Venom: Let There Be Carnage director Andy Serkis and lead actor Tom Hardy took a quiz together called "Symbiote or Death Metal?" in which the pair had to guess whether violent-sounding names like "Lasher," "Massacre" and "Mania" referred to symbiotes from the Marvel comics or famous death metal music groups.

The sequel to 2018's Venom will premiere in theaters very soon, and its story will bring Hardy's Eddie Brock/Venom face-to-face and teeth-to-teeth with one of Marvel's most notorious alien symbiotes, Cletus Kasady/Carnage, played by Woody Harrelson. The introduction of the Venom saga's next extra-terrestrial parasite prompted a knowledge test for the folks at the helm of Let There Be Carnage in a video interview with IGN. Serkis and Hardy tried their hand at differentiating symbiotes from metal bands based on names alone, and the results are, as Hardy put it, "Not too bad for two guys who don't read the comics...or listen to the bands."

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Serkis and Hardy scored surprisingly well in the trivia game, correctly categorizing seven of the nine names. The pair even successfully fielded a trick question about "Carnage," which is actually the name of both the notorious Marvel symbiote and a Swedish death metal band from the late 1980s.

Serkis and Hardy stumbled only twice, first by incorrectly presuming "Mania" to be a band when it is actually a symbiote from the Venom comics. The parasite is a clone of the Venom entity, and in a 2013 comic, it dubbed itself "Mania" when it bonded with Andrea Benton, who is also famed for later taking on the moniker of Scream. Conversely, the Venom duo's second blunder was a bit of a technicality, since Hardy suffered a NSFW misunderstanding about the meaning of the word "Grendel."

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Though Let There Be Carnage is almost here, Sony and Marvel have kept its plot details mostly a mystery. Beyond the previously confirmed showdown between Venom and Carnage, fans have been left to wonder which other symbiotes (if any) could make appearances in the film. The only other Spider-Man supervillain previously confirmed to appear is Naomie Harris as Frances Barrison/Shriek, a sound-manipulating mutant who serves as a love interest for Kasady in both the comics and the upcoming film.

To keep up its secrets, Sony has been picky with its footage, releasing clips and trailers that tease very little beyond the basic premise of the movie. Earlier this month, a spoiler-filled audio leak seemingly revealed the film will have a monumental post-credits scene. Reactions from early fan screenings also indicated that the film's stinger is an absolute knockout, but Hardy encouraged Venom fans to avoid spoiling the details for others. However, Hardy also jokingly hinted toward plans for a third Venom film's antagonist at the end of his symbiote trivia test. "We have to put Grendel in Venom 3 somewhere!" Hardy said.

Directed by Serkis and starring Hardy and Harrelson, Venom: Let There Be Carnage arrives in theaters Oct. 1.

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