Venom: The Most Gruesome Kills In Sony's Symbiote War

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Sony’s Venom, in theaters now.

Over the years, Venom has been very brutal in dispatching his victims. Known for eating their brains, fans anxiously waited to see if that would be translated on screen with the symbiote and Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock, only to have their hopes dimmed when the PG-13 rating was announced.

Still, while the gore level of Ruben Fleischer's film doesn't reach that extent, there were quite a few kills that pushed the envelope and bordered on something you'd see in an R-rated movie.

5. Riot's Alleyway Introduction

In the film's opening sequence, the Riot symbiote attaches itself to a paramedic (played by Michelle Lee) in Malaysia, and goes on the hunt for the other symbiotes. Realizing it needs to go to America and the Life Foundation, it takes a detour en route to the airport in an alleyway, eating a street vendor's eels without paying.

When the vendor confronts the host, her hand transforms into a gooey sword and slits his throat. As the other vendors attack, Riot unleashes a barrage of projectiles from its back, skewering almost everyone on site. All that's missing to make this scene complete was blood, but from this introduction, we immediately knew how intimidating and ruthless Riot would be.

4. She-Venom Bites Into Eddie's Life

In the comics, Eddie's ex-girlfriend Anne Weying transformed into She-Venom when she was shot and the symbiote had to temporarily bond with her to save her life. The film takes a different approach, with Michelle Williams' Anne becoming She-Venom to save Eddie when Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed) kidnaps him thinking he still has the symbiote.

When they realize Eddie isn't currently bonded, Drake's henchmen try to execute him in the woods outside the Life Foundation, only to be attacked by Anne. In the melee, She-Venom picks up the thug who harassed Eddie for the entire film -- and bites off his head. It's a shocking moment that stuns Eddie, as well as his former fiancée when she gives back the symbiote and realizes the horrific act she committed.

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3. Riot Slices N' Dices

This was a scene we got a glimpse of in the trailer, but on the big screen, it's extended a bit, and truly a sight to behold. When Drake bonds with Riot, they decide to board his spaceship so the alien can go bring back other symbiotes to take over the planet. However, one engineer in the control room realizes Drake's not himself and when he tries to abort the mission, Drake/Riot stabs him, revealing its true form to the staff.

As everyone tries to flee, Riot turns his hands into two giant axes and, being the most-powerful of the symbiotes and whatnot, swings them across the entire length of the room, cutting most of the employees in half. Again, it wasn't as graphic as we expected when the trailer first hit because we didn't see any maimed bodies, but it was one of the film's most violent, jaw-dropping moments.

2. Riot Impales Eddie

Eddie, re-bonded with Venom once more, tries to stop Riot from boarding the spaceship, which leads to a massive brawl on the launchpad. When Riot tries to absorb Venom into its body, Eddie resists and a big split occurs, which separates the symbiotes from both men.

However, just when Eddie thinks he's thrown Drake off the platform to his death, Riot emerges, having caught and Drake on his way down, and impales Eddie from the back. It's one of the few scenes we see blood, with Riot's sword plunged straight through Eddie's chest. Luckily, Eddie, who's clinging to life, is saved when Venom bonds with him yet again, to mount one final assault on their enemy.

1. Venom's First Meal

Anne's may have been more jarring, but Venom's head-bite earlier on in the film was the moment fans bought tickets to see. With Drake's goons in hot pursuit after Eddie first bonds to Venom, the former reporter breaks into the media house he worked at to leave evidence of Drake's sinister experiments in case he got killed. However, on his way out, he meets a SWAT team.

As they attack, he transforms into Venom and in one of the film's best fight sequences, he takes down over two dozen officers, with the movie hinting some of them were secretly working on Drake's behalf. Venom sends his message loudly and clearly when he picks one of them up and instead of chomping into a limb, he bites his head off, enjoying it in the process and emphasizing that he really isn't hero material.

In theaters nationwide, director Ruben Fleischer’s Venom stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Reid Scott, Jenny Slate,Woody Harrelson, Sope Aluko, Scott Deckert, Marcella Bragio and Michelle Lee.