And Is It Still Killing Eddie?
The end of the movie presents the reunion of this odd couple as a happy thing – but is it really? Earlier on in the film, it was revealed by Anne’s nice doctor boyfriend that the symbiote was slowly killing Eddie. When he discovers this, he falls out with the creature. Yet once they’ve become pals, Brock seems to have no problem bonding with Venom again.
One possible explanation here is that Dr. Lewis didn’t properly understand what was happening to Eddie’s body. When he suggests the symbiote’s killing him, Venom refutes this and tells Eddie he’s wrong. It might actually be telling the truth here, too, as the rest of the film presents both Venom and Riot mending their hosts’ broken bodies. Yes, Riot leaves its hosts for dead when it wants, but that may be a product of its evil nature. Seeing as Venom cares for Eddie, it may be repairing the damage it’s doing to his system.
Tom Hardy has said that there’s at least 40 minutes of material cut from the theatrical version of the movie, too – which he counts as his personal favorite parts of the film – so maybe there’s something in there that better clarifies this plot point?