Back Sssssss Welsh Sssnake Kobra German Sssssss Spanish Sssssss Basque سسسسسسس Persian SSSSnake French Սսսսսսս Armenian SSSSSSS ID Kobra (film 1973) Italian 怪奇!吸血人間スネーク Japanese
| Sssssss | |
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| Directed by | Bernard L. Kowalski |
| Written by | Hal Dresner Daniel C. Striepeke |
| Produced by | Daniel C. Striepeke |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Gerald Perry Finnerman |
| Edited by | Robert Watts |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million[2] |
| Box office | $1 million (US/Canada rentals)[3] |
Sssssss[i] is a 1973 American body horror film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, and Heather Menzies.[4] Its plot follows a college student who becomes a laboratory assistant to a herpetologist who is covertly developing a serum that can transform human beings into snakes.
The make-up effects were created by John Chambers and Nick Marcellino. It received a nomination for the Best Science Fiction Film award of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films in 1975.
- ^ "Sssssss – History". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. (Note: Toggle between "History", "Details", and "Credits" tabs for full scope of source.)
- ^ Weaver 2006, p. 228.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973". Variety: 60. 9 January 1974.
- ^ Thompson, Howard (2 August 1973). "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973) 'Sssssss' and 'Werewolf' Blend Horror". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2024.
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