Venom: What Does The Ending Really Mean?

7. Cletus Kasady Knows Eddie Brock (And Might Have Already Bonded With Carnage)

Carnage Venom
Sony

Venom's first post-credits scene focuses on Eddie Brock personally being requested to interview renowned imprisoned serial killer, Cletus Kasady. The exchange isn't long, but it's implied that the murderer (really Woody Harrelson in a bad wig) knows about Eddie's symbiotic alter-ego, warning him that when he escapes his confines, there'll be "carnage".

Unless it's just a happy accident, the scene seems to suggest that Kasady's killings were helped in part by his own symbiote (reinforced by the FBI keeping access to the criminal to a minimum), setting up a conflict between the two aliens for the sequel.

The scene does admittedly raise more questions than it answers, however. For instance, how did Kasady encounter his own symbiote? Does the government already know about these lifeforms? Will Harrelson get a better wig in the sequel? The film only teases the answer to these questions, but it does offer a tantalising cliffhanger should there be a Venom 2.

In this post: 
venom
 
Posted On: 
Contributor

Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.