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:

Once this motion picture sinks its fangs into you, you'll never be the same.

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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

This film was released by Universal as a double feature with The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, making the program one of the last double bills released by the studio.

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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 The Devil Within (2010)

User Reviews

One of the greatest horror films for a group of kids on a Saturday night

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.