Sssssss (1973)

★ 5.1 1h 39m 109 votes IMDb

David, 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.

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Cast

Strother Martin
Strother Martin as Dr. Carl Stoner Died 1980 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA Strother Martin (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke,...
Dirk Benedict
Dirk Benedict as David Blake Age 81 · Helena, Montana, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dirk Benedict  (born Dirk Niewoehner; March 1, 1945) is an American movie, television and stage actor, perhaps best known for playing the characters Lieutenant T...
Heather Menzies
Heather Menzies as Kristina Stoner Died 2017 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada Heather Menzies Urich (December 3, 1949 – December 24, 2017) was a Canadian–American model and actress, known for her roles as Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music. Beautiful, sunny, a...
Richard B. Shull
Richard B. Shull as Dr. Ken Daniels Died 1999 · Evanston, Illinois, USA Richard Bruce Shull (February 24, 1929 – October 14, 1999) was an American character actor..
Tim O'Connor
Tim O'Connor as Kogen Died 2018 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Timothy Joseph O'Connor (July 3, 1927 – April 5, 2018) was an American character actor. Some of O'Connor's best-known roles include: Dr. Elias Huer in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Jack Boland in...
Jack Ging
Jack Ging as Sheriff Dale Hardison Died 2022 · Alva, Oklahoma From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Lee Ging (born November 30, 1931, in Alva in Woods County in northwestern Oklahoma) is an American actor best known for his role as General Harlan 'Bull' F...

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Wuchak 5/10 Mar 19, 2024
**_A serum that turns people into snakes_**

A modern Frankenstein-type (Strother Martin) experiments with snakes and human beings in the desert hills of Southern California. David (Dirk Benedict) is hired by Dr. Stoner (Martin) as a lab assistant after his previous lab assistant mysteriously went missing. As the youth falls in love with Stoner's daughter, Kristina (Heather Menzies), the doctor begins injecting David with some king of snake serum.

Released in 1973, the curiously titled "SSSssss" is a pretty decent horror flick that has the early 70s written all over it, but I can't give it a higher rating because it comes off as a TV movie more than a theatrical release. Remember the TV movie "Gargoyles" from 1972? "SSSssss" has the same tone and look, but it's not as good even though it was theatrically released. Why? Because "Gargoyles" has a better topic and, at only 74 minutes, it lacks the padding of "SSSssss." Still, there's enough good in "SSSssss" to make it worthwhile for those who like these kinds of movies. There are a couple of carnival scenes, which are always good for horror flicks.

Martin is effective as the mad doctor and Reb Brown as a pompous jock, but Benedict and Menzies come off bland as the youthful lovers. Then again, they're playing intellectual college nerds so I'm sure that's how their characters were written. Nevertheless, IMHO Menzies is pretty forgettable here; she's better in 1977's "Piranha." Kathleen King plays the only notable woman, but her part isn't much more than a cameo. Needless to say, bad job on the female front.

The film runs 99 minutes and, although there is no listing on IMDb, it was obviously shot in the greater Los Angeles area.

GRADE: C+

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