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List of killer crocodile films
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 It has been suggested that this article be merged with List of natural horror films. (Discuss) Proposed since August 2012.
Below is a list of killer crocodile/alligator films, sorted alphabetically:
Normal crocodile films[edit]
Alligator (1980) Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
Black Water (2007)
Blood Surf (2000)
Croc (2007)
Crocodile (1980)
Crocodile (2000) Crocodile 2: Death Swamp (2002)
Dark Age (1987)
The Great Alligator River (1979)
Jole Jongole (2013)
Killer Crocodile (1989) Killer Crocodile 2 (1990)
Lake Placid (1999) Lake Placid 2 (2007)
Lake Placid 3 (2010)
Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)
Primeval (2007)
Rogue (2007)
Fantasy crocodile films[edit]
Dinocroc (2004) Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010)
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011)
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
Million Dollar Crocodile (2012)
Robocroc (2013)
SuperCroc (2007)
Supergator (2007)
Xtinction: Predator X aka Alligator X (2010)
See also[edit]
Crocodile
Alligator
Sweetheart (crocodile)
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List of killer shark films
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 It has been suggested that this article be merged with List of natural horror films. (Discuss) Proposed since August 2012.
Below are two lists of killer shark films, sorted into two categories:
Natural Shark Films - films in which sharks attack people
Fantasy Shark Films - films in which strange or supernatural occurrences result in shark attacks
Natural shark films[edit]
This is an incomplete list which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with entries that are reliably sourced.

Film Title
Release Year

Tintorera 1977
12 Days of Terror 2004
Bait 2012
Dark Tide 2011
Deep Blue Sea 1999
Cruel Jaws 1995
Great White 1981
Jaws 1975
Jaws 2 1978
Jaws 3-D 1983
Jaws: The Revenge 1987
Megalodon 2002
Open Water 2003
Red Water 2003
The Reef 2010
Shark! 1969
Shark 2000
Shark Attack 1999
Shark Attack 2 2000
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon 2002
Shark Zone 2003
Shark in Venice 2008
Shark Night 2011
Shark Swarm 2008
White Death 1936
Mako: The Jaws of Death 1976

Fantasy shark films[edit]
This is an incomplete list which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with entries that are reliably sourced.

Film Title
Release Year

2-Headed Shark Attack 2012
Deep Blood 1990
Dinoshark 2010
Ghost Shark 2013
Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy 2005
Jersey Shore Shark Attack 2012
Jurassic Shark 2012
Malibu Shark Attack 2009
Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus 2010
Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus 2009
Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark 2014
Monster Shark 1984
Raging Sharks 2005
Sand Sharks 2011
Sharknado 2013
Sharktopus 2010
Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda 2014
Snow Shark 2012
Super Shark 2011
Swamp Shark 2011
Sharknado 2: The Second One 2014
Avalanche Sharks 2013

See also[edit]
Shark attack
Monster movie List of monster movies
List of natural horror films
List of killer crocodile films
List of killer insect films
List of killer snake films
 


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Category:Films about sharks
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Films, television specials, and television episodes that feature sharks as central characters.
 

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►  Jaws (franchise)‎ (1 C, 13 P)


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List of killer shark films
2
2-Headed Shark Attack
A
Avalanche Sharks
B
Barracuda (1978 film)
Blue Water White Death
C
Creature (TV film)
Cruel Jaws
D
Deep Blood
Deep Blue Sea (1999 film)
Dinoshark
F
Finding Nemo
G
Great White (film)
J
Jaws (film)
Jaws 2
Jaws 3-D
Jaws in Japan
Jaws: The Revenge
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
Jurassic Shark

K
Kon-Tiki (2012 film)
M
Mako: The Jaws of Death
Malibu Shark Attack
Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus
Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus
Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark
Megalodon (film)
Monster Shark
N
La notte degli squali
O
Open Water (film)
R
Raging Sharks
Razortooth
Red Water
The Reef (2010 film)
Revolution (2012 film)
S
Sand Sharks
Shark Attack (film)
Shark Attack 3
Shark Bait

S cont.
The Shark Hunter
Shark in Venice
The Shark Is Still Working
Shark Night
Shark Tale
Shark Zone
Shark! (film)
Sharknado
Sharknado 2: The Second One
Sharkwater
Shores of Silence
Snow Shark
SOS Pacific
Soul Surfer (film)
Swamp Shark
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Kon-Tiki (2012 film)
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Kon-Tiki
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Theatrical release poster[1]

