Sssssss

1973
PG
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

4.1K

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Body Horror Tragedy Horror Sci-Fi

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.

Director
- Bernard L. Kowalski
Writers
- Hal Dresner
- Daniel C. Striepeke
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

4.1K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Bernard L. Kowalski
Writers
- Hal Dresner
- Daniel C. Striepeke
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

Videos3

Trailer 1:38

Sssssss

Clip 2:53

Ssssssss: Snake Charmer

Clip 2:53

Ssssssss: Snake Charmer

Featurette 1:44

Ssssssss: Dirk Benedict

Photos19

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Storyline

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Trivia
For the scene where Dr. Stoner first injects David, Strother Martin actually makes a real hypodermic puncture on Dirk Benedict's arm with the needle.

Goofs
Dr. 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 credits
A 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 versions
The UK video version was cut by 27 secs by the BBFC to heavily edit a scene where a snake fights a mongoose.

Connections
Featured in The Sugarland Express (1974)

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Review

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Cobras, Mambas, and snake boys...Hmmmmm

What we have here is a failure to....OH, wrong Strother Martin film. Well, Martin is the star of Sssssss(7 s's), and I must admit he is rather enjoyable to watch as a kindly, softspoken, insane, murderous herpetologist trying to save the human race by turning men into cobras. The story is absurd and rather difficult to follow. The special effects suck(being blunt and candid) as we see Dirk Benedict get an occasional scale on his green body. The snakes are impressive, however. Martin's over-the-top performance saves this film from being utterly mundane and makes it fun to watch.