Tetrady not as good as all the hype

Konterr Brilliant and touching

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

a_chinn This is really a zero star film, but I got two stars of ironic entertainment out of this hilariously bad nature-gone-wild story about a deadly horde of rattlesnakes. A scientist discovers that the titular snakes have become infected by nerve gas dumped in the desert by the military, causing them to become highly aggressive. The film does get points for doing the unacceptable act of killing off children in the opening scenes, and it gets bonus points for filming those opening death scenes in a most supremely incompetent manner. Overall, "Rattlers" is not scary, has a ridiculous story, but is a must-see for connoisseurs of bad cinema.

Scarecrow-88 Sadly what could have been a lot of fun (it is for some…but for the wrong reasons), I just found Rattlers (1976) rather dull. You have the Mojave Desert and killer rattlesnakes: just put together a decent plot to accompany those items in a film and voilà. Alas. The film has this herpetologist hired by a desert sheriff to find reasoning behind a series of snake attacks on locals in his town and county. Added eventually to his mission is a female photographer immediately initiating her women's lib philosophy as he is hesitant to take her along with him into the desert to research possible reasons regarding the snakes being so aggressively hostile and homicidal. A military base with a colonel who had a barrel disposed of in a mine shaft soon emerges as a potential suspect in what might be causing the snakes to kill as they do.Set pieces include a young man climbing up a ladder in a barn and finding a rattler waiting on him in a loft, snakes found scattered in a domestic mother's home, a plumber underneath a house in cramped confines (my favorite moment) undoing a pipe and receiving some uninviting company, and a loose pipe allowing snakes to sneak into the bathtub of a divorcée as she kicks around (hey, stupid! Get out of the tub!). The jeep tire sequence with the two soldiers getting out to put on a spare--instead getting an unwelcome attack from snakes (yep, snakes can fly up to a spinning tire, grasp a moving tire with their fangs, and take a chunk out of it…this, a military-issued jeep)—is as head-scratching as the herpetologist and photographer driving off to Vegas for a bit (in one of those cheesy romantic interludes vignettes, no less) of a getaway. They return and immediately have their tent (none other time but this one, at the end) raided by the snakes. The barrel soon brings military superiors to the colonel and he goes off-the-grid mentally, shooting a "biomedical doc" (a drunk who knew too much; in his first appearance he flirts with the photographer) before driving on to the mine shaft, getting into a gunfight with the sheriff and his cops and a couple military guys (the colonel even tosses a couple of grenades!). The snake shots are done cautiously to avoid seeing the snakes actually biting the human victims through the editing. None of them are all that impactful. The film does come right out of the gate with two boys falling into a rattlesnake trap informing the audience that no matter who you are or what age, death is right there at any time. There is simply too much dead space that drags the pace and its lack of real talent in front of the camera doesn't help, either. It fits, however, into the summer where movies like this might go down easier. This is for the drive-in, especially, and for nights where you could afford to forfeit good time for bad product. Rattlers is probably best for bad movie lovers. It has a plot and characters, performances and style, fit for those who enjoy the mildew of film. The Mojave desert, though, is a fantastic place to shoot a killer snake movie...too bad talent hasn't done so yet.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- Rattlers, 1976. A herpetologist investigating a series of fatal rattlesnake attacks discovers that the creatures have been infected by a mysterious nerve gas disposed of in the desert by the military.*Special Stars- Sam Chew Jr, Dan Priest, Ronald Gold.*Theme- Military actions always causes public damage. *Trivia/location/goofs- In some shots of Tom and the helicopter pilot flying through the desert you can tell that they are actually on the ground and that the helicopter's blades are not turning by the reflection in their sunglasses. Costume goof- The soldier who looks in Ann's truck for the snake has his uniform rank on upside down.*Emotion- Very much on the same plot as "Grizzly" and "Empire of the Ants". See a better TV MOvie, "Rattled" '96. A really cheesy wild drive-up movie with a twist of horror and attacking animal themes. Laughable and you can see the plot coming for miles in this film. NOT very memorable.*Based on- Dangerous snakes fears.

Red-Barracuda A snake expert and photographer are tasked with investigating a series of fatal snake attacks in the Mojave Desert. Their detective work leads them to a nearby military base.I found Rattlers to be a lot of fun. Its story is simple but it basically works. It never gets boring and essentially delivers the requisite snake action you would expect. Its budget restrictions means that some of these scenes might seem a bit clunky at times but it didn't bother me to tell you the truth. The story kept me interested the whole time and the explanation for the psychotic snakes was ultimately decent enough. I guess you could say that Rattlers essentially does what it promises to do and that is present a film with a series of snake attack scenes. For those of you with a taste for low budget 70's American horror films then this one should suffice. There is also a bit of male/female bickering about the merits of liberated women which puts it firmly in the decade it was made but which is also quite amusing to watch now.