Venom: Let There Be Carnage's VFX supervisor discusses the inspiration behind Carnage, comparing his movement and attacks to a scorpion's. The classic Spider-Man villain and symbiotic offspring of Venom are portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the sequel to 2018's Venom. Carnage was first teased during a post-credits scene in the 2018 film, with Harrelson's Cletus Kasady name-dropping the symbiote when speaking to Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock.

Carnage was first introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #361 in April 1992, created by David Michelinie and Mark Bagley. The symbiote offspring of Venom bonded with sadistic serial killer Cletus Kasady, becoming one of Spider-Man and Venom's most terrifying and frightful enemies. The villain made his full cinematic debut in Let There Be Carnage, portrayed by Harrelson as the villain seeks to reunite with long-lost love Shriek (Naomie Harris). Early promotional clips have showcased the character's brutal, animalistic nature as he tears through his captors, and now Let There Be Carnage's VFX Supervisor has broken down how they translated Carnage from page to screen.

When speaking to Variety, VFX supervisor Sheena Duggal discussed the inspiration behind Carnage's movements and attacks, focusing on the villain's attack on the Ravencroft Institute to free Shriek. Duggal stated that when deciding how Carnage's tentacles would appear, the VFX artists looked to both vines and animals for inspiration. She specifically highlighted how Carnage's tentacles were inspired by scorpions, and how they would move its tail behind its head before striking when hunting, for creating Carnage's attacks. See Duggal's full quote below.

"We had to come up with a different design and look at how the tentacles moved for that... The way a scorpion moves its tail behind its head and moves it forward in this threatening way, I thought, ‘Let’s do that with Carnage.’”
Venom: Let There Be Carnage director Andy Serkis previously discussed how he had intended to bring Carnage to life on-screen. When promoting the film, Serkis stated that they had consulted parkour artists and dancers regarding Carnage's movement, hoping to give him a different sense of movement and energy compared to Venom. Harrelson has also discussed how he contributed to the symbiote, with the actor initially hoping that Serkis would voice the character before taking on the role himself after Serkis insisted Harrelson voice the character himself.

Carnage is a much more brutal, sadistic, and violent character when compared to Venom, so making the character visually different from his fellow symbiote helps make him a much more distinct and memorable villain. Taking inspiration from animals and nature not only grounds the character in something realistic but allows him to feel more threatening as he displays a more predatory, beast-like nature. The result not only makes Carnage a more terrifying villain, but is a perfect wild, unhinged foil for the slightly more balanced, controlled, but odd duo of Eddie and Venom in Venom: Let There Be Carnage.