Directed by
Joachim Rønning
Espen Sandberg
Produced by
Jeremy Thomas
 Aage Aaberge
Screenplay by
Petter Skavlan, Allan Scott (consultant)
Starring
Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Odd-Magnus Williamson
Agnes Kittelsen
Gustaf Skarsgård
Jakob Oftebro
Tobias Santelmann
Music by
Johan Söderqvist
Edited by
Geir Hartly Andreassen
Production
   company
Nordisk Film
Distributed by
The Weinstein Company
Release date(s)
24 August 2012

Running time
118 minutes
Country
Norway
Language
English
 Norwegian
Budget
93 Millon NOK (~US$15.5 million)[2]
Box office
$22,842,887[3]
Kon-Tiki is a 2012 Norwegian historical drama film directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. The film was mainly shot on the island of Malta. The role of Thor Heyerdahl is played by Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen. It was the highest-grossing film of 2012 in Norway and the country's most expensive production to date.[4]
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards.[5] It is Norway's fifth Academy Award nomination.[6] The film was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Golden Globe Awards.[7] It is the first time a Norwegian film has been nominated for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe.[8]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Filming
3.2 Language
4 Historical accuracy
5 Release 5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical response
6 Accolades
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
The film is the dramatised story of Thor Heyerdahl and his Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947.
While the prevailing theories of the time held that Polynesia had been settled by peoples migrating from the west, Heyerdahl, an experimental ethnographer and adventurer, sets out to prove his theory that people from South America settled the islands in pre-Columbian times.
Noting similarities between statues found in South America and the Polynesian Moai, Heyerdahl's theory about the origin of the Polynesian people is bolstered by Polynesian folklore that tells of an ancient tribe called the Hanau epe that are said to have once inhabited Easter Island. While most experts hold that such a voyage across the vast ocean is unlikely to have ever been successful, in order to illustrate that there were no technological limitations that would have inhibited the ancient peoples from making the journey, Heyerdahl puts his theory to the test and builds a balsawood raft using the same techniques that would have been utilized 1500 years ago by the indigenous peoples of the region. Though he himself cannot swim or sail, he sets out on the treacherous 4,300 nautical mile-journey across the Pacific from Peru to Polynesia aboard the small raft, along with his crew of five men (and a macaw named Lorita).
During the three months aboard the primitive vessel named after Inca god of Sun and storm, Kon-Tiki, the crew's scientific reenactment of the legendary voyage from the coast of Peru to the Polynesian islands is met with setbacks in the form of storms, sharks, and other perils of the open sea.
Cast[edit]
Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen as Thor Heyerdahl
Anders Baasmo Christiansen as Herman Watzinger
Gustaf Skarsgård as Bengt Danielsson
Odd-Magnus Williamson as Erik Hesselberg
Tobias Santelmann as Knut Haugland
Jakob Oftebro as Torstein Raaby
Agnes Kittelsen as Liv Heyerdahl
Manuel Cauchi as Jose Bustamente
Richard Trinder as Løytnant Lewis
Katinka Egres as beautiful señorita
Stefan Cronwall as Svensk eventyrer
Eleanor Burke as Travel Agent
Production[edit]
Filming[edit]
Shooting for Kon-Tiki took place in Norway, Malta, Bulgaria, Thailand, Sweden, and the Maldives[9][10] over a period of three and a half months.[11] Against the advice of many, the filmmakers decided to shoot the ocean scenes on the open ocean rather than on a set, insisting that the "unique challenges" they faced from shooting on the ocean actually strengthen the film.[12]
Language[edit]
In an unusual technique, the film was shot simultaneously in both Norwegian and English, with each scene being filmed twice, first in Norwegian and then in English. This resulted in two versions of the film to be released, one primarily for the Norwegian domestic market, the other for an international audience. In a few cases, such as action scenes and computer-generated sequences, they used the same shot, later adding English with dubbing.[13]
Historical accuracy[edit]
While much of the story is historically accurate, screenwriter Petter Skavlan and director Joachim Rønning both felt the need to make the story more exciting for their two-hour feature film. [14][15]
Some of the alterations from Heyerdahl's book are minor: the ship's parrot is eaten by a shark in the film; its real-life counterpart was simply washed overboard by a large wave.[16] The film shows the crew only getting access to valuable US military equipment once they have arrived in Peru and are building the raft; whereas Heyerdahl arranged for the equipment at a visit to the Pentagon before traveling to Peru.[17]
