Blu-ray Review – Venomous

Fred Olen Ray (billed here as "Ed Raymond") has over 150 directorial credits during his career, and 2001's "Venomous" is…one of the them. Scripted by Dan Golden and Sean McGinly, the feature endeavors to recreate the experience of watching 1995's "Outbreak" without having to pay for blockbuster production demands, including locations and A-list actors. It's marketed as an animal attack picture, but the material is more about a viral spread, allowing Ray to work with budgetary limitations and keep rattlesnake action to a minimum. "Venomous" is B-movie entertainment, and it finds something interesting to do with initial scenes of spreading illness and community confusion. Unfortunately, the material quickly graduates to absurdity to help fill 97 minutes of screen time, and the wilder the effort becomes the more tedious it grows. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com