Sssssss Rob A young Starbuck learns a little too much about the life of a reptile. No. Strictly for the die hard Face or Starbuck fan, this one takes something really scary (huge snakes and sideshow freaks) and turns it into something really goofy. I guess it's not really all that bad, it's fun to see young Face and everything, and all the science geeks out there can laugh at the terrible use of biology in this movie. It's just that not much of anything happens for most of the movie. It starts off pretty good for a bad 70's flick, plateus to just about nothing and then end with what may be one of the funniest endings to a film ever. In the interest of not spoiling this-- ahhh, what the hell am I saying?! How could I ruin anything in this stinkplex of a film? Anyway, the ending is really funny because Starbuck, who has just completed his transformation into a King Cobra (that's right, the movie's about a mad scientist bent on- well, they never really say, but he turns people into snakes) is looking at his former girlfriend (former, that is, if she's not into dating the cold-blooded; I for one am not discounting anything). While snakeboy sheds a tear, she is crying and then watches in horror as he starts eating a mongoose. That's it! He just starts eating a mongoose, she screams, and the credits role! Honestly, tears of laughter are still pouring down my cheeks. The movie is really horrible, boring at parts, but does have what I feel is the worst title ever made (tied with Bzzzzzz, the killer bee movie), and a few truly hilarious, bizarre, and slightly disturbing scenes (did I mention there are carnies in this movie? That's right, honest to G-O-D circus people). I can't really tell you to head to Blockbuster right now and reserve your Sssssss: Special Edition tape, but if the Sci-Fi Channel ever has reptile week again, check it out. The title (which, for the record, contains seven s's, I think); the fact that you can see Face/Starbucks transformation from a young actor trying his craft in a sub-par movie to work his way up and then watch Battlestar Gallactica or A-Team to see him as an older actor trying his craft in a sub-par television series to work his way up; the fact that "Tim is Missing" an important plot point they mention every few seconds, just in case you forget; the skinny dipping scene so risque that I think the Disney Channel is showing it right now; the snake wrangling demonstration just as boring as it must be in real life; the Dr. Stoner character who I believe is actually the same character from another movie; Dirk Benedict's (that's Face to you) slow, poignant transformation into a maneating coil of venomous fury; the astigmatism cam which I'm sure quite acculy portrays actual snake vision; the fact that Yor is in it as the peeping Tom (now that I think about it, that almost makes this a rental). Ahhhh, Yor, how I miss thee...