The film has the crew worrying about getting sucked into "the Galapagos maelstrom," with a book shown that purportedly illustrates the maelstrom. The illustration is actually artist Harry Clarke's 1919 illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "A Descent Into the Maelström," a fictional account of a whirlpool in Norwegian waters. The description of its roar, which can be heard from nine miles away, is taken directly from Poe's story. Although Heyerdahl did refer to "treacherous eddies" near the Galapagos, his chief worry there was that "strong ocean currents" could sweep the raft back towards Central America.[18]
Most controversial has been the portrait of the raft's second-in-command, Herman Watzinger.[19] Colleagues and relatives say Watzinger in the film is unlike the real-life Watzinger, physically or in his actions. Baasmo Christiansen, the pudgy actor who portrayed Watzinger, acknowledged the physical differences with a smile. "Watzinger was tall, dark, and Norwegian Youth Champion in the 100 meter. He was everything I'm not."[15]
In the film, Watzinger disobeys Heyerdahl's direct order and throws a harpoon at a whale shark under the boat. It was actually Erik Hesselberg who harpooned the whale shark, with the crew cheering him on.[20] The film's Watzinger, worried about the hemp ropes' ability to hold the balsa logs together for the entire voyage, tearfully begs Heyerdahl at sea to add steel cables Watzinger smuggled aboard. Heyerdahl's book contains no such scene. When the scene was described to Watzinger's daughter, she said it never happened. "My father was a stout and confident man, and he never thought that way about the balsa logs and the ropes."[15] Thor Heyerdahl, Jr., who worked with Watzinger, concurred in the criticism of the film's portrayal of Watzinger.[15]
Film critic Andrew Barker commented, "It’s frustratingly ironic that Kon-Tiki’s most outrageously fantastical sequences are completely verifiable, and its most predictable, workaday conflicts are completely made up."[21]
The movie focuses on Heyerdahl's theory that Polynesia was first populated with humans from Peru, but it ignores the Norwegian's more ethnocentric speculations that the original Kon-Tiki voyage was undertaken by a race of tall white people with red hair and bearded men. Heyerdahl conjectured that Amer-Indian civilizations like the Aztecs and the Incas only arose with the help of advanced technical knowledge brought by early European voyagers, and that these white people were eventually driven out of Peru and fled westward on rafts.[22]
Release[edit]
The film premiered on 18 August 2012 at the 40th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.[23] A North American screening took place at the Toronto International Film Festival.[24]
The Weinstein Company acquired the distribution rights for North America and Italy in November 2012.[25]
Box office[edit]
Kon-Tiki opened in Norway on 24 August 2012, setting a weekend national box office record.[26] It became the highest-grossing of 2012 in Norway, earning $14,111,514, and overtaking the film Max Manus: Man of War, also by directors Rønning and Sandberg.[27]
Critical response[edit]
Kon-Tiki opened in the US on April 26, 2013, in a limited release, and was screened in 3 cinemas. On May 3, 2013, Kon-Tiki expanded to screen in 50 more cinemas. Kon-Tiki was a major box office success in its home country, Norway, and has since been gathering critical acclaim internationally.[24]
The Hollywood Reporter's Sheri Linden says of Kon-Tiki: "This retelling of a bare-bones enterprise by six men took a crew of hundreds, and the results are nothing if not polished, with handsome period detail and visual effects that are convincing, if sometimes ostentatious. The widescreen lensing (the film was shot mainly in and around Malta) doesn’t overdo the sense of wonder and, with a strong assist from the sound design, conveys the men's vulnerability to the elements."[28]
Andrew Barker of Variety notes that some may take issue with the artistic license the filmmakers took in dramatizing some of the characters and events of the voyage, but describes the film overall as "a visually impeccable, professionally crafted modern vessel that lacks any of the patched-together soul of its subject."[29]
While Michael Nordine of LA Weekly laments that Kon-Tiki "could have used a bit more [shark-attracting] blood in the water", he concedes that the "crystal-clear waves are a sight to behold nevertheless."[30]
Rotten Tomatoes reported that 83% of the critics on that site gave Kon-Tiki a positive review. The site's consensus is: "A well-crafted retelling of an epic true story, Kon Tiki is a throwback to old-school adventure filmmaking that's exciting and entertaining in spite of its by-the-book plotting."
Accolades[edit]



Award
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
85th Academy Awards[31] Best Foreign Language Film Kon-Tiki Nominated
70th Golden Globe Awards Best Foreign Language Film Kon-Tiki Nominated
40th Norwegian International Film Festival[32] Publikumsprisen (Audience Award) Kon-Tiki Won
17th Satellite Awards[33] Best Foreign Language Film Kon-Tiki Nominated
Best Sound Baard H. Ingebretsen, Tormod Ringes Nominated
See also[edit]


