Saint Mort’s Nostalgia Nightmare: ‘Sssssss’ Blu-Ray Review

After a brief hiatus Nostalgia Nightmare is back!

This week we will be discussing the Blu-Ray release of 1973’s Ssssss, a movie that if nothing else has an infamously terrible (but still kinda awesome) title.

The movie tells of a Mad Scientist who is slowly transforming his lab assistant into a snake. He’s doing this because he believes that humanity is doomed to die, but believes that if he can turn everyone into reptiles we’ll be able to survive the end of the world.

This is not a good movie, like at all. That doesn’t matter though, because this isn’t a movie that’s trying  to be good. It knows its premise is ridiculous but tries to act important by pretending it has something to say, it actually becomes entertaining in its badness.

The special effects are fairly forgettable (minus one sequence involving the ‘Snakeboy’ at a circus) but Scream Factory’s transfer allows the movie to look like it’s a masterpiece. It’s definitely fun to see at least once but let’s be honest… if you’re collecting horror movies, you’ll want a movie called Sssssss in your DVD collection.

Pick up your copy today at Scream Factory. Also out this week is the special edition Blu-Ray of Death Becomes Her.