King Cobra

Starring:Hoyt Axton, Megan Blake, Arell Blanton, Gary Bristow, Cedric Duplechain, Michael Elton, Erik Estrada, Casey Fallo, Paul Morgan Fredrix, Courtney Gains, Nick Jameson, Jerry Kernion, Catalina Larranaga, Eric Lawson, Michael Leopard, Pat Morita, Joseph Ruskin, Lang Yun
Director: David Hillenbrand
Studio: Lions Gate
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"I can not hear what you are saying, for the thunder that you are."
In My Country I was a Snake Myself
A fascinating look at some African cultures.
The final Herzog/Kinski collaboration
Haunting...

Cobra Verde
Starring: Klaus Kinski , King Ampaw , José Lewgoy , Salvatore Basile , and Peter Berling
Director: Werner Herzog
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In their last film together, director Werner Herzog drew from actor Klaus Kinski a performance that grounds Kinski's volcanic passions with a new gravity--perhaps age was bringing Kinski down to earth. He plays Cobra Verde, a notorious Brazilian bandit, whom a plantation owner hires to keep his slaves in line. After Cobra Verde impregnates all his daughters, the owner and the authorities conspire to send the bandit to Africa to reopen the slave trade. They expect him to be killed, but through a mixture of his own cunning and the volatile politics of West Africa, Cobra Verde ends up leading an army of women to overthrow the king. Cobra Verde is disjointed, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth watching. Kinski is magnetic in scene after remarkable scene, and though the whole isn't satisfying, the parts certainly are. --Bret Fetzer

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"I can not hear what you are saying, for the thunder that you are.".......2007-06-08

The last and least of his volatile collaborations with Werner Herzog, Cobra Verde is possibly the one movie where Klaus Kinski isn't the maddest person on screen - he's out-madded by not one but two African kings who make him look a model of logic and reason: when even Werner Herzog describes one actor as a "very odd man," you'd better believe it. After a hypnotic opening the first third is sluggish at best, but once Kinski's South American barefoot bandit ("I don't trust shoes") reaches Africa to reopen the slave trade - more in his employers' hope that he'll be killed than any belief he might succeed - it's a rollicking yarn and the most spectacular of Herzog's films, ending with an image that's almost Fitzcarraldo in microsm as Kinski struggles to pull a longboat into the sea while a native cripple watches him. It's a mad film in many ways, with Kinski finding himself leading an army of Amazons because the men simply aren't good enough warriors, but like all Herzog films it has its rewards, including some striking and haunting imagery, not least a shot of Kinski in the sea watching the sky.

Sadly, this has the least satisfying transfer of any of Anchor Bay's Herzog films - acceptable, but with niggling image problems, particularly in the early scenes. Extras are limited, though Herzog's audio commentary is, as always, captivating.

In My Country I was a Snake Myself.......2007-04-08

Klaus Kinski, always on crazy duty, here shows up as Cobra Verde, a slave leader who seriously ticks off his master by going on an impregnation spree and is thus sent to Africa on a suicide mission. His stated goal is to revive the slave trade but everybody involved knows that he is being sent there to die. Verde is only too excited to get dressed up in his Christopher Columbus get up and sail the ocean blue, not bothered in the least by the fact that nobody ever expects to see him again. Once there he has some initial luck with the natives until it runs out and he is kidnapped for being white. Quickly thereafter he is rescued by a man who feels as though the throne is his and wants Verde to help him seize it. So just like Emilio Estevez did with those darned Ducks, Verde takes a group of losers and transforms them into winners, only instead of being good at hockey these guys are turned into a maniacal killing machine.

