# Sssssss (1973)

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**Runtime**: 99 min
**Genres**: Horror, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Bernard L. Kowalski
**Written by**: Hal Dresner, Daniel C. Striepeke
**Starring**: Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies, Richard B. Shull, Tim O'Connor, Jack Ging

> *Terror is ready to strike!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Late summer. Glass terrariums hum. A part-time stipend greets a bio major.

Snakes learn the hallway before David does. A serum glints under ultraviolet—skin sheds on a schedule he’s hired to track.

Kowalski shoots retrograde horror in amber close-ups.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, dread

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