Venom: 18 Easter Eggs & References Explained

8. The Wilhelm Scream

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The Wilhelm scream makes a soon-to-be-infamous appearance in Venom when he starts dismantling Drake's S.W.A.T. team. When Venom leaps onto a balcony and throws one of the goons off, the scream rings out incredibly loudly.

The iconic scream is of course one of the most recognisable film industry hallmarks, but what started as an inside joke among sound editors has become a cringe-worthy perfunctory gag in recent years.

Including it in the middle of an otherwise bada** scene was horribly misguided, especially as it's more audible than anything else in the sound mix at that point. Horrible.

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