Since this is a Werner Herzog movie we know that the focus will be on the uncaring ways of this Earth of ours. Both leaders, the plantation owner in Brazil and the king in Africa, are shown to be the same despite the color of their skin. They both lack morals and believe their own hype. But Herzog isn't interested in building these guys up as evil doers; his films don't need pre-packaged villains because to him we are all villains. When the plantation owner bemoans the fact that he has yet to impregnate every mulatto girl in his fields it is not with the intention of painting him a racist or a rapist. Rather the point is that all men in power are the same. They always want more and will stop at nothing to get it. Verde is an interesting character because throughout the film he is constantly in a position of power, always lording over a large number of blacks, and yet appears to be uncorrupted by it. We never learn his motivations, whatever they may be. The final shot is very telling however; as Verde runs away from a cripple he is unable to make his getaway because he can't move a boat from the beach to the water. Here is a man who overthrew a king, but only because of those he ruled over. Without them he can't even escape the hell he created.

The charge of racism has been leveled against Herzog on more than one occasion and this film couldn't have helped. Dozens of extremely dark blacks fill the landscape as slaves who live under the boot of a white man. A white man who spends his days teaching them how to fight like savages. That said, and let me be very clear; this film is an ugly glimpse into the primitive nature of humanity not an attempt to proclaim white superiority. If the roles of the races look stereotypical it is because stereotypes are based on facts. There is all the difference in the world ever between being racist and reflecting a racist world. In the film the whites view the blacks as nothing more than slaves and sex toys, and the blacks view the whites as the devil. I would say that that is a fair assessment of race relations circa 1850. I liked "Cobra Verde" but in no way did I love it. The first 30 minutes are dull but after that the plot gets rolling. There are also some awesome shots of the African countryside which become even more impressive when Herzog fills them with the sheer number of extras he had on hand. Not one of Herzog's greatest films, but a strong, unblinking look into our past. ***1/4

A fascinating look at some African cultures. .......2005-11-13

'Cobra Verde' is at times a confusing and awkward story about a bandit who finds himself trapped within the slave trade business. What begins as a story of a feared outlaw turns out to be a story examining African cultures and the issue of slavery itself. What makes this movie more interesting than other American films about slavery is that the viewer gets to see the other side of the story; the story told from an African viewpoint.
International star Klaus Kinski stars a Cobra Verde. He is a feared bandit whom many people fear. When he appears in a small town, all the people runs inside their houses becasue they are scared to death of him. Many things are missing from Cobra Verde's past. How did he become such a feared bandit? The movie does not answer that question. Through a series of odd circumstances, he is eventually put into the slavery trade business by a group of rich aristocrats.
He is sent to Africa, where it is hoped he will be killed because of the slave trade conflicts going on there. What happens is th exact opposite. He gains the trust of the African villagers and eventually trains an army to kill and enemy foe. All the while the viewers are treated to an inside look at some African customs, religions, superstitions, and society. A beautifully made film that is a little marred by changes in the sequences of the story and many things missing from the plot. Even though 'Cobra Verde' contains flaws here and there, it has one of the most memorable death scenes I've ever seen. Bravo to Klaus Kinski.

The final Herzog/Kinski collaboration.......2004-12-15

Klaus Kinski, the mercurial actor and star of hundreds of films both big and small, attained his grandest stature when working with German director Werner Herzog. They collaborated on several films together, including "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," "Fitzcarraldo," "Woyzeck," "Nosferatu," and "Cobra Verde." I've seen three of these films now, and the formula is the same in all three. Kinski plays a driven personality who attempts to perform some grand feat that no one else can achieve. In "Aguirre" he set out with a contingent of Spanish soldiers to find the fabled city of gold. "Fitzcarraldo" saw Kinski playing a wealthy rubber baron in Brazil in search of finding a way to build an opera house on the banks of the Amazon. "Cobra Verde" continues the tradition with Kinski starring as a former South American plantation owner and bandit leader in search of a way to restart the African slave trade against crushing odds. There's something magnetic about Kinski in these Herzog movies that makes you believe no other actor could play the character. Perhaps it is his volcanic personality shining through onscreen, a personality that Herzog had great difficulties in restraining. Whatever the case, film fans could do worse than spend an evening with a Herzog/Kinski collaboration.

