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Dr. Stoner (Strother Martin), a prominent herpetologist, seems like a very nice, benevolent old gentleman, but he's really just your old-fashioned mad scientist.He hires a student named David (Dirk Benedict) supposedly for the purpose of research assistance, but David has in fact been selected to be the test subject for a revolutionary serum.99-minute horror film that is actually rather serene until the effects of the serum on David go into overdrive. Once this starts, the film gets harrowing and one could get very sympathetic to David's plight.There are no real scares in "SSSSSSS" (you don't say it, you hiss it) but it has a certain something. I know I appreciated its subtlety, even though some may find it simply boring. The highlight has to be the makeup effects by John Chambers (the man behind the special makeup design of the "Planet of the Apes" series) and Nick Marcellino, and the final transformation scene.Performances are good, especially Strother Martin, who really does deserve more than just to be known as the "what we've got here is failure to communicate" guy from "Cool Hand Luke". He does a great job of masking Stoner's insanity behind a veil of friendliness.However, I can see why some viewers may feel cheated by the ending.Not VERY good but a better-than-usual horror film for me.6/10
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