Alabama Snake

2020
TV-MA
1h 25m

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5.5/10

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Alabama Snake explores the story of Oct. 4, 1991, when a violent crime was reported in the town of Scottsboro, Alabama. Glenn Summerford, a Pentecostal minister, was accused of attempting to murder his wife with a rattlesnake. The details of the investigation and the trial that followed have "haunted Southern Appalachia for decades." Alabama Snake features local historian and folklorist, Thomas Burton, who has spent his life studying the culture, beliefs, and folklore of Pentecostal snake handlers, painting a "Southern Gothic portrait" of Summerford and his tale of demon possession.

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Explores the story of a Pentecostal minister, accused of attempting to murder his wife with a rattlesnake. Based on true events!Explores the story of a Pentecostal minister, accused of attempting to murder his wife with a rattlesnake. Based on true events!Explores the story of a Pentecostal minister, accused of attempting to murder his wife with a rattlesnake. Based on true events!

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IMDb RATING

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812

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This crime was also the subject of the books Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington (published in 1995 by Da Capo Press / Addison-Wesley and a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction) and The Serpent And The Spirit: Glenn Summerford's Story by Thomas Burton (published in 2004 by the University of Tennessee Press).

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3/10

Don't bother

Utter nonsense. An hour and five minutes in, with only twenty minutes remaining, I could no longer stand it.

I'm not from that area, nor am I of that religion, but from an outsider's point of view, all of these people have either bought into the falsehoods repeated to them over the years or they are just crazy. I can't say whether or not Glenn Summerford was trying to kill his wife, but the fact that he didn't take her to a doctor after she was bitten by a RATTLESNAKE because it was simply "in God's hands" is criminal in itself.

The only reason I gave it three stars instead of one is because of the documentary's production. With that said, letting these people spew their absolute nonsense for an hour and a half is a waste of airtime. With the exception of the first responders, and maybe his first wife, there are no redeeming characters, and certainly no worthwhile storyline.