A 1973 American horror directed by Bernard L Kowalski that has a college student (Dirk Benedict) start work for a scientist (Strother Martin) who turns people into snakes and falls for his daughter (Heather Menzies).
The movie also stars Richard B Shull, Tim O'Connor, Jack Ging, Reb Brown, and Noble Craig.
It was released on July 18, 1973.
Tropes for the film:
- Artistic License – Animal Care: The Mad Scientist, Carl Stoner, lets his pet boa constrictor drink alcohol from a bowl. Real snake owners know that reptiles loathe the smell of alcohol, and indeed may keep it around as an emergency means of getting their pet to let go if it bites or coils around someone.
- Body Horror: Being turned into a snake is not a pretty process. We also see what happens when the transformation is incomplete.
- Downer Ending: Dr. Stoner succeeds in turning David into a cobra but dies when another snake bites him, meaning that the only person with knowledge of how to change David back is now dead. Then, David is attacked by a mongoose. The end.
- Laser-Guided Karma: As mentioned above, Dr. Stoner dies when one of his lab cobras bites him.
- One-Word Title: Sssssss.
- Scaled Up: Dr. Stoner turns his lab assistants into king cobras.
- Skinny Dipping: Indulged by David and Kristina (Stoner's daughter), leading Dr. Stoner to turn David into a snake.
- Was Once a Man: Dr. Stoner turns his lab assistants into king cobras.