In "Cobra Verde" Kinski plays Francisco Manoel da Silva, a man ruined when family catastrophes and a bad drought cost him his plantation. In an attempt to recover his property and put his life back together, he takes a grinding job with a mining company. When the owners try to shortchange him after a hard day's work, he stomps off in a rage and begins a career as the notorious bandit Cobra Verde. While we don't see his subsequent career as a robber and killer, we do learn that all of Brazil--indeed, all of South America--has at least heard of his great exploits. Fortunately for Kinski's character, the wealthy sugar baron Don Octavio Coutinho (Jose Lewgoy) doesn't recognize him when Cobra Verde somehow calms a dangerous runaway slave. Impressed by the man's talents, Coutinho hires da Silva to work as an overseer on his enormous estates. Everything seems to go gangbusters until da Silva impregnates every single one of Don Coutinho's mulatto daughters. The sugar baron goes ballistic, and gets even angrier when he discovers he is dealing with the great Cobra Verde. Coutinho and his fellow kingpins devise a plan to rid themselves of this potentially dangerous force. They decide to send him to Africa.

Why? Because the land barons in South America want more slaves in order to work more land. There are obstacles to the mission, including a ban on the importation of slaves and a hostile African king who kills all of the European mediators. Da Silva knows none of this, or very little of it, before agreeing to go to Africa. He doesn't have much of a choice since the sugar barons will kill him if he refuses. His ship sets him ashore at Elmina, a gigantic barracoon on the coast of present day Ghana. Cobra Verde discovers that an attack on the fortress wiped out all but one man, a chatty free African who agrees to help da Silva negotiate with the King of Dahomey for more slaves. And it works, at first, when da Silva convinces the representatives from Dahomey to trade slaves for new rifles. Then problems set in. The king brings Kinski's character before him and threatens him with death. Da Silva escapes and makes an alliance with a prince who wishes to take over the throne. Thanks to Cobra Verde's manic military training of thousands of African women, the prince captures the throne and allows the slave trade to continue. Once again, the situation deteriorates after a time, forcing Cobra Verde to flee from Elmina with nowhere to go. The last shot we see of him is one of the more memorable scenes I've had the pleasure to see in a film. It stays with you.

The plot of "Cobra Verde" isn't nearly as interesting as Herzog's visuals and Kinski's performance. As always, Kinski captures emotional extremes extraordinarily well. He's subdued when Don Coutinho shows him the brutality of the plantation or when he converses with the Don's daughters. When training the prince's army, he's practically frothing at the mouth. Kinski is never anything but entirely believable in both situations. Of course, it takes a performer of Kinski's caliber to stand out in films where the visuals are often more important than the human elements. Such is the case with "Cobra Verde." I have two favorite scenes in the film, but there are many just as memorable. The first situation takes place when da Silva refuses to visit the king because he says he must stay where he has one foot in the ocean. When the king's men tie da Silva up, they take a jug, fill it with seawater, and tie it around his foot for the long trip inland. There's your one foot in the water! The second scene involves sending messages from Elmina to the new prince. A line of Africans extending for miles along the coast, each man separated by a few feet, send codes by waving enormous red flags. Herzog's camera lingers on this incredible imagery for minutes at a time.

Included on the disc are a trailer and a commentary track with Herzog. The director discusses his tempestuous relationship with Kinski (always a fan favorite), his experiences with Bruce Chatwin and how he convinced this author to let him use "The Viceroy of Ouidah" as source material for the film, and the difficulties of shooting in so many harsh environments. While I liked "Cobra Verde," and think it is obligatory for Klaus Kinski fans, I much prefer "Aguirre" and "Fitzcarraldo" to this film. Still, this one will make you think long after that last, lingering shot on the beach.

