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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.
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Sssssss is a 1973 American horror and science fiction film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. The movie features Dirk Benedict, Strother Martin, Heather Menzies, and Reb Brown in the cast. It was produced by Daniel C. Striepeke and executive produced by David Brown. Universal Pictures served as the production and distribution company, alongside The Zanuck/Brown Company. The film was shot in English and centers on a snake.
Patrick Williams composed the score, with Gerald Finnerman as the director of photography. The runtime is 99 minutes. It received a PG rating. Critical reception includes a Metascore of 59 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 30%. The film has been described with keywords such as experiment, transformation, mad scientist, and turns into animal.
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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.
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
Themes
- experiment
- snake
- transformation
- mad scientist
- turns into animal
- cobra
- college student
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Ratings
IMDb
5.4/10
4,424 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
30%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 1973
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- 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
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $1 million
- Film.gross
- $1 million (US/Canada rentals)
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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
- Cinematographer
- Gerald Finnerman
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 482085
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- publication date
- 1977-11-05
- title
- Sssssss
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- executive producer
- David Brown
- review score
- 30%
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Filming
- Release
- Home media
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Accolades
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
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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