History Film / VenomLetThereBeCarnage

* ActorAllusion: Creator/WoodyHarrelson once again playing the male half of a murderous OutlawCouple, [[Film/NaturalBornKillers anyone]]?

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The mid-credits scene [[spoiler: shows that Eddie and Venom are now in the Marvel Cinematic Universe contemporary to Peter Parker's public exposure as Spider-Man at the end of ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', suggesting--unless they were sent to a different point in time as well--that ''Let There Be Carnage'' is set in 2024 much like ''Far From Home'']].

* {{Hypocrite}}: Cletus Kasady is a sadistic, unrepentant serial killer and cannibal who refuses to even tell anyone where he hid the bodies of his victims. Once Eddie and Venom crack his code and allow the police to discover the bodies and put his victims to rest, the governor of California [[EveryoneHasStandards makes an exception]] to his moratorium on the death penalty to allow for Kasady’s execution. Cletus feels embittered and betrayed by Eddie for effectively signing his death warrant, despite the fact that it was his own actions that led to him being imprisoned in the first place.

* AdaptationalDeviation: Whereas in the comics Cletus and his symbiote are so merged that they're often of one mind rather than two with Cletus being the one in control, as with every other symbiote and its host, here Carnage is very much distinct from Cletus, which comes into play in the climax [[spoiler:when they turn on each other over Carnage wanting to kill Shriek because her powers are a threat to it]].

* ProductPlacement: Eddie's apartment has piles of M&M's Candy Bar wrappers all over the floor.

** Venom discards all red M&M's before Carnage is seen by Eddy or himself. This is because Venom is scared of "the red ones". He uses this term when referring to red Aliens such as Carnage. His fear leads him to retreat when seeing Carnage for the first time.

--> '''Venom''': Time to die!\\
'''Eddie''': That's the spirit!\\
'''Venom''': I mean us. We are going to die.

The film was released on October 1, 2021 after multiple delays due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, resulting in the film being the second installment of the setting instead of ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}'', which has been moved to 2022.

Creator/TomHardy returns as Eddie Brock and his bloodthirsty Symbiote alter-ego Venom, as they face off against the insanity of the serial killer Cletus Kasady (Creator/WoodyHarrelson), now empowered by a souped-up red Symbiote of his own. Creator/MichelleWilliams also returns as Anne Weying, while Creator/NaomieHarris joins the cast as Shriek. Creator/AndySerkis takes over directing duties from Creator/RubenFleischer, directing from a script by Hardy and Kelly Marcel.

* InSpiteOfANail: [[spoiler:A minor example, but the motel Eddie was in before he was transported to the MCU exists in both universes. However the MCU version seems to be doing much better financially based on how well kept the room is and the television they have.]]

* In a deleted scene Carnage threatens to eat Cletus's face, foreshadowing the ending when Venom bites off his head.

** In a deleted scene Carnage threatens to eat Cletus's face, foreshadowing the ending when Venom bites off his head.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: When Venom sees Carnage for the first time, his first response is an "[[OhCrap Oh Shit!]]" before retreating into Eddie, red symbiotes TheDreaded among other breeds. Even after Eddie talks him into resuming the fight, Venom is still confident that it will end with the both of them dying.

-->'''Carnage:''' Death to you, Father!

* AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler:The post-credits scene establishes that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a separate universe from this setting, [[WhamShot but that Venom and Eddie have teleported there.]] Film/SpiderManNoWayHome explains how this happened.]]

** Towards the end, it's completely unclear what happened to [[spoiler: Pat when he's revealed to have survived Shriek's assault. He becomes Toxin in the comics, but at no point in the movie was any sort of symbiote bonding with him hinted at. His eyes glow blue like Shriek's, but it's not clear if he gained anything resembling her powers or not. In the end, him surviving with newfound, unknown powers comes completely out of left field and leaves you uncertain what he's turned into]].

* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: It's implied that Venom likes Music/SonnyBono and Music/{{Cher}} enough to name a pair of chickens after them, and in TheStinger, Eddie and Venom watch a Spanish soap opera, and Venom is invested in it.

* EvilSoundsDeep / GutturalGrowler: Unlike most incarnations of Carnage, who tend to speak with high-pitched voices. The sony version of Carnage speaks with a very deep voice.

* EvilSoundsDeep/GutturalGrowler: Unlike most incarnations of Carnage, who tend to speak with high-pitched voices. The sony version of Carnage speaks with a very deep voice.

* QuitYourWhining: Eddie repeatedly scolds Venom for trying to eat people and generally making his life insanely difficult, leading to their [[ThirdActMisunderstanding falling out later in the film]].

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Eddie and Venom have a falling out after a fight in their apartment about a third of the way through the movie due to the latter's obsession with wanting to eat more people.

* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Though not technically a misunderstanding, Eddie gets fed up with Venom's constant whining, and Venom leaves his body to get into some different hosts.