Sssssss (1973)

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. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young ... See full summary »

Director:

Bernard L. Kowalski

Writers:

Hal Dresner (screenplay), Daniel C. Striepeke (story)

Stars:

Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies-Urich

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Strother Martin	...	Dr. Carl Stoner
Dirk Benedict	...	David Blake
Heather Menzies-Urich	...	Kristina Stoner (as Heather Menzies)
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

Storyline

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. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake-and he plans to use it on David.

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Plot Keywords:

experiment | serum | college student | cobra | snake | 

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Taglines:

Terror is ready to strike!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

July 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

SSSSnake

Box Office

Budget:

$1,300,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the skinny dipping scenes, the producers superimposed foliage over the footage to obscure the "naughty bits" of Heather Menzies and Dirk Benedict, most likely to achieve a PG rating as opposed to an R rating.

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Quotes

Kogen: You are a real and a bonified genius. First one I ever met.
Dr. Carl Stoner: It's rare to be appreciate from one of his failures.

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Crazy Credits

A pre-title card opens the film declaring all the reptiles used in the film were real and states "We wish to thank the cast and crew for their courageous efforts while being exposed to extremely hazardous conditions."

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Connections

Referenced in Argo (2012)

User Reviews

Great title, mediocre movie.

This movie is a bit of a throwback to 50's science fiction horror. It involves the mad scientist performing crazy experiments. It is rather interesting, but it needed more. Not much happens except the scientist turns his poor assistant into a snake creature. As the movie goes along he slowly changes. I think the scientist's daughter falls in love with the assistant and tries to find out what her dad is up to. I am guessing this movie is really short cause from what I remember; there really wasn't much else to it. Not too many scares and such. The ending is kind of funny though as you find out what a mongoose is best suited for. Somewhat interesting flick that just needed more depth to it. Maybe a killing or two more, anything to spice it up. The movie does have a good title though, very original.