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Silent Predators1999

Name: Silent Predators
Genre: Monster & Creature, Survival, Sci-Fi Horror
Released: 1999-06-13
Rating: 5

“The hunt is on. You're the Prey.”

Directed by Noel Nosseck

5.0

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Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 4.3TMDB 5.3

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Year

1999

Runtime

91 min

The premise

In 1979, a delivery truck makes its way up a lonely southern California highway in a storm, bound for the San Diego Zoo with a deadly tropical rattlesnake as cargo. When the truck suffers a blowout, the driver loses control and hits a tree, shattering the snake's aquarium in the back and the window separating the snake from the driver. The snake slithers into the front of the truck, kills the driver with its bite and then moves off into the forest. Flash forward to 1999. The small southern California town of San Vicente has grown from 6,000 to 30,000, and the rattler, which escaped nearby years ago, has bred. There are now 25,000 of these hybrid rattlesnakes, and they are slowly making their way downhill into the town, attracted by the movement of the blasting as the town paves its way toward progress. Progress, in this case, brings terror, in this tale originally penned by John Carpenter.

Horror Vault's take

Twenty years after a deadly tropical rattlesnake escapes into the California wilderness, a quiet suburban town faces an unthinkable threat: a vast, thriving population of hybrid rattlers descending from the hills. As construction and development disturb the terrain, the snakes are drawn ever closer to thousands of unsuspecting residents. A race against time begins as local authorities scramble to contain a danger that grows with every passing hour. Based on a story by John Carpenter, this late-night creature-feature pits ordinary people against an extraordinary natural nightmare.

Content: Snake Attack Scenes, Animal Peril, Mild Violence