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This week's Svengoolie film sounds like a snake. The "B" side film, which I didn't realize was available, sounds like a Grade Z 1950s film about alien teenagers. The Svengoolie Squad handled that one. 

Missed it but did see this snake horror film. Strother Martin chews the scenery quite well as the mad scientist. "Face" from the A-Team is the naive college student he uses for his man-snake experiment (the last time didn't work well). 

His daughter is played by an actress who later married the actor Robert Urich (Spenser For Hire). A suspicious professor was in a Billy Joel video. He was in Slither too but that wasn't a snake film. Overall, a good cast though the college student is somewhat bland. I saw the whole film too.

The film occasionally had TV movie vibes. It also felt (well it was) like a 1970s film, including the role of the daughter. It had a somewhat deliberate pace with not that many scares. The finale was somewhat of a cheat. It was actually a cliffhanger!

There is also a hint of a possible sequel with talk of the daughter possibly getting pregnant. Do these people not use birth control? Plus, the film came out right after abortion was legalized nationwide. She knows the truth. If she got pregnant, she should clearly get an abortion. Anyway, none was made.

Overall, the film kept my interest, and the snakes and somewhat over-the-top snake scientist were fun. The daughter was cute. I suppose the uncut scene of her swimming in the nude might have shown more. Dirk Benedict was boring. The ending was unsatisfying.

Net positive. I saw most of it late at night, which is also a good time to watch these films. The current time slot is 8-10:30. It used to be two hours later (they expanded it to a half hour last year). If you want, just DVR and you can skip the commercials.