Cletus Kasady (Sony's Marvel Universe)

'NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of Cletus Kasady from the 2018 film. The mainstream version can be found here: Carnage (Marvel).

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**Cletus Kasady** is a major antagonist in Template:W, serving as a minor antagonist in *Template:W* and one of the two main antagonists (alongside Carnage) of *Template:W*.

He is a notorious and deranged serial killer who was locked away in San Quentin Prison, where reporter Eddie Brock interviewed him. However, Kasady eventually managed to break out of prison so he can unleash carnage upon San Francisco.

He was portrayed by Template:W, who also played Carnage in the second film, Mickey Knox in *Natural Born Killers*, Charles Costello in *Seven Psychopaths*, Harlan DeGroat in *Out of the Furnace*, Colonel McCullough in *War for the Planet of the Apes* and Tobias Beckett in *Solo: A Star Wars Story*. As a child, he was portrayed by Jack Bandeira.

## Biography

### Early Life

Much of Cletus Kasady's past remains in mystery, but what is given suggests a dark, twisted and traumatic past. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, where his heart stopped on the day of his birth but he was revived. According to his claims, he was frequently abused by his parents and grandmother. Although he claims he killed his grandmother and mother out of retribution, he also killed his mother’s dog afterwards for seemingly no reason, implying he had sociopathic tendencies from the start. He also had a father who beat him, which is presumed to be another reason why Cletus grew up to become a sociopath.

Cletus tried to kill his father to fight back against his abuse but failed and was then sent to a children's home named St. Estes, due to his sociopathic tendencies. While there, other kids mercilessly beat him up. The only one who took pity on him was a girl named Francis Barrison, who bursts the kids eardrums with her sonic scream powers. The two would then bond as they grew up in the children's home, and they would form a romantic chemistry. Cletus then burned down the orphanage, killing the headmistress and everyone else inside. Eddie Brock speculates in his notes that Cletus did this out of revenge.

Cletus then began murdering, cannibalizing and torturing countless people before he and Francis got caught. During their young adult years, Francis was hauled off to the Ravencroft Institute due to her powers, much to Cletus' furious dismay. She was presumed to be shot dead after trying to escape by causing a car crash, although Cletus knew very well that she was alive.

### *Venom*

Following the deaths of Riot and Carlton Drake, Eddie Brock was on a motorcycle trip to San Quentin Prison to do an interview with a mystery convict to see if he will help the FBI identify more potential bodies. After receiving an ominous warning from one of the prison guards, the mystery convict is revealed to be Cletus Kasady. When Eddie enters his cell, Cletus writes "Welcome Eddie" with his own blood. During the interview, Cletus asks Eddie if he can "forgo the whole creepy serial killer thing", claiming he can turn the serial-killer act on and off whenever he wants. Cletus also mentions eating the eyeballs out of victims' heads. Afterward, Cletus tells Eddie to get closer to him, despite the guards warning Eddie not to. Eddie remained cautious, but Cletus told him he wouldn't tell Eddie the locations of his other victims. Finally, Cletus claimed to Eddie that he planned to break out of prison and unleash "carnage" upon society (foreshadowing him becoming Carnage).

### *Venom: Let There Be Carnage*

Two decades after having been separated from his girlfriend, Cletus had Eddie Brock run a coded message in the paper in exchange for his life story; to let Shriek know he intended to keep his promise to marry her. However, Venom quickly figured out the location of Cletus' victims from his cell drawings and the police exhumed them. With no reason to be kept alive, a dejected Cletus invited Eddie to meet him one last time to guilt trip him. However, this angered Venom, who assaulted him. Cletus took the opportunity to bite Eddie, only to be surprised when he accidentally ate a piece of the symbiote.

Come execution by lethal injection, Cletus' sample awoke as a sentient new symbiote whom he named Carnage. The two escaped and killed/ate numerous people on the way out. Carnage agreed to help Cletus free Shriek, in exchange for killing its parent, Venom. After killing many people, including Dr. Pezzo, the two freed Shriek from her prison and killed the authorities who tried to stop their escape. Shriek used her power during the escape, Carnage threatened her not to do so again, since symbiotes were vulnerable to high sounds to which Cletus warned her about for her safety. The three decide to make a “red wedding” for Cletus and Shriek. After kidnapping "witnesses" for the wedding, they planned on killing Venom, Eddie and Patrick Mulligan, the cop who arrested Shriek.

Venom attacked, resulting in Carnage and Cletus fighting them. During the fight Carnage knocked Shriek around, much to Cletus protests and killed the church priest to get more power. Eventually, Carnage grew tired of Shriek's presence and tried to strangle her to death, which caused Cletus to panic and try to prevent Carnage from doing so. Carnage tried to force Venom and Eddie to watch Anne die but she was successfully rescued by the heroes. As the fight with Venom reached the bell tower, a still-alive Shriek fell to her death below as her scream dislodged the bell and symbiotes, causing Eddie and Cletus to fall. While Venom saves Eddie, Cletus hits the ground and is seriously injured. Before Carnage could merge with Cletus again, Venom ate the offspring. A dying Cletus told Eddie that what he really desired was his friendship; Eddie apologizes to Cletus but an annoyed Venom comes out and declares "F--k this guy!" biting his head off, ending Cletus' reign of terror.

## Relationships

### Family

* Nana † - Grandmother, Abuser, and Victim
* Father - Abuser
* Louise Kasady † - Mother, Abuser, and Victim

### Allies

* Carnage † - Symbiote
* Frances Barrison/Shriek † - Girlfriend and fiancé

### Enemies

* Eddie Brock - Interviewer, Attempted Victim, and Killer
* Venom - Attempted Victim and Killer
* G. Murphy † - Victim
* Camille Pazzo † - Indirect Victim
* Anne Weying - Former Hostage
* Dan Lewis - attempted victim

## Trivia

* Despite only appearing in the mid-credits scene of *Venom*, Woody Harrelson was not permitted to read script for the film's sequel until after agreeing to appear in the first film. He confirmed that Cletus Kasady will be having a major role in the film's sequel.
* In the extended mid-credit scene for *Venom*, Kasady talked about eating his victims eyeballs saying it's "crunchy on the outside, gooey on the inside", which implies he may be a cannibal. This is confirmed in the second film, where after biting Eddie, he exclaims, “I have tasted blood before and that is not it.”
* He is one of the very few incarnations of Cletus to have redeeming qualities and is more sympathetic than most versions.
* Likely stemming from his loneliness in prison, Cletus desired Eddie's friendship to make his separation from Shriek (his lover) bearable.
* Cletus likes making nursery rhymes of random words.

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