Haunting..........2003-02-21

COBRA VERDE marked the fiinal collaboration (not counting the director's elegiac documentary MEIN LIEBSTER FEIND) between Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski. It's one of their most haunting works, quietly epic in its scope, fueled by gorgeous cinematography and and an enigmatic lead performance. Herzog's commentary is wonderful. COBRA VERDE is one of those films I find myself rewatching in bits, if only to recapture for a moment the funereal magic of a lost world.

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Surprisingly Tense Horror Drama With An Excellent "Lead Monster".
Hilariously, laugh out loud BAD!
Average snake movie.
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Tame but deadly

King Cobra
Starring: Hoyt Axton , Megan Blake , Arell Blanton , Gary Bristow , and Cedric Duplechain
Director: David Hillenbrand
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Surprisingly Tense Horror Drama With An Excellent "Lead Monster"........2005-12-30

Having had a life long fear of snakes in general it seems strange that I would actually get around to viewing and reviewing a horror movie which features the most oversized and vicious snake you could imagine. A while before "Anaconda", paved the way with its CGI snake creation, the production crew on "King Cobra", did a sterling effort in creating its own fearsome monster and putting together a very tense little drama that despite its many critics is alot better than many other snake efforts from the early part of this current decade. The creature of the title is a quite unique creation being a combination of an African King Cobra and a Diamond Back Rattle Snake and the end result is a fearsome as you would imagine it to be. I made the right decision in listing to the films excellent commentary before writing this review as it really goes into excellent detail about every facet of the creation of "King Cobra". Combined with quite good performances by the lead actors given the obvious limitations of the characters in such a story, and truly excellent cinematography "King Cobra", is a most worthy effort to be included in every horror movie lovers personal library.

The story begins in a vast laboratory where experiments are being conducted by Dr. Irwin Burns (Joseph Ruskin), and his team in the study of aggression whereby with the use of a new drug the aggressive elements in animals and people can be increased so as to be made treatable. Unfortunately one of the doctors assistants is impatient with his cautious way of research and tries to sped up the whole process after he locks Dr. Burns outside the lab. Unfortunately things go terribly wrong and the whole labratory explodes into a sea of flames that unfortunately has the result of mixing the biochemical matter of two of the animals the scientists were experimenting on producing one huge 30 foot long King Cobra/Diamond Back Rattlesnake which escapes from the ruins of the lab into the forest. We then move ahead two years and the setting is now the small rural town of Fillmore which is in the midst of its hectic preparation for the annual beer festival. The giant monster has settled in the area and being of a very aggressive nature begins to attack and kill a number of the locals. Local doctor Brad Kagen (Scott Hillenbrand), is involved with local policewoman Jo Biddle (Casey Fallo), and plans to leave for a new life in the city when he is brought in to examine the very strange deaths that begin occuring in the area. Sensing something is very wrong and after finding the shedded skin of the huge snake near one of the victims Brad realises he has more on his hands than he can cope with as well as facing strong opposition from the town's leaders who are only worried about th etown loosing its revenue from the gathering crowds present for the festival. After his own father is killed by the snake now nicknamed "Seth", Brad hires a noted herpetologist Nick Hashimoto, an expert on trapping exotic snakes to come to the town's rescue. Meanwhile some of the local men think it might be great "sport" to trap the elusive snake however this 30 foot monster is far too smart and aggressive for them and one by one they are struck down by the snake. Nick begins to set up his owns elaborate plan to trap and kill Seth however at the final confrontation Seth proves more than a match for Nick's years of experience and after a number of close calls it is finally left up to Brad and Jo to trap Seth in the specially made funnel that Nick has constructed and then pump gas into it to kill him which with much effort they succeed in doing. All ends happily with Brad deciding to stay in Fillmore afterall with Jo now that the giant snake is dead but as we see in the final shot, is it actually dead?

