of Venom 2 takes place in a church, with Carnage and the sound manipulating villainess Shriek having had a grim and creepy wedding. Venom crashes the macabre nuptials to take on the Carnage symbiote, but Shriek has already captured Anne, with Carnage using her as bait and planning to kill her before Eddie's eyes.

The battle does not go in Venom's favor, with the weaker symbiote failing to safely secure Eddie's former fiancée. Carnage takes her to the chapel's peak, ready to kill her off until Shriek begins to question the symbiote's control of Kasady. Eventually, Venom catches her as she falls, but his grasp on her is questionable due to his own weakening strength and Carnage's continued rampage. She dangles helplessly from Venom's outstretched arm, watching as the symbiote fusion fights valiantly to protect her. Eventually, he's able to lower her to safety and her current fiancé Dan catches her, with Venom himself later beating Cletus and Carnage.

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The Night Anne Weying Didn't Die

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The imagery of Anne's hanging onto Venom's arm in Venom 2 is quite similar to that surrounding the well-known death of Gwen Stacy. There, Gwen was caught by one of Spider-Man's webs after the Green Goblin threw her off of a bridge. The web kept her from falling to her death, but her neck snapped from the sudden stop.

This scene was replicated in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, where Spider-Man's webbing caused Gwen's neck to snap after she fell down a tower. The similarities between the tower in that film and the church in this one are quite uncanny, made even closer by the fact that Gwen and Anne are both blondes. This makes Venom 2's resolution an inversion of both The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the comic book death of Gwen.

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There, the usually cheery Spider-Man had to face reality and responsibility once again when he inadvertently caused the death of another loved one. In the film, he eventually pushed himself to take on heroism once more in the face of trauma, fighting the Rhino as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Venom, on the other hand, is a much darker anti-hero/villain and is much more forceful in getting his way than Peter. While Peter heroically tried to save Gwen because he loved her, Venom saved Anne, the woman he loved, even though he could no longer have her. This turns not only Gwen's death on its head but also the concept of power and responsibility.

Keep in mind that Anne in the comics has a much darker fate, making even Gwen's death seem rather soft in comparison. In the movie, she's spared such a death, but given how Venom: Let There Be Carnage ends, the rest of her life will certainly never be spent in matrimony with Eddie Brock.

To see Venom and Eddie save the love of Eddie's life, go see Venom: Let There Be Carnage in theaters now.

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