King Cobra (film)

King Cobra is a 1999 Trimark Pictures direct to video horrorscifi 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.

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.In 2001, G. Noel Gross of DVD Talk wrote that the snake effects of King Cobra were better than the CGIaddled Python that followed and made note of a hilarious cameo appearance by Erik Estrada. Derek Armstrong of Allmovie panned the film, calling it poorly conceived and absurd, with the special effects of the snake so cheaplooking that it can only be seen in flashes. DVD Verdict also panned the film, writing that what was promoted as 30Feet 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. ........

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