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List of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Watch trailer
2.Jump up ^ "KON-TIKI – Norges neste Oscarkandidat?". Inmagasinet.no/. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
3.Jump up ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=kontiki.htm
4.Jump up ^ Roxborough, Scott (14 September 2012). "Norway Names 'Kon-Tiki' Oscar Entry". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "Oscars: Hollywood announces 85th Academy Award nominations". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
6.Jump up ^ ABC. "Foreign Language Film - KON-TIKI". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
7.Jump up ^ http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/golden-globe-awards-nominations-2013/
8.Jump up ^ Ryland, Julie (11 January 2013). "Norwegian film "Kon Tiki" nominated for Oscar". The Norway Post. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
9.Jump up ^ "Ovations greet new ‘Kon-Tiki’ film". Views and News from Norway. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
10.Jump up ^ "IMDB Filming Locations".
11.Jump up ^ Cooper, Sarah. "It will be the world premiere of the Norwegian film about the real life Pacific expedition of 1947, directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg.". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
12.Jump up ^ "Trailer & Klipp - Blog 2". Nordisk Film. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
13.Jump up ^ "Can You Say ‘Do It Again’ in Norwegian?". 14 April 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
14.Jump up ^ "Filmen er en krenkelse av enkeltpersoner". VG. August 21, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
15.^ Jump up to: a b c d Furuly, Jan Gunnar (August 19, 2012). "Kon-Tiki gir et grovt uriktig bilde av min far". Aftenposten. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
16.Jump up ^ Heyerdahl, Thor (1950). Kon-Tiki (in English, translated from Norwegian by F.H. Lyon). Chicago: Rand McNally. p. 133.
17.Jump up ^ Heyerdahl, Thor (1950). Kon-Tiki (in English, translated from Norwegian by F.H. Lyon). Chicago: Rand McNally. pp. 27–30.
18.Jump up ^ Heyerdahl, Thor (1950). Kon-Tiki (in English, translated from Norwegian by F.H. Lyon). Chicago: Rand McNally. p. 73.
19.Jump up ^ Oftestad, Eldrid (August 20, 2012). "Filmeksperter: Fritt frem for å ta seg friheter". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 June 2013.
20.Jump up ^ Heyerdahl, Thor (1950). Kon-Tiki. Chicagp: Rand McNally. p. 82.
21.Jump up ^ Barker, Andrew (September 8, 2012). "Review: "Kon-Tiki"". Variety. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
22.Jump up ^ Heyerdahl, Thor (1950). Kon-Tiki. Chicago: Rand McNally. pp. 120–127.
23.Jump up ^ "Magnificent festival opening with Kon-Tiki". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
24.^ Jump up to: a b Enk, Bryan. "Golden Globes: ‘Kon-Tiki’ emerges as this year’s unknown nominee … and dark horse contender". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
25.Jump up ^ "Weinstein Company Acquires Rights To ‘Kon-Tiki’". Deadline.com. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
26.Jump up ^ "Kon-Tiki breaks Norway box office record". The Local. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
27.Jump up ^ "Norway Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
28.Jump up ^ Linden, Sheri. "Kon-Tiki: Toronto Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
29.Jump up ^ Barker, Andrew. "Kon-Tiki (Norway)". Toronto Film Fest Reviews. Variety. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
30.Jump up ^ Nordine, Michael. "Why You Should Check Out Kon-Tiki, Norway's Most Expensive Film Ever". Film. LA Weekly. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
31.Jump up ^ "The Nominees". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
32.Jump up ^ "News". The Norwegian International Film Festival. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
33.Jump up ^ International Press Academy. "2012 Winners". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
External links[edit]
Official Twitter: @KonTikiFilm
Official website (Norwegian)
Kon-Tiki at the Internet Movie Database
Kon-Tiki at Rotten Tomatoes


