In the movie Venom, Eddie Brock is an ordinary man who one day becomes host to an alien creature called a symbiote. From that moment forward, they share a single body. Eddie is himself most of the time — thinking his own thoughts, making his own choices — but Venom lives inside him. The alien speaks in his head, takes over when provoked, and pushes Eddie toward things he would never do on his own.

At first, Eddie is terrified. He hears a voice no one else can hear. He loses control of his limbs. He does things he cannot explain and wakes up not knowing what happened. He is not sick, the world tells him. He is not crazy. But something is clearly, undeniably wrong. Over time — slowly, painfully — Eddie and Venom learn to coexist. Not in peace, exactly. But in a kind of negotiated survival.

That is my son.