King Cobra (film)

Infobox Film | name = King Cobra


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director = David Hillenbrand
Scott Hillenbrand
producer = Unknown
writer = David Hillenbrand
Scott Hillenbrand
starring = Noriyuki Morita
Hoyt Axton
Joseph Ruskin
Courtney Gains
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released = 1999
runtime = 93 minutes
language = English
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imdb_id = 0138797

"King Cobra" is a 1999 horror/sci-fi film centred on a convert|30|ft|m long, Half African King Cobra and half Eastern Diamond Rattlesnake nicknamed Seth. When Seth enters a small Californian brewery town in the midst of its famous brewery event, the town is under the mercy of Seth.

Cast

Plot

When a team of scientist led by Dr. Irwin Burns (Joseph Ruskin), tests an experimental drug that increases aggression in animals and humans, their biochemical lab explodes and a mutated nightmare escapes. Half African King Cobra and half eastern Diamond rattlesnake, Seth is pure evil. He's convert|30|ft|m long with a giant appetite for terror. Slowly one by one the snake starts to kill everyone in a small rural town. They hire a snake expert (Pat Morita).Seth is then defeated and trapped in a cage full of sleeping gas, though not before the snake expert is bittten once in the leg, once in the chest, and twice in the neck. This results in his death. One other member of the group is bitten and seriously injured (he lives) But at the end of the movie, it is revealed Seth is still fully awake and is trying to escape.

Reception

As of December 3 2006, King Cobra is rated as #35 on the Bottom 100.

Tagline

* Don't Mess With Mothernature

Errors

Seth has a spectacle shape on the back of its hood (similar to the Mickey Mouse head), which is the trademark for the Indian cobra ("naja naja") not the king cobra ("ophiophagus hannah") as it should be.

Cameo

Efren Ramirez, who played Pedro in Napoleon Dynamite, played the role of teen boy in this movie. He was killed by the snake during a sexy game of hide and seek with a girl in the woods

References

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138797/ Internet Movie Database]
* [http://movies.go.com/king-cobra/d793085/horror Movies Go]