HorrorScience Fiction

Sssssss

- Terror is ready to strike!

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.

Release Date : 1973-07-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Zanuck/Brown CompanyUniversal Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Hissssss

Cast

Character Name : Dr. Carl Stoner

Original Name : Strother Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Blake

Original Name : Dirk Benedict

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kristina Stoner

Original Name : Heather Menzies

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Ken Daniels

Original Name : Richard B. Shull

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kogen

Original Name : Tim O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Dale Hardison

Original Name : Jack Ging

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve Randall

Original Name : Reb Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Morgan Bock

Original Name : Ted Grossman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kitty Stewart

Original Name : Kathleen King

Gender : Female

Character Name : Old Man

Original Name : Charles Seel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waggish Tourist

Original Name : Ray Ballard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sam Lee, the Seal Boy

Original Name : Felix Silla

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tim McGraw, the Snake Man

Original Name : Noble Craig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kootch Dancer

Original Name : Bobbi Kiger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Station Attendant

Original Name : J.R. Clark

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2024-03-19

**_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+