"Classic-Style Suspense... A Thriller with Lots of Bite!" - New York Post

It was supposed to be the perfect crime: The sexy maid (Susan George, STRAW DOGS, EYEWITNESS), a psychotic chauffeur (Oliver Reed, THE THREE MUSKETEERS, GLADIATOR) and an international terrorist (the legendary Klaus Kinski, NOSFERATU, FITZCARRALDO) kidnap a wealthy ten-year old boy from his elegant London townhouse. But they didn´t county on a murdered cop, a desperate hostage siege and one very unexpected houseguest: a furious Black Mamba, the most lethal and aggressive snake known to nature. It can attack from ten feet away. Its bit brings excruciating death, and it is on the loose. Now, terror knows no antidote... and the ultimate in slithering mayhem is VENOM.

Sterling Hayden (THE KILLING, THE ASPHALT JUNGLE), Nicol Williamson (EXCALIBUR, ROBIN & MARIAN) and Sarah Miles (BLOWUP, RYAN´S DAUGHTER) co-star in this gripping suspense thriller directed by Piers Haggard (BLOOD ON SATAN´S CLAW) and featuring some very real - and extremely deadly - Black Mambas!