Sssssss is a steaming pile of snake turds but… I liked it. It’s the heartwarming tale of a boy’s journey from teenager to snake. Dirk Benedict (The A-Team’s “Faceman”) stars as David, a high school loser who has an interest in herpetology and a penchant for chambray shirts. He’s hired as an assistant to Dr. Carl Stoner, a reclusive professor and snake enthusiast freak. Note to David: When you meet someone and they are feeding their snake “Henry” whiskey, you may want to look at this as a bit of a red flag.
During David’s first day of work Dr. Stoner gives him a shot, an immunization to protect him from all the sneaky snakes and their venom. At first this makes sense. But suddenly David starts having freaky dreams: hilarious sequences that are collages of angry looking snakes, volcanoes, biblical drawings, and shots of him tossing and turning in quilt covered bed. David’s second problem is that he has a crush on the Professor’s brilliant daughter, Kitty. She’s brainy, and we know this because smart girls in movies always wear glasses. In the end she may be the only person that can save David from her father’s weird snakeman breeding scheme. Here’s hoping! All I know is that any film that ends on a freeze frame of someone screaming in horror gets extra points in my book.
* By the way, there is actually a scene where a snakeman cries one single salty tear, Oscar bait!
