For mature audiences

Like any comic book supervillain, Venom has killed quite a number of his fellow characters, because the Symbiote enhances the emotions, making them definite character traits. We even saw this happening in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 (yes, even that weird emo phase).

Taking this into account, the Venom movie would work brilliantly as a story intended for mature audiences. Of course, this being a business, Sony would want to make the most of the character, so they’re likely to push for a PG rating.

Nonetheless, Fox’s huge success with Deadpool and Logan makes us wonder whether Sony will stay true to the character by making an R-rated flick or turn him into a watered-down anti-hero in his very first outing. If there’s no connection between Venom and the MCU, the former could happen.

And that would be great! Venom would be the first supervillain/horror flick ever! We want to be terrified by such a character, and we want to learn afterward (in sequels, which are almost certainly being planned) that there is another side to this character.