The unusual title beast here is really the film's chief claim to fame and the giant snakes construction outlined in the included making-of documentary makes fascinating viewing whereas if the same film was being made now most of this creature would have been created on computer.Although made as an independant feature which I doubt received much of a theatrical release anywhere, this film boasts alot of excellent production qualities that really heighten the tension of the story. The technique of viewing much of the action from the snakes point of view is very effective, in particular in the attack scenes as th esnake approaches its victim and it was a wise move by the production team to keep the views of this ferocious snake to a minimum until the real climax of the story takes. When talking about performances in a film like this we are really looking at something which is often secondary to the action. Scott Hillenbrand who was also one of the producers with brother David does a great job I feel in the lead as the reluctant hero planning to leave town for big city excitement but who finds himself thrown into trying to stop the killing spree of the terror in the town's midst. He has good chemistry with love interest Casey Fallo as Jo and the pair work well together leading up to their final confrontation with the snake. The story is certainly populated by a number of the stock characters that usually appear in these "monster on the loose", stories ie: the unsuspecting young lovers killed while making out in the woods, the stubborn Town Mayor who doesn't want to call off the town's festivities and loose the profits all because "one little snake is on the loose", to the gun happy shooters out to kill the reptile as sport who make things worse and get themselves killed in the process. Towering over all these cliches is of course Pat Morita as the snake expert who has the final showdown with the giant snake at the stories end in an admittedly funny performance which perhaps wasn't intended originally to be that way. His performance did raise much laughter from critics as did the bizzare cameo role of Erik Estrada long after his stardom on "Chips", as a stereotyped gay man with a little dog which is really more funny than offensive. Much of the location photography done in forested areas just outside Los Angeles and the sound effects, in particular of the snakes rattler, are surprisingly well done and help give the film much extra tension along the way. Some "tricks" such as one of the victims first seeing the huge snake in a reflection of his television set just before being attacked from behind is also well done and really helped send shivers down this viewer's spine.

"King Cobra', will never go down in the lists of Hollywood's greatest horror efforts but the film's excellent cinematography and fearsome title character make it essential in th ecollection of every horror movie lover. I find much to commend the film and the commentary and making of documentary certainly indicates the care and dedication put into the overall production by the producers, actors and production team. A combined African King Cobra/Diamond Back Rattlesnake makes for an ideal horror monster and "Seth", the 30 foot combination of these two killers most certainly earns his place in the horror hall of fame. For an hour and a half of excitment and horror be sure to check out Scott and David Hillenbrand's "King Cobra" soon.

Hilariously, laugh out loud BAD!.......2005-03-21

I went into "King Cobra" wanting to hate it. And I do mean hate; the sort of all consuming, all caps HATE I reserve for my list of worst films. Why should I bear such animosity for a film I haven't even watched yet? Moreover, why bother watching a movie that I will probably loathe? The answer to the former is this: "King Cobra" is yet another tired entry in the tired "animals run amok" genre revived by Spielberg's 1975 magnum opus "Jaws" and later rescuitated by the same director's CGI masterpiece "Jurassic Park." If you've seen one "Jaws" knockoff you've probably seen them all, and "King Cobra" makes it very apparent almost from the beginning that its paying "homage" to Spielberg's monster movies. The answer to the second question is more elusive, mired somewhere deep in my brain. I don't know why I like watching bad cinema. I can say that it's great fun to watch a movie fail, as much fun as watching a good one succeed. Too, I get an enormous charge out of reviewing horrible movies. It's amusing to bash a piece of celluloid trash that deserves whatever nasty things I can say about it.

