A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Heather Menzies-Urich
- Kristina Stoner
- (as Heather Menzies)
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- TriviaFor the scene where Dr. Stoner first injects David, Strother Martin actually makes a real hypodermic puncture on Dirk Benedict's arm with the needle.
- GoofsDr. Stone mentions housing a snake in the "storm cellar" at one point. As the film is set in Southern California rather than the Midwest or the American South it is highly unlikely that Stoner's house would have a storm cellar. California is not prone to violent storms.
- Quotes
David Blake: I feel so sleepy.
Dr. Carl Stoner: It's the effect of the inoculation. You'll sleep very soundly tonight, David, and perhaps even through tomorrow. And if you're lucky, you may experience what few persons have ever known and lived to recall. You see, the venom of the cobra is one of nature's strongest hallucinogens!
- Crazy creditsA pre-title card opens the film declaring all the reptiles used in the film were real and states "We wish to thank the cast and crew for their courageous efforts while being exposed to extremely hazardous conditions."
- Alternate versionsThe UK video version was cut by 27 secs by the BBFC to heavily edit a scene where a snake fights a mongoose.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Sugarland Express (1974)
Featured review
Slither Goest Thou?...
Dr. Carl Stoner (Struther Martin) is a herpetologist who, along with his daughter (Heather Menzies), runs a sort of roadside reptile zoo. They put on shows for gawking crowds, where Stoner encounters a huge king cobra, and extracts venom from its fangs. Stoner needs an assistant to work in his laboratory.
Enter young David Blake (Dirk Benedict), who is the perfect candidate for the job. Unbeknownst to David, the good doctor has secret plans for him involving a cobra, and a certain transgression against natural laws.
SSSSSSS is a rather dark story full of mad science and cool snake sequences. Martin is great in his unhinged role, and Benedict is better here than in any of his TV appearances. Ms. Menzies is divine. She's sort of like Jane Fonda in glasses! Watch for Reb Brown as the loathsome jock who has an unfortunate shower "accident".
Everyone who sees this movie always remembers the carnival "snake boy" scene. It was shocking in its day, and still holds up well...
Enter young David Blake (Dirk Benedict), who is the perfect candidate for the job. Unbeknownst to David, the good doctor has secret plans for him involving a cobra, and a certain transgression against natural laws.
SSSSSSS is a rather dark story full of mad science and cool snake sequences. Martin is great in his unhinged role, and Benedict is better here than in any of his TV appearances. Ms. Menzies is divine. She's sort of like Jane Fonda in glasses! Watch for Reb Brown as the loathsome jock who has an unfortunate shower "accident".
Everyone who sees this movie always remembers the carnival "snake boy" scene. It was shocking in its day, and still holds up well...
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- Budget
- $1,300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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