A few weeks ago I was working late on the computer - trying to get some real estate listing photos down loaded. I like to watch movies while I do this sort of thing because there is a lot of waiting while the photos down load. I scanned through my on demand free movie selection. I choose to watch Sssssss. Boy was it fun to watch!!! Made in 1973 by Bernand L. Kowalski, the film stars Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict and Heather Menzies.
The plot is pretty predictable but that is what makes this whole genre fun for me to watch. Crazy scientist, Strother Martin, hires Dirk Benedict, college student, who falls in love with Heather Menzies, who is the daughter of the crazy snake scientist. Crazy scientist had a specialty and passion for snakes - including his beloved Harry, his pet snake. College boy is given shots to turn him into a snake with the brain of a man. College boy thinks the shots are venom to help up his immunity while he works with the crazy scientist and all of the poisonous snakes. All the while college boy falls in love with daughter. The opening has a note that the cast and crew worked with real snakes including poisonous ones. I would not have been in that film.
One of the joyous moments in the film is Snake boy in the county fair. The previous college boy assistant who is one of the crazy scientist's earlier and failed experiments is snake man. Awesome fun!!!
Movie was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski who has a long list of credits - beginning in 1957 on television and include: Rawhide, Mission Impossible, the Untouchables, Perry Mason, CHIPS, Baywatch Nights and many more. Movies - Night of the Blood Beast, Hot Car Girl & Attack of the Giant Leeches are also included in his credits. WOW!
Dirk Benedict looks about 18 years old in this film. We love him from his days on Battlestar Galactica and then A-Team. And you gotta love someone who had a few episodes on Love Boat as well. He is in his 60's now - hard to believe - and still working on projects.
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