Sssssss
Sign in to saveSssssss is a 1973 American body horror film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, and Heather Menzies. Its plot follows a college student who becomes a laboratory assistant to a herpetologist who is covertly developing a serum that can transform human beings into snakes.
Film · TMDB
5.2David, 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.
Released: 1973-07-0699 minDir: Bernard L. KowalskiHorror, Science Fiction
Cast
- Strother Martin as Dr. Carl Stoner
- Dirk Benedict as David Blake
- Heather Menzies as Kristina Stoner
- Richard B. Shull as Dr. Ken Daniels
- Tim O'Connor as Kogen
- Jack Ging as Sheriff Dale Hardison
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
5.4/10
4,424 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
30%
Metacritic
59/100
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Sssssss
- Film.image
- SSSSSSS.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Bernard L. Kowalski
- Film.screenplay
- Hal Dresner
- Film.story
- Daniel C. Striepeke
- Film.producer
- Daniel C. Striepeke
- Film.cinematography
- Gerald Perry Finnerman
- Film.editing
- Robert Watts
- Film.music
- Patrick Williams
- Film.distributor
- Universal Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 99 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
Key dates
- Published
- 5 November 1977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- snake
- Director
- Bernard L. Kowalski
- Cast member
- Felix Silla
- Composer
- Patrick Williams
- Producer
- Daniel C. Striepeke
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
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Sssssss is a 1973 American body horror film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, and Heather Menzies. Its plot follows a college student who becomes a laboratory assistant to a herpetologist who is covertly developing a serum that can transform human beings into snakes.
The make-up effects were created by John Chambers and Nick Marcellino. It received a nomination for the Best Science Fiction Film award of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films in 1975.
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1973 American films1973 English-language films1973 films1973 horror filmsAmerican body horror filmsAmerican mad scientist filmsAmerican natural horror filmsAmerican science fiction horror filmsEnglish-language horror filmsFilms about shapeshiftingFilms about snakesFilms directed by Bernard L. Kowalski