Sssssss

Sssssss
Sssssss
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bernard L. Kowalski
Written by	Hal Dresner; Daniel C. Striepeke
Produced by	Daniel C. Striepeke
Starring	Strother Martin; Dirk Benedict; Heather Menzies; Richard B. Shull; Tim O'Connor; Jack Ging; Kathleen King; Reb Brown
Cinematography	Gerald Perry Finnerman
Edited by	Robert Watts
Music by	Patrick Williams
Production; companies	Universal Pictures; The Zanuck/Brown Company
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	18 July 1973 (Los Angeles);
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,030,000
Box office	$1 million (US/Canada rentals)

Sssssss (released as Ssssnake in the United Kingdom and as Mysterious! The Vampire Human Snake in Japan) is a 1973 American horror film starring Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict and Heather Menzies.^[4] It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by Hal Dresner and Daniel C. Striepeke, the latter of whom also produced the film. The make-up effects were created by John Chambers and Nick Marcellino. It received a nomination for the Best Science Fiction Film award of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films in 1975.^[5]

^ "Sssssss – Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
^ Tom Weaver, Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup McFarland, 1 January 2006 p 228
^ "Big Rental Films of 1973," Variety, 9 January 1974, p. 60.
^ Thompson, Howard (2 August 1973). "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973) 'Sssssss' and 'Werewolf' Blend Horror". The New York Times.
^ Sssssss - IMDb, retrieved 4 March 2023