SSSSnake, le cobra

Original title: Sssssss

1973
12
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

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Body Horror Tragedy Horror Sci-Fi

A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.

Director
- Bernard L. Kowalski
Writers
- Hal Dresner
- Daniel C. Striepeke
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Bernard L. Kowalski
Writers
- Hal Dresner
- Daniel C. Striepeke
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

Trivia
All the venomous snakes featured were authentic and the cast actually did have to interact with them for filming. Only in the shot where Strother Martin grabs the king cobra's head during the show was a puppet snake used.

Goofs
There's no way Kristina could have known the cobra was David.

Quotes
[last lines]
Kristina Stoner: No! No! DAVID! No! No! Nooooo! DAAVIIIIID!

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."

Alternate versions
The UK video version was cut by 27 secs by the BBFC to heavily edit a scene where a snake fights a mongoose.

Connections
Featured in Sugarland Express (1974)

User reviews74

Featured review

6/10

Not Too Bad Of A Film

It's not too bad of a film - for a B horror it's decent, kinda keeps me interested. Warning: If you have a huge fear of snakes then this film is NOT for you! They use real snakes in the making of this film.

Dr. Stoner seems to have it in his head that snakes and humans become one they will rule the planet - outlasting plagues, viruses, natural disasters, holocausts, and other things of this nature. He slowly transforms humans into the snake/human crossbreeds.

The ending could have been better: I mean David was, or looked like, a full-on King Cobra and not part human so why or how did Kristina know that snake was David? She couldn't even see his eyes because the mongoose was on the snake David. Otherwise it's a fairly decent 1970s B horror film that can entertain to a degree.

6/10