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These people are so tedious that Im on the snakes side on this one.

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His forked tongue is responsible for giving countless generations of kids their first brush with blood-curdling nightmares.

Consider this Hollywoods ophidiophobia gateway drug.

This is pretty cheesy stuff, to be sure.

But it does have a certain giddy Sherlock Holmes-in-vipers den vibe.

Actually, scratch that.

Two half piranha/half anaconda killing machines.

So dumb its glorious.

And while its noTimeCop, it does have its merits.

Cue bluesy,Lethal Weaponguitar solo.

The one in the middle.

Its actually a fun movie.

It sounds funny, I know.

But when viewed on late-night TV at an impressionable age, this had the ability to permanently scar.

5.Snakes on a Plane(2006)

IsSnakes on a Planea good movie?

Of course its not.

But its a damn fine snake movie.

Theres an art in that.

4.Kill Bill: Vol.

2(2004)

Copperhead.

The only question was when.

3.King Kong(1933)

Several decades before there wasFreddy vs. Jason, orAlien vs.

So they gave him exactly one phobia: Snakes.

The unexpected passenger in his lap in Jocks plane is the comic button to the rollercoaster of an opening.

But its also a seed thats planted for what will come later in the Well of Souls.

At one point, Indy comes face to face with his greatest fear, staring down a hissing cobra.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Jon Voights delirious demise inAnaconda.

But its Voights Amazonian snake hunter, Serone, who buys it with the most WTF flair.

Its like theMadmagazine version of Quint getting eaten inJaws.

The end, right?

Its both a moment of pure B-movie bliss and the moment when cheese is elevated into fromage.

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