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Rattlers
Unternehmen Klapperschlange
USA 1976
produced by John McCauley, Harry H. Novak (executive) for Boxoffice International
directed by John McCauley
starring Sam Chew jr, Elisabeth Chauvet, Dan Priest, Ronald Gold, Al Dunlap, Dan Balentine, Gary Van Ormand, Darwin Joston, Cary J. Pitts, Eric Lawson, Tony Ballen, Richard Lockmiller, Jo Jordan, Scott McCartor, Tipp McClure, Celia Milius (as Celia Kaye), Travis Gold, Alan Decker, Bob Merchon, Ancel Cook, Matt Knox, John Landon
written by Jerry Golding, John McCauley, music by Miles Goodman
Rattlers
review by Mike Haberfelner
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After 2 boys are killed and pretty much bitten to pieces by a flock of
rattlesnakes at a ridge near a small desert town, the local sheriff (Tony
Ballen) calls in macho scientist Dr. Tom (Sam Chew jr) to investigate, and
soon pairs him up with feminist photographer Ann (Elisabeth Chauvet) - so
of course, after heated arguments at first, the two will eventually land
up in bed together. Anyway, the two learn of other snake attacks, and
eventually that leads them to the local army base, where Colonel Stroud
(Dan Priest) promises them all the help they need, but it soon becomes
apparent that he's hiding something. And the camp's medic, Captain Delaney
(Ronald Gold), who eventually turns out to be a biochemist, sure drops a
few hints. Eventually, Tom and Ann find out a container with some nerve
gas has been dropped into a nearby mine that has then be filled with
concrete - but investigating the mine, they find a big nest of
rattlesnakes, and barely make it out alive. Likewise, they're later
attacked in their tent, and if it wasn't for an army jeep passing by and
witnessing them under attack, they wouldn't have made it out alive. Meanwhile
at the camp, Captain Delaney confronts Colonel Stroud about the nerve gas
container in the mine, and the Colonel loses it and shoots Delaney dead,
then makes it to the container to blow the thing up, only to have a
shoot-out with the police at the end of which he along with the container
is blown to Kingdom Come ... Now Rattlers really offers
very little that one hasn't seen before, as a low budget animal horror
flick it's clearly a product of its time, with the genre being very en
vogue back when, but in many ways, it's also reminiscent of monster movies
of the 1950s (as many 1970s animal horrors were), in both story and
location. And frankly I'd be hard pressed to call this a particularly good
movie in any meaning of the word, it's just too derivative for that and
doesn't try to add originality to the mix - but at the same time it's fun
to watch, at least if you're into low budget formula fodder relying on
cheap thrills and jump scares mostly.
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