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List of killer snake films
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 It has been suggested that this article be merged with List of natural horror films. (Discuss) Proposed since August 2012.
Below is a list of killer snake films, listed alphabetically:
Natural snake films[edit]
Anaconda (1997) Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008)
Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009)
Copperhead (1983)
Copperhead (2008)
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
Hisss (2010)
Jennifer (1978)
King Cobra (1999)
New Alcatraz (2001)
Python (2000) Python 2 (2002)
Boa vs. Python (2004)
Rattled (1996)
Rattlers (1976)
Silent Predators (1999)
The Snake King (2005)
Snake Island (2002)
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Snakes on a Train (2006)
Spasms (1983)
Sssssss (1973)
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Venom (1981)
Venom (2005)
Venomous (2001)
Vipers (2008)
Fantasy snake films[edit]
Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011)
Mega Snake (2007)
Piranhaconda (2012)
See also[edit]
Monster movie List of monster movies
'White Snake' legends
List of natural horror films
List of killer crocodile films
List of killer shark films
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King Cobra
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Directed by
David Hillenbrand
Scott Hillenbrand
Produced by
David Hillenbrand
 Scott Hillenbrand
Written by
David Hillenbrand
 Scott Hillenbrand
 Guy Stodel
Starring
Pat Morita
 Scott Hillenbrand
Hoyt Axton
Joseph Ruskin
Courtney Gains
Music by
David Hillenbrand
Cinematography
Philip D. Schwartz
Edited by
Guy W. Cearley
Production
   company
Trimark Pictures
Distributed by
Trimark Pictures
 BMG Video
Release date(s)
April 27, 1999
Running time
93 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
King Cobra is a 1999 Trimark Pictures direct to video horror/sci-fi film about an escaped genetically engineered hybrid of an Asian King Cobra and an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. The film was written and directed by David Hillenbrand and Scott Hillenbrand, and featured special effects by The Chiodo Brothers.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Development
4 Reception
5 Release
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
A genetics laboratory run by Dr. Irwin Burns (Joseph Ruskin) to research aggressive behavior 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 Asian King Cobra (in the film, it is referred to as the African King Cobra, even though the King Cobra species doesn't inhabit the African Subcontinent) and the Eastern 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 Filmore. Doc Kragen (Scott Hillenbrand) conducts an autopsy on a recently found body and determines that the death was caused by a huge snake. He and Police Chief Jo Biddle (Casey Fallo) go to the Mayor (Hoyt Axton) and demand he cancel an upcoming town lager festival. The Mayor refuses, but after more deaths, the town eventually brings in snake expert and hunter Nick Hashimoto (Pat Morita).
Cast[edit]
Pat Morita as Nick "Hash" Hashimoto
Scott Hillenbrand as Dr. Brad Kagen (as Scott Brandon)
Hoyt Axton as Mayor Ed Biddle
Joseph Ruskin as Dr. Irwin Burns
Courtney Gains as Dr. Joseph McConnell
Eric Lawson as Sheriff Ben Lowry
Erik Estrada as Bernie Alvarez
Nick Jameson as Jurgen Werner
Megan Blake as Grace Stills
Casey Fallo as Jo Biddle (as Kasey Fallo)
Arell Blanton as Jesse
Jerry Kernion as Conrad
Michael Leopard as Buck
Cedric Duplechain as Deputy Bud Fuller
Paul Morgan Fredrix as Dr. Pat Kagen
Development[edit]
When David Hillenbrand and Scott Hillenbrand developed the concept for King Cobra, the film Anaconda was not yet "in the pipeline". They wished to take an approach in the genre in a similar vein as Jaws or Alien. Production problems allowed Anaconda to beat their film to release.[1]
Reception[edit]
In 2001, G. Noel Gross of DVD Talk wrote that the snake effects of King Cobra were "better than the CGI-addled Python that followed" and made note of a "hilarious cameo" appearance by Erik Estrada.[2] Derek Armstrong of Allmovie panned the film, calling it poorly conceived and absurd, with the special effects of the snake "so cheap-looking that it can only be seen in flashes".[3] DVD Verdict also panned the film, writing that what was promoted as "30 Feet Of Pure Terror!", was "more like 93 minutes of pure boredom". While noting that Trimark gave the film nice treatment on its DVD release, they concluded that it was "an incredibly worthless film".[4]
Release[edit]
It was released on DVD and VHS. Both have since been discontinued and have for long gone out of print. Due to the negative reviews, there will mostlikely not be a Blu-Ray or DVD release.
See also[edit]
List of killer snake films
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Crow, Thomas. "King Cobra Rules by Thomas Crow". Adapted from Thomas Crow’s article in Fangoria. Lifeworks Entertainment. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
2.Jump up ^ Gross, G. Noel (October 9, 2001). "King Cobra: SE". DVD Talk. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
3.Jump up ^ Armstrong, Derek. "review: King Cobra". Allmovie. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
4.Jump up ^ "DVD review: King Cobra". DVD Verdict. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
External links[edit]
King Cobra at the Internet Movie Database
King Cobra at AllMovie


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Films directed by David and Scott Hillenbrand


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Categories: Films about snakes
1999 films
American films
English-language films
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1990s science fiction films


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