Did You Ever See the 1973 Horror Movie Sssssss?

[Daleuhlmann]

Ssssssss is a very underrated 1973 horror movie about a herpetologist, played by the late, great Stother Martin, who injects his young assistant (Dirk Benedict, later of TV's THE A TEAM) with a serum that gradually turns him into a King Cobra. I ihad just recently watched this movie again, on METV's nationally aired "Svengoolie" program. The scene in which Martin's character begs his university department head for a research grant couldn't help but remind me of how much he would be screwed out of those funds today by DOGE's Musk!😅

[Skittles]

1. yessssssssssssssss

great campy fun! LOVED it

[johnp3907]

2. This one and Frogs would make a great double feature.

[boonecreek]

3. Saw it on Svengoolie Saturday night.

A lot better than I thought it would be.

[murielm99]

4. Darn! I missed it!

I usually watch Svengoolie.

[Paladin]

5. Well, shoot. I saw it was on "Svengoolie" but didn't know anything about it.

Will catch it next time I see it showing; if Strother Martin's in it, chances are I'll like it...

[ProfessorGAC]

6. We Did!

The reason I remember it so well is because it was the first movie we saw in the theater that was all X-Rated stuff until they changed ownership. The new owners decided to go head to head with the other 5 movie houses in town & drop the X stuff.>
Since I was only 16 or 17 that year, we never went to that theater until the switch, and thus was the movie we saw our first trip there.
I do recall the movie being pretty tense.

[RazorbackExpat]

7. I saw it

The part that really creeped me out was with the snake swallowing the meter reader / repairman

[Daleuhlmann]

8. I'd Seen This Most Recently on "Svengoolie," Too!

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Svengoolie (Rich Koz) has shown this movie on his MeTV show several times, most recently, this past Saturday, February 15. I had first seen Sssssss during the late 1970s, when it had made itsTV broadcast debut on NBC.

[Daleuhlmann]

9. Speaking of Sssssss . . . 🎶

Do you remember this song by Al Wilson? 🐍 🎶

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[OldBaldy1701E]

11. How about this one?

[OldBaldy1701E]

10. I was also watching that!

I agree. It was better than I thought after that first time decades ago.

Svengoolie's jokes, however...