All of which brings us to "King Cobra," a film directed by Scott and David Hillenbrand, special effects provided by the Chiodo Brothers (who brought us "Killer Klowns from Outer Space"), and starring has beens Hoyt Axton, Courtney Gains, and Noriyuki "Pat" Morita. Yep, Pat Morita tops the bill in this "so bad it's good" car wreck. Before all you Mr. Miyagi fans get your knickers in a bunch, however, let me inform you that "King Cobra" is not a cinematic tour de force. Rather, it's an atrocious rip-off so loaded down with plot holes that it makes Uwe Boll's work look like "Citizen Kane." When Dr. Irwin Burns's (Joseph Ruskin) laboratory goes up in flames thanks to a reckless assistant (Courtney Gains), a king cobra/diamondback rattlesnake hybrid some thirty feet long named Seth is born. Flash forward two years (?) to a little California town holding a beer festival. Local cop Jo Biddle (Casey Fallo), her disenchanted boyfriend Dr. Brad Kagan (Scott Hillenbrand), Sheriff Ben Lowry (Eric Lawson), and hotshot herpetologist Nick Hashimoto (Morita) must band together to stop the hungry Seth from wreaking havoc in the woods outside of town. Sounds great, doesn't it?

It's not, not by a long shot, but "King Cobra" is one of the funniest films I've seen in ages. That it's not marketed as a comedy makes little difference; the stuff we see here is gut busting, throw back your head and howl hilarious. Let's get the laughs rolling by looking at the relationship between Biddle and Brad Kagan. The doctor plans on leaving town for the big city in search of excitement, but Biddle likes her life and refuses to join him. In a scene obviously meant to be serious but as far from it as possible, Kagan and Biddle debate his reasons for leaving. At one point in the pointless narrative, actor Hillenbrand stares at Biddle with such a stupid look on his face that I couldn't help but giggle. O.K., hardly the belly laugh I promised, but the film is just getting started. As an aside, I find it ironic that the only intentional laugh getter in the movie, a group of local yokel hunters who eventually fall prey to the snake, isn't funny in any way, shape, or form. The rest of the cast provides more laughs than a Rodney Dangerfield concert, but these guys induce barely a snicker. Anyway, the serious yucks fade in when we see Erik Estrada waltzing down the street camping it up as a flamboyant gay man. As embarrassing as the scene is to watch, I'm adding a star to the overall review for the sheer audacity it took to put such an idiotic sequence in the movie.

I could write a doctoral dissertation on Pat Morita's role in this movie--or an obituary for his acting career. He shows up to help when contacted by Dr. Burns, roaring into town in a mobile home with a bunch of gimcracks to catch the snake. He tells us to "respect" the snake, and later on launches into one of the biggest piles of bunkum ever heard in a b-movie, namely that he injects himself with venom every couple of months to keep his immunity levels up. His blood, we learn, is worth "a couple of million dollars" as anti-venom. Uh huh. I ultimately bought the explanation because the august Morita delivered the lines like he believed them. Well, that and I was too busy trying to retrieve the lung I coughed up while laughing to really question what he said. But what really takes the cake is Morita's standoff with Seth. Folks, if I live to be a hundred years old I will never witness anything as funny as this sequence. Not only does Morita stare down the cheesy looking snake, he soon suffers bite after bite. His character absorbs enough venom to kill the population of China and he's still on his feet. Morita's death scene--complete with facial expressions that looked like the actor bit into a lemon, a camera spinning around the actor in an effort to simulate his death throes, and sad music--reduced me to a series of honking sounds I didn't think human vocal cords could produce.

Wooden acting, cliches piled atop cliches, and ridiculous dialogue mark every aspect of "King Cobra," but the whole is so funny you won't mind. O.K., you probably will mind if you take it seriously for a second. Those looking for a so bad it's good flick, though, will find much to adore here. Trimark releases "King Cobra" to DVD with an awesome widescreen transfer, a commentary, a making of feature, and a bunch of trailers. If you like laughing until it hurts, definitely check this one out.

