‘It moves without sound… thirty feet of pure venom’
King Cobra is a 1999 sci-fi horror film written, produced and directed by David Hillenbrand and Scott Hillenbrand (Transylmania; Survival Island).
The movie features special effects by The Chiodo Brothers (Alien Abduction; Critters franchise; Killer Klowns from Outer Space).
Plot:
A genetics laboratory run by Doctor Irwin Burns (Joseph Ruskin) to research aggressive behaviour has an accident, resulting in a chemical fire and explosion, and the escape of a thirty foot long hybrid snake with traits of both the King Cobra and the Diamondback Rattlesnake.
Loose in the countryside and filled with the experimental aggressiveness drug, the snake, nicknamed “Seth”, eventually outgrows his woodland prey, it begins hunting the residents of the small brewery town of Fillmore…
Cast and characters:
- Pat Morita as Nick “Hash” Hashimoto – Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies
- Scott Hillenbrand as Doctor Brad Kagen [as Scott Brandon] – Survival Island
- Hoyt Axton as Mayor Ed Biddle – Buried Alive; Retribution; Gremlins; Endangered Species
- Joseph Ruskin as Doctor Irwin Burns
- Courtney Gains as Doctor Joseph McConnell – Hell’s Kitty; The ‘Burbs
- Eric Lawson as Sheriff Ben Lowry
- Erik Estrada as Bernie Alvarez – Chupacabra vs. the Alamo; Sabrina, the Teenage Witch TV series; Light Blast
- Nick Jameson as Jurgen Werner
- Megan Blake as Grace Stills
- Casey Fallo as Jo Biddle [as Kasey Fallo] – Survival Island
- Arell Blanton as Jesse
- Jerry Kernion as Conrad
- Michael Leopard as Buck
- Cedric Duplechain as Deputy Bud Fuller
- Paul Morgan Fredrix as Doctor Pat Kagen
Film Facts:
This film should not be confused with Jaws of Satan (1981), which was also titled King Cobra.
Trailer:
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