arrive and shoot the cobra before heading to the lab where a mongoose is attacking David's neck, attempting to kill him. But the police do not have a clear shot, and as Kristina screams David's name, the movie ends abruptly, leaving their fates uncertain. Cast Strother Martin as Dr. Carl Stoner Dirk Benedict as David Blake Heather Menzies as Kristina Stoner Richard B. Shull as Dr. Ken Daniels Tim O'Connor as Kogen Jack Ging as Sheriff Dale Hardison Kathleen King as Kitty Stewart Reb Brown as Steve Randall Ted Grossman as Deputy Morgan Bock Charles Seel as Old Man (Oh Il-nam) Ray Ballard as Waggish Tourist Noble Craig as Tim McGraw, the Snake Man Production The film's executive producers were Richard Zanuck and David Brown, who went on to produce Jaws. The venomous snakes in the film were not defanged during production. Five king cobras were imported from Thailand for this feature, ranging from 10 to 15 ft in length. They were recently caught in good health from the wild with full venom potency. The "Snake Park" milking scenes were real and meant to mimic what Bill Haast did at his Miami Serpentarium in Florida daily. About one ounce of venom was collected during each take with no harm to the snakes. A different cobra was used for each take. The filming of this part of the movie took most of a day, as the cobras spent most of their time trying to escape the fenced enclosure rather than rising up in the traditional cobra attack mode. Home media Sssssss remained unreleased on home video in the United States until 1997, when it was issued by MCA Universal. It also received VHS releases in Japan and Spain by CIC Video, under the titles Ssssnake and Sssilbido de Muerte, respectively. The film made its DVD debut on 7 September 2004, via Universal, who would re-release the film three additional times in 2009, 2011 and 2014. The 2011 release was part of a four-film "Cult Horror Collection", with The Funhouse, Phantasm II and The Serpent and the Rainbow. A DVD was also released in Japan on 7 April 2010. Sssssss received its first Blu-ray release on 26 April 2016, via Shout! Factory, which included new interviews with stars Dirk Benedict and Heather Menzies as bonus features. It also received a Blu-ray release in Australia on 1 February 2017, via Shock Entertainment. Reception