Venus

R

2022

1h 40m

Horror

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71%

Tomatometer

14 Reviews

56%

Popcornmeter

Fewer than 50 Ratings

A Lovecraftian horror descends upon a dystopian city.

Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

Balagueró’s latest makes for a slick and breezy action-horror movie far more memorable for its gruesome high-octane thrills than its cosmic chills.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 15, 2022

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Juan Jose Cruz

Cine Premiere

Although it plays with various interesting genres and ideas, Venus doesn't know what to make of them and becomes a pastiche without identity and full of pretension. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 1.5/5

May 6, 2023

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Samuel Leggett Jr.

JVS Media & Productions/Team JVS

Venus is a very strange horror/sci-if/thriller. At times it has a really important message about devotion to family & others it goes full science fiction once the suspension of disbelief is thrown out the door.

Rated: 7/10

Dec 28, 2022

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Dolores Quintana

Dolores Quintana

VENUS is a super solid horror film that is a cut above most Lovecraft adaptations. By taking the story and making it his, Balagueró uses the free-floating dread of Lovecraft to explore the life of a woman who is forced to reckon with her own recklessness.

Dec 28, 2022

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Ana Karina Villegas

EscribiendoCine

With a truly interesting denouement comes a genre reveal, notwithstanding, the overall result is a bit cumbersome, lacking rhythm and sense, due to the many preceding storylines. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

Dec 5, 2022

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Desirée De Fez

Fotogramas

Venus extraordinarily celebrates terror with a refreshing autonomy and spontaneity that's hard to come by these days. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Dec 3, 2022

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Lloyd S

Calling a horror this movie is an insult to the entire genre. First, there are no jump scares, nothing scary at all, just blood and messy plot about witches eating girls and trying to resurrect some kind of spirit of pain or whatever. Guess the screenwriter imagination is very limited to think all these is enough to make a movie scary. Second, the backstory is all summarized in few seconds, when Lucia finds the newspapers. Very poorly written... What a waste of time, in my opinion. Also, the music selection makes the movie stupid...

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/29/24

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Audience Member

I could think only of one word: chaotic. In a good way and in a bad way too. There's much going on. The ending was... hard to take seriously. But overall good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/08/24

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Kevin M

This was Intense and Excellent

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/06/24

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g j

Fairly mediocre and forgettable. Seemed to lack the budget to embrace where it needed to go.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/24

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Jaume Balagueró

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Ester Expósito

Lucía

Ángela Cremonte

Rocío

Fernando Valdivielso

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Federico Aguado

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Synopsis

A Lovecraftian horror descends upon a dystopian city.

Director: Jaume Balagueró
Producer: Alex de la Iglesia
Screenwriter: Fernando Navarro
Production Co: The Fear Collection
Rating: R (Language|Strong Bloody Violence|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1h 40m