Average snake movie........2004-09-25

This is just an average snake movie starring Pat Morita from the Karate Kid movies & Scott Brandon. Scott is a local doctor at a small town in California, Kasey Fallo is his girlfriend & a local cop. Pat Morita comes in around halfway through the flick as a snake expert.
It opens when 2 disgruntled scientists pissed at the pace of the research decide to lock the head in his office & speed up the pace of the work, in the process they get carried away & cause a huge explosion & fire where Seth, the snake escapes & kills the head guy's daughter from a bite, but the head guy lives to escape. The other 2 were killed by the explosion & fire.
Later on, the snake makes its presence known in town by going a spree of killing people, by the 2nd attack Scott, Kasey, & the mayor get worried about what they're dealing with, esp. when a deputy finds a huge snakeskin intact. They realize its a 30-footer & decide to get antivenom & summon the help of the expert. The 2nd half is mainly just battle planning, dialog about the severity of the situation, & the showdown between Pat & Seth. A cheesy scene is when some local hunters decide to pursue Seth with Rambo-esque tactics & state of the art weaponry, but they're killed off one by one.
The camerawork is good, it is very well done & keeps you on the edge of your set. The acting is good, but uneven at times, esp. a cameo by Erik Estrada as a gay brewmaster which was really pointless, I felt. The story & plot are good, but the pacing is very uneven, a lot of moments of on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense & some scary scenes, but also a lot of meaningless dialog & romancing by Scott & Kasey.
Not a bad snake at all, it's better than it's given credit for, but far from the greatest around.

instead.......2004-07-07

I reccommend Komodo instead. I prefer shark movies, but I liked Komodo better than all the croc,gator,snake movies i've seen.

Tame but deadly.......2004-04-24

This is another snake horror movie. Made back in 1998. Some scientist are conduction some experiements. There is an accident the lab catch on fire. During the fire a genetic created Snake that is 30 feet long that is half Rat Snake half king Cobra escape.

After killing the head since test daughther seth lead the lab and beens killing people outside the facility. A good movie with action adventure. Some sexuality in one part. The second highest death count of a horror movie I have seen .

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JUST GET IT!!!.......2003-07-06

I love these movies!These are great creature flicks!You will not be dissappointed with these movies.Having them in a set makes it much better.It's VERY hard to find so order it now from Amazon.com or dvd destination.com.It's the lowest price you can get it anywhere.Crocodile is about a group of teens who set out for a spring break of fun on a house boat.But when the more immature teens(not that any of them are)stumbles upon a nest of crocodile eggs and smashes all of them but one to pieces,the mother croc sets out on a rampage after her egg which is hidden unknown in a teens back pack leaving a trail of blood in her path.It is awsome!A+.King Cobra is about an experament gone wrong in a lab full of toxic snakes resulting in a giant King Cobra!The 30 foot cobra breaks free and terrorizes the local town members!With a trail of bodies in there path,the local hunters and authorities must track down the beast before it's too late.Love it!A+.Spiders is about a space crew holding mutant spiders in cages.But,on the way down the spiders break free and infest the whole crew.A mad scientist finds the wreck and carries the spiders to his lab.Meanwhile,a girl and her two friends sneak into the lab and see what's going on.Of coarse the spiders break free and start infesting and eating the workers.How will they get out,and how will the stop the spiders?!Very creepy!A+.Octopus is about,guess what?Yep,an octopus.A terrorist bomber is captured and taken one a millitary ship.Little do the know that a giant octopus lurks beneath the water waiting to strike!There are realy two bad guys in this movie.I ended up routing for the octopus!Great effects!A+.This is a great buy for fans of sci-fi animal flicks!In shorter words just get it!

Simply the Best.......2002-11-28

Man when I bought this set I was hoping for something that was really cool, gory, and cool effects and I was not dissapointed i love crocodile man i need to get the sequel. So Dudes WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR GO BUY THIS SET.

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: King Cobra and I / Great Cats of India / Grizzly Encounters

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The feared bandit Cobra Verde (Klaus Kinski) is hired by a plantation owner to supervise his slaves. After the owner suspects Cobra Verde of consorting with his young daughters, the owner wishes him gone. Rather than kill him, the owner sends Cobra Verde to Africa. The only white man in the area, Cobra Verde finds himself the victim of torture and humiliation. Later, he trains soldiers in a rebel army. Far from home, Cobra Verde is on the edge of madness.

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King Cobra [Region 2]

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