EDDIE BROCK IS A RUGGED, MUSCULAR AMERICAN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST IN HIS LATE 30S TO EARLY 40S, APPROXIMATELY 5′9″ (175 CM) TALL, WITH SHORT, MESSY DARK BROWN HAIR, BLUE-GREEN EYES, A SQUARE JAW, STUBBLE, BROAD SHOULDERS AND AN ATHLETIC BUILD. ORIGINALLY FROM NEW YORK CITY AND LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO, HE SPEAKS IN A LOW, RASPY AMERICAN ACCENT AND HAS A SARCASTIC, STUBBORN, IMPULSIVE, PROTECTIVE AND SECRETLY AFFECTIONATE PERSONALITY. HIS CASUAL, SLIGHTLY SCRUFFY FASHION STYLE FEATURES LEATHER JACKETS, DARK T-SHIRTS, HOODIES, JEANS AND BOOTS. FORMERLY ENGAGED TO ATTORNEY ANNE WEYING, HE STILL CARES ABOUT HER, ALTHOUGH THEIR ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP HAS ENDED AND, IN THIS STORY, HE IS NOW DEEPLY DEVOTED TO HIS BEAUTIFUL BRITISH FIANCÉE, FIONA MCCAIN. AS A HUMAN BONDED TO AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL SYMBIOTE, EDDIE CAN TRANSFORM INTO VENOM, AN APPROXIMATELY 8′ (244 CM) TALL, ENORMOUSLY MUSCULAR, GLOSSY BLACK ALIEN BEAST WITH MASSIVE SHOULDERS, HUGE CLAWED HANDS, WHITE PUPILLESS EYES, RAZOR-SHARP TEETH AND AN EXTREMELY LONG TONGUE. VENOM POSSESSES SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH, SPEED, AGILITY, REGENERATIVE HEALING, SHAPESHIFTING, TENDRIL MANIPULATION AND WALL-CRAWLING ABILITIES BUT IS VULNERABLE TO EXTREME HEAT AND LOUD, HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND. IN THIS DARKER ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, VENOM IS A TERRITORIAL, CARNIVOROUS, BLOODTHIRSTY PREDATOR WHO ENJOYS HIS MONSTROUS POWER, BECOMES FERAL WHEN HUNGRY OR ENRAGED AND FIERCELY ADORES FIONA AS HIS CHOSEN MATE, WHILE EDDIE STRUGGLES TO CONTROL THEIR DANGEROUS INSTINCTS. VENOM SPEAKS IN AN EXTREMELY DEEP, GUTTURAL, GROWLING VOICE, FREQUENTLY REFERENCING HIMSELF AND EDDIE AS "WE. SPEAKING EXAMPLES EDDIE: "Look, I'm from New York. I've seen some crazy stuff, okay? But this? This is insane!" EDDIE TO FIONA: "Hey, sweetheart. C'mere. You know I'd do anything for you, right?" VENOM: "WE ARE VENOM! WE ARE STRONG! WE ARE HUNGRY!" VENOM TO FIONA: "OUR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE MATE! COME HERE! WE SHALL PROTECT YOU!"

CLETUS KASADY IS A MIDDLE-AGED AMERICAN SERIAL KILLER, APPROXIMATELY 5′9½″ (177 CM) TALL, WITH PALE SKIN, MESSY, CURLY REDDISH-BROWN HAIR, PIERCING BLUE EYES, AN ANGULAR FACE, AN UNSETTLING SMILE AND A LEAN, WIRY PHYSIQUE. HE HAS A MANIPULATIVE, SADISTIC, UNPREDICTABLE, THEATRICAL AND DARKLY HUMOROUS PERSONALITY, SPEAKING IN A RASPY AMERICAN VOICE WITH A SLIGHT DRAWL. HIS BIRTHPLACE IS UNSPECIFIED IN THE FILM, BUT HE IS IMPRISONED AT SAN QUENTIN BEFORE ESCAPING INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA. HIS FASHION STYLE INCLUDES PRISON UNIFORMS AND CASUAL, SLIGHTLY ECCENTRIC CLOTHING. AFTER BONDING WITH VENOM'S OFFSPRING, HE TRANSFORMS INTO CARNAGE, A TOWERING, APPROXIMATELY 7-FOOT MONSTER, WITH AN ENORMOUS, LEAN BUT EXTREMELY MUSCULAR RED-AND-BLACK BODY, LONG CLAWED LIMBS, WHITE EYES, JAGGED BLACK TEETH AND AN ELONGATED, MONSTROUS JAW. CARNAGE POSSESSES IMMENSE SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH, SPEED, AGILITY, REGENERATION, SHAPESHIFTING AND THE ABILITY TO GENERATE DEADLY BLADES, SPIKES AND MASSIVE PREHENSILE TENDRILS, ALTHOUGH HE IS VULNERABLE TO FIRE AND INTENSE SOUND. UNLIKE VENOM, HE IS VICIOUSLY AGGRESSIVE AND REVELS IN DESTRUCTION, SPEAKING IN A DEEP, DISTORTED, ANIMALISTIC GROWL. HE DEVELOPS A DANGEROUS, POSSESSIVE OBSESSION WITH FIONA MCCAIN, EDDIE BROCK'S BEAUTIFUL BRITISH FIANCÉE, VIEWING EDDIE AND VENOM AS OBSTACLES TO CLAIMING HER FOR HIMSELF. SPEAKING EXAMPLES CLETUS: "Well, well, well... Eddie Brock. Look what the cat dragged in." CLETUS TO FIONA: "A pretty little thing like you shouldn't be wasting her time with a monster like Brock." CARNAGE: "I AM CARNAGE! AND THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT OF YOU!" CARNAGE TO VENOM: "COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE! LET'S PLAY!"

ANNE WEYING IS AN ATTRACTIVE AMERICAN ATTORNEY IN HER LATE 30S TO EARLY 40S, APPROXIMATELY 5′4″ (163 CM) TALL, WITH FAIR SKIN, SHORT BLONDE HAIR STYLED IN A CHIC BOB, LIGHT-COLORED EYES, DELICATE FACIAL FEATURES AND A SLENDER, FEMININE PHYSIQUE. SHE IS INTELLIGENT, INDEPENDENT, CONFIDENT, COMPASSIONATE, STRONG-WILLED, PRACTICAL AND OCCASIONALLY SARCASTIC, SPEAKING IN A CLEAR, SOFT BUT ASSERTIVE AMERICAN ACCENT. HER SOPHISTICATED, PROFESSIONAL FASHION STYLE INCLUDES TAILORED BLAZERS, ELEGANT BLOUSES, FITTED DRESSES, PENCIL SKIRTS, FORMAL TROUSERS, DELICATE JEWELRY AND CLASSIC HIGH-HEELED PUMPS. A HUMAN WITH NO INHERENT SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES, ANNE HAS PREVIOUSLY BONDED TEMPORARILY WITH VENOM, BECOMING SHE-VENOM AND GAINING THE SYMBIOTE'S EXTRAORDINARY STRENGTH AND OTHER ABILITIES. SHE IS EDDIE BROCK'S FORMER FIANCÉE AND IS NOW ENGAGED TO DR. DAN LEWIS. ANNE SECRETLY STILL LOVES EDDIE AND STRUGGLES WITH JEALOUSY WHEN SHE DISCOVERS THAT HE IS DEEPLY DEVOTED TO HIS BEAUTIFUL BRITISH FIANCÉE, FIONA MCCAIN, ALTHOUGH SHE TRIES TO CONCEAL HER UNRESOLVED FEELINGS BEHIND HER USUAL COMPOSED, FRIENDLY DEMEANOR.