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In the latest Venom 2 trailer, the titular symbiote has a good reason for fleeing at the very sight of Cletus Kasady’s Carnage.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage will finally pit the titular symbiote against his offspring on the big screen, with its newest trailer showing off even more of Cletus Kasady’s (Woody Harrelson) alter-ego. This trailer sets up Carnage as a much stronger, more lethal symbiote, free of the morality and humanity that Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) keeps Venom in line with.
Part of establishing this is portraying Venom himself as being as afraid of Carnage as audiences may be. When Eddie and Venom first see the symbiote-covered Kasady, Venom for some reason immediately turns tail and flees in fear. This has to do with Carnage’s coloring, the explanation for which may be based off of his origin story in the Spider-Man comic books. Here’s a look at the scene in the trailer and how it may be explained in Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
How Venom: Let There Be Carnage Shows the Symbiote’s Fear
The first confrontation between the two symbiotes is shown at the end of Venom: Let There Be Carnage‘s trailer, seemingly taking place after Carnage first breaks out of his imprisonment. This encounter is quite a shock to both Eddie and Venom, with the latter retreating at the sight of his offspring. The reason for this is that Carnage is a “red one,” as Venom states, which is apparently quite concerning.
Venom refuses to emerge from Eddie’s body again, clearly scared of his vermilion enemy. Eddie only manages to coax Venom to come back out when he promises the symbiote that he can eat whoever he wants after they face Carnage. This reflects how much Eddie had been keeping Venom from doing so up to that point. While his eagerness to beat and eat the bad guys is quite obvious, why exactly Venom is hesitant to take on Carnage is not.
Why Venom Fears Carnage
This fear may stem from Carnage’s origin in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which is somewhat similar to how it was in the source material. In the comics, Kasady was cellmates with Eddie Brock, who was separated from the Venom symbiote at the time. When the symbiote came to Eddie’s rescue and united with him, it left behind a small, insignificant segment of itself. This segment then bonded with Kasady, creating Carnage, but it did so in a different way than how Eddie bonded with Venom. Whereas the Venom symbiote simply “covered” both Spider-Man and Eddie, the Carnage symbiote combined with Kasady by working through his bloodstream.
This stronger bonding with Kasady resulted in Carnage being more physically formidable than Venom was. This joining together through the blood is also the explanation for Carnage’s red color scheme. It could be that in the universe of the Venom movies, this type of strong bond is already known among the symbiotes to result in stronger specimens. This could explain why Venom is so fearful of facing an enemy with a ruddy hue. Keep in mind also that, while the circumstances of their unity are a bit different, Kasady is also exposed to the symbiote in Venom: Let There Be Carnage through blood. It’s sure to be explained once and for all when the movie finally comes out later this year, but until then, fans have only the source material to possibly explain why the biggest, baddest anti-hero turned into such a scaredy-cat.
Directed by Andy Serkis, Venom: Let There Be Carnage hits theaters Sept. 24.
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