Das schwarze Reptil

Originaltitel: The Reptile

1966
16
1 Std. 26 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

4183

IHRE BEWERTUNG

In a Cornish village, various locals die from mysterious snake bites, but the coroner rules the deaths as heart attacks, until a family of newcomers starts an investigation.

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Monster Horror Horror

Verschiedene Dorfbewohner sterben an mysteriösen Schlangenbissen, aber der Gerichtsmediziner regelt den Tod als Herzinfarkt, bis eine Familie von Neuankömmlingen eine Untersuchung einleitet.Verschiedene Dorfbewohner sterben an mysteriösen Schlangenbissen, aber der Gerichtsmediziner regelt den Tod als Herzinfarkt, bis eine Familie von Neuankömmlingen eine Untersuchung einleitet.Verschiedene Dorfbewohner sterben an mysteriösen Schlangenbissen, aber der Gerichtsmediziner regelt den Tod als Herzinfarkt, bis eine Familie von Neuankömmlingen eine Untersuchung einleitet.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

4183

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
Roy Ashton's makeup for the creature included appliances created from a mold taken of real snakeskin.

Patzer
At the start, the publican sluices down the pub's front steps with water in a plastic bucket.

Zitate
Dr. Franklyn: I could kill you!
The Malay: Possibly, but you could never be free then, could you?

Alternative Versionen
When originally released theatrically in the UK, the BBFC made cuts to secure a 'X' rating. It is believed all cuts were waived in 1994 when the film was granted a '15' certificate for home video. However, Hammer has put out a call trying to locate lost or censored footage from the following scene: An extended knife in neck/snake bite scene (this is thought to exist, but there is no known evidence). This rather suggests that this is the footage censored from the 1966 cinema release and that it is still missing from home video releases. The BBFC cut was described in The DarkSide magazine as: "A gloating close-up during the lancing of a snake bite."

Verbindungen
Edited into Tela Class: Boquinha de Cemitério (2007)

Soundtracks
Sitar Music
(uncredited)
Traditional
Arranged by Philip Martell

Benutzerrezensionen64

Ausgewählte Rezension

7/10

Well done horror buildup let down by weak ending

"The Reptile" is a competently produced and watchable horror entry from Hammer productions but offers little new to the genre. Once again we have new-comers to a district that harbours a deadly secret, who must deal with hostile locals before getting get sucked into events, while ominous music and the classic 'moors' setting establishes tone. The generic characters don't present much of a challenge to the actors (exceptions being John Laurie, whose Mad Peter manages to avoid the usual town-drunk shtick and Jacqueline Pearce, who is very good as the mysterious girl). Sadly, while the movie effectively builds to a climax, the final scenes are marred by the appearance of the titular creature and its sudden anticlimactic death. A fair amount of suspension of belief is required (especially to the 'basement' of the Franklyn home) and there are some plot-driven inconsistencies (e.g. venom works a lot faster on secondary characters than on primary characters), but otherwise, 'The Reptile' is a pretty good example of mid-sixties British horror (other than the absence of Hammer perennials Cushing and Lee).