BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

wwwocls-72759 Just saw this on Me-TV. This isn't a snake; it's a damn dog. Boring as hell with zero payoff. The doctor has some random (completely ridiculous) idea that snakes will somehow survive in the future when humans won't or something like that. Well, being cold-blooded, snakes would be lost in the cold so there's one of many evolutionary advantages we have. That we have limbs, vastly superior hearing and the power to reason are just other reasons why snakes being evolutionary darlings over us is moronic. That neither Dirk (poor Dirk) or the girl wouldn't have a clue all those shots were causing trouble (or even necessary) is dumbfounding. Then the doctor dies, not by getting bit by Dirk, but by getting cocky and getting bit by a cobra! He's just talking to a snake, as usual, and, oops, gets bit and dies. Oh, and there's the thing with the python killing and eating that guy even though the snake is way too small and the guy way too big to be realistic. They even had a doll shoe sticking out of the snake's mouth to make it look like he'd been eaten.

trashgang Never seen this and never found it over here until Blu ray brought it all over the galaxy. It came out the in the year The Exorcist was made and being a success Sssssss was quickly forgotten. But for the lovers of creature features this one stuck in their minds. Seeing it now it is really outdated. It's slow and the horror really comes in toward the end. A bit of a love story combines all scene's and the ending wasn't that good at all. Still, people are picking this up because Dirk Benedict is in it just before he moved further to the series Chopper One (1974), Battlestar Galactica (1978) and of course the A-team (1983) and became famous.The effects used t make man change into a snake are really outdated nowadays and even looked really cheap. That were the effects they used in the fifties and earlier. But being slow it never was surprisingly boring. That lays one the use of real snakes and the scene with the King Cobra in open field before visitors to the center is still worth seeing. Old school horror just before the gore took over...Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5

opieandy-1 Surprisingly good for a low-budget movie that appeared made for TV. Strother (what a name) Martin was excellent, and Dirk Benedict and Heather Menzies turned in fine performances. The primary detraction was the Barnaby Jones feel to the production. My scale: 1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre"6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again 7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons 8- Very Good. Would watch again and recommend to others 9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings10 - A Classic (6 of 430 movies have received this)

buckikris I never heard of this film before, until about a year ago. It is an early 70's horror flick; and at the time I was 1 or 2 years old. I knew this movie would have mixed reviews; but at first I thought this would be a terrible movie. The movie starts out basically with teaching of a class on Reptiles. We have a young Dirk Benedict, who is looking for a job. He meets Dr. Stoner, a mad scientist and his daughter Kris( Heather Menendez). David(Benedict) is ready to get started; and Dr. Stoner shows him the ropes. David is unaware what Dr. Stoner has in store for him. He hears about the other assistant Tim from Kris and doesn't think anything of it. Dr. Stoner tells is Kris that Tim just quit and went back home. David then becomes Stoner's new Guiana Pig, Stoner starts giving him shots of Cobra Venom, telling David they are just booster shots for protection against the snakes. Dr. Stoner is really doing another experiment on a innocent student and trying to transform him into a snake. He as well as Kris are unaware of Stoner's intentions. During the movie David and Kris form a relationship that has stoner worried, she is wondering what is going on with her father's secrecy. While the movie proceeds, we have people that start to disappear, a death of student, who was responsible for killing one of Kris's snakes; and Kris finally learns what her father is up to. Toward the end Kris finally finds out what happened to Tim the other assistant. He ended up in a Carnival freak show as a hybrid 1/2 man 1/2 snake. Dr. Stoner's first experimentation was a failure. He is successful in transforming David; but Stoner end's up dead along with the Cobra he was training. Kris finds out David is transformed, and tells the officer's not to kill the snake. She knows it's David; and doesn't want to let go.I enjoyed this film, it is dated and the special effect are OK for the time period. I loved the story, because it has everything a little comedy, a decent plot, friendship, and tragedy. I also liked it because you don't see many snake horror movies and this one is truly unique. So don't let the title fool you, this movie will surprise you.THX, Kris L. CocKayne