In 1973, Dirk Benedict (not yet of Battlestar Galactica and A-Team fame) underwent a transformation into a snake. Here are the results.
Plot: A not-so-mad scientist, rather an obsessive one, handles snakes for a living and following a need for another graduate student (the last one ending up in a Carnivale Freak Show) as an assistant, he employs Dirk. Dirk begins an affair with the Doctors daughter and undergoes a series of injection, having been advised they are in fact pre-emptive measures to avoid death (as he'll be handling Black Mamba, Rattle Snakes and King Cobras on a regular basis). Turns out, these injections actually go some way to altering the young man's physiology. Whoops.
A pretty fun movie, at least until the reveal, where we actually see a green, reptilian Dirk. The snake shots are great and the King Cobra has real attitude.
Budget: $1,300,000
Fun Fact: The snakes were never defanged prior to shooting and as such, there was a real risk every time they filmed.
Plot: A not-so-mad scientist, rather an obsessive one, handles snakes for a living and following a need for another graduate student (the last one ending up in a Carnivale Freak Show) as an assistant, he employs Dirk. Dirk begins an affair with the Doctors daughter and undergoes a series of injection, having been advised they are in fact pre-emptive measures to avoid death (as he'll be handling Black Mamba, Rattle Snakes and King Cobras on a regular basis). Turns out, these injections actually go some way to altering the young man's physiology. Whoops.
A pretty fun movie, at least until the reveal, where we actually see a green, reptilian Dirk. The snake shots are great and the King Cobra has real attitude.
Budget: $1,300,000
Fun Fact: The snakes were never defanged prior to shooting and as such, there was a real risk every time they filmed.
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