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Writers:
Hal Dresner (writer)
Daniel C. Striepeke (story)
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Release Date:
July 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
Terror is ready to strike! more
Plot:
David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
One of the greatest horror films for a group of kids on a Saturday night more (42 total)

Cast

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Strother Martin ... Dr. Carl Stoner

Dirk Benedict ... David Blake
Heather Menzies ... Kristina Stoner
Richard B. Shull ... Dr. Ken Daniels
Tim O'Connor ... Kogen
Jack Ging ... Sheriff Dale Hardison
Kathleen King ... Kitty Stewart

Reb Brown ... Steve Randall
Ted Grossman ... Deputy Morgan Bock
Charles Seel ... Old man
Ray Ballard ... Waggish Tourist
Brendan Burns ... Jock #1
Rick Beckner ... Jock #2
Jim Drum ... Hawker #1 (as James Drum)
Ed McCready ... Hawker #2
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
SSSSnake (UK)
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Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Italy:VM18 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Finland:(Banned) (1973) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG
Company:
Zanuck/Brown Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The title for the films release in Spain was "Ssssilbido de muerte", which translates to "Hiss of Death" in English. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Sugarland Express (1974) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
One of the greatest horror films for a group of kids on a Saturday night, 20 June 2001
Author: richard.fuller1

We saw it back then in the seventies and were promptly scared to death by it. Set up like a mystery, you don't know what is in the back of the truck at the beginning and the gawking at the carnival freaks was pretty chilling too. Reb Brown's fate and his treatment of the pet snake were both something that made us sit up and take notice. And then there was the nosy neighbor/professor person and his destiny. The snake-handling looked very professional. Then I saw it years later. The daughter's shrieking and weeping could set your teeth on edge, the concealed nude swim scene is pretty amusing now with cartoon leaves, Benedict is completely naive and if you have no idea what to expect, you may even be rooting for him. Strother Martin was very believable as the mad doctor up to his confrontation with "Royalty". My brother said the hysterical daughter went on to pose for Playboy.

Hated her very seventies hairdo.

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