Mega Snake (2007)

In 1986, in Tennessee, the father of the boys Lester and Duff Daniels is murdered by a snake in a weird ceremony. Twenty years later, Duff collects snakes while Les fears them. One day, ... See full summary »

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writers:

Boaz Davidson (story), Robby Robinson

Stars:

Michael Shanks, Siri Baruc, Michal Yannai

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Shanks	...	Les Daniels
Siri Baruc	...	Erin
Michal Yannai	...	Fay (as Michal Yanai)
Ben Cardinal	...	Screaming Hawk
John T. Woods	...	Duff Daniels
Todd Jensen	...	Big Bo
Nick Harvey	...	Cooley
Harry Anichkin	...	Patterson
Laura Giosh	...	Dixie (as Laura Giosh Markov)
Mark Johnson	...	Hewlett Daniels
Itai Diakov	...	Young Les
Ioan Karamfilov	...	Young Duff
Michael McCoy	...	Artimus
Matthew Atherton	...	Feedback
Stanimir Stamatov	...	Cop #1

Storyline

In 1986, in Tennessee, the father of the boys Lester and Duff Daniels is murdered by a snake in a weird ceremony. Twenty years later, Duff collects snakes while Les fears them. One day, Duff visits the Kitawa Indian Screaming Hawk to buy snakes and sees a small snake in a jar. He decides to buy the snake, but Screaming Hawk tells that the species is not for sale. He explains that it is the dangerous Unteka that has three rules to raise it: (1) never let the snake out of the jar; (2) never let it eat living animals; and (3) never fear the heart of the snake. Duff steals the Unteka and brings the snake home. However, he accidentally drops the jar and the snake eats his cat. The snake gets bigger and bigger eating animals and the locals. Now Les, his former girlfriend Erin and Screaming Hawk have to stop the Unteka to save the local population.

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Taglines:

It's Big, It's Bad and It Bites!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for creature violence/gore

Details

Official Sites:

SCI-FI Channel

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 July 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Asasinul tăcut

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

M3 Media, Millennium Films, Taxer Film

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Erin: [to the mayor, trying to convince him of the possibility of a giant snake] I know this sounds crazy, but trust me. I have a degree in "zoo-ology".

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Connections

Referenced in Atop the Fourth Wall: The Thing from Another World #2 (2012)

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Soundtracks

If It Takes All Night
Written by Jonathan Martin Gordon and Scott Schreer (as Scott P. Schreer)
Published by Freeplaymusic (BMI)
Courtesy of Freeplay Music

User Reviews

Has major problems, but for SyFy Mega Snake is tolerable

I never have really thought much of SyFy's resume as an overall whole. Some are tolerable, but most are garbage. Fortunately Mega Snake is one of the tolerable ones. It does have a lot of noticeable and obvious flaws, first and foremost the effects of the snake, which are not the worst from SyFy but still atrocious. The characters, especially the Sheriff, are cardboard clichés on the whole, and some like the shopkeeper are annoying. There is too much overlong exposition with the family as well and hampered further by hackneyed dialogue. However, the story is mostly not too bad. It didn't feel dull, and there are actually some good scenes like the attack on the lake and the forest chase which do have some tension as well as some fun and inventive killings. There are some scenes that do get rather ridiculous though, which was kind of expected. Other than the snake effects, Mega Snake does look good, the scenery is striking and the photography is at least above slipshod level. The acting is above average as well, John T Woods is especially fun. In conclusion, I'd be lying if I said this was a good movie but there have been far worse from SyFy. 5/10 Bethany Cox