Cletus Kasady (Sony's Marvel Universe)

"When I get out of here, and I will... there's gonna be carnage!"

- Cletus to Eddie Brock

Cletus Kasady is a minor antagonist who appears in the mid-credits scene of the critically panned 2018 film Venom. He is a notorious serial killer who is currently locked away in San Quentin Prison, where reporter Eddie Brock interviewed him after dealing with Carlton Drake. He is portrayed by Woody Harrelson.

Past
Not much is known about Kasady's past, although alot of it is revealed in behind-the-scenes notes written by Eddie Brock.

When he was a child, Kasady grew up in St. Estes home after becoming an orphan. There, Cletus was already showing signs of sociopathy, including being very anti-social and even killing the headmaster's dog with a drill. Sometime later, St. Estes caught on fire due to mysterious reasons. It is entirely possible and very likely that Cletus himself caused the fire to kill the disciplinarian headmaster out of revenge, which Eddie Brock speculates on his notes. Later in his life, he has murdered countless people, starting with his own grandmother, whom he pushed down a flight of stairs. He also killed a woman by pushing her in front of a bus when she rejected his romantic advances. Eddie's notes on him reveal he also dug up his own mother's grave for unknown reasons, to which Eddie speculates as Cletus having an Oedipus Complex. He was presumably apprehended years before the events of Venom.

Interview with Eddie Brock
Reporter 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 tells Eddie to "forgo the whole creepy serial killer thing", claiming he can turn the serial-killer act on and off whenever he wants. Afterward, Cletus tells Eddie to get closer to him and afterward boldly claimed he planned to break out of prison and unleash "carnage" upon society.

Trivia

 * Woody Harrelson has stated that Cletus Kasady will be having a major role in the film's sequel, having been unable to read its script until signing for the first film.