It’s only May and the release date isn’t until late September – this time in theaters only, no HBO Max or Netflix. The trailer for the second “Venom” film is out there now promoting its theme: “Let There Be Carnage.” That alone is a tip-off as to the demonic intentions of this movie. For those not familiar with the Marvel Comic Universe, a little background. These are the people who brought you the glorification of Thor and Loki as movie characters. In the supernatural world these beings are real demons in the Nordic pantheon. I confront these evil spirits daily. In this next installment of “Venom” we can expect an orgy of blood, violence and the satanic supernatural. The first Venom film released in 2018 earned $865 million worldwide, and this latest diabolical dirge will probably do better. I want to give parents a heads-up and also issue a warning to Marvel fanatics. The coming barrage of fear and sadistic jokes about to be unleashed by Venom/Carnage is spiritually lethal!
If you missed the first film, it is about mutant lifeforms, in this case a multi-fanged serpent creature. This Leviathan-like viper wants to take over human bodies, oxygen-breathing hosts, which are needed to survive on planet Earth. The “hero,” a guy named Eddie Brock, is accidentally taken over by the Venom symbiote. Other extraterrestrial symbiotes, demons, possess other bodies from Malaysia to San Francisco. Eventually Venom claims he wants to help protect Earth from his possessing kind. Get the point? The menacing, evil serpent really has noble motives. That’s the message of satanism, voodoo, and black magic. Doing evil to accomplish good. The message of Eden’s venomous snake.
“Venom 2” isn’t a film that Christians should view for entertainment. Spare me any allegorical assumptions about Earth being rescued from evil by noble characters like Brock as a Christ-figure. The Venom films, and the Marvel comic/movie universe, are devoid of God’s transcendency and any moral code rooted in absolute truth. Venom induces fear and terror, sprinkled with in-house, sadistic humor. MCU, the Marvel Comic Universe, is a portal to possession, real demonic possession, and indoctrination in a demonic MCU, a Maniacal Christless Universe, a place with no existential ethics based on objectively reality. The demons I cast out every day aren’t make-believe symbiotes. They are real demons looking for bodies to inhabit and destroy (John 8:44). They’re no joke, and their ferociousness excels any imagery put on film, even the coming carnage of “Venom.”
