Vipers Movie
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A set of vipers has been taken by the scientists, and they've mutated them to make a cure for cancer, Then their experiment goes awry, and all these vipers escape into the woods, and they're not only biting people, they're actually killing people, in a little town.
| Jonathan Scarfe | Cal Taylor |
| Claire Rankin | Ellie |
| Corbin Bernsen | Burton |
| Don S. Davis | |
| Cedric De Souza | Dr. Akim |
| Michael Kopsa | Staffen |
| Connor Christopher Levins | Jake |
| Stephen E. Miller | Brownie |
| Aaron Pearl | Jack martin |
| Genevieve Buechner | Megan Martin |
| Edwina Cheer | Jenn |
| Tara Reid | Nicky |
| Jessica Steen | Dr. Collins |
| Bill Corcoran |
3.20 out of 10 (89 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Ridiculous
posted on 24 Jul 2009That was quite easily the worst movie I have ever seen. You can forgive poor visuals but not the story line, facts and acting. It is one of those films that those involved must question why they made the film in the 1st place. This film could only have passed as respectable if a small town made the film to promote itself. Its unfortunate someone like Don Davis (may he rest in peace) put his name to the film. Its a train wreck that probably has to be seen to be believed. Snakes that could chew human flesh, hunt in packs, eat all the fish in the water and leave almost no human remains is bordering on ridiculous. At some stages they flew at their victims and attacked necks like they were a predator. The scenes where they attract the snakes with flame throwers in the middle of the night so the dozens of survivors could run to the boat sums up the film. Forget the snakes inability to stay warm enough and active enough at night, not to mention the snakes just happen to ignore the vibrations in the ground made by all those running people. It makes "Snakes on a plane" look decent and "Anaconda" look like like a multiple award winner and thats not easy to do. Save your money and if you have to spend it, give it to a good charity.
Great B-Movie
posted on 09 May 2009This was my sixth title I have viewed from the Maneater series. I wasn't expecting much at all except a way to waste a Sunday morning. However I was shocked. I was expecting them to use National Geographic footage of vipers lunging at people, but instead found a cool movie that I really enjoyed.Now some people just can't appreciate b-movies simply because they seem to actually care for the mainstream stuff and don't even want to give such stuff as Vipers a chance. If you want something award worthy your in the wrong place.However this is a fun little movie, I was into the characters and I'll say it's the best title I've seen from the Maneater series overall.
Better than it should be
posted on 16 Mar 2009"Vipers" is a better-than-average giant snake film.**SPOILERS**Coming to the Pacific Northwest, Cal Taylor, (Jonathan Scarfe) arrives to be the town's new doctor and is soon welcomed by Nicky Swift, (Tara Reid) Jack Martin, (Aaron Pearl) and Sheriff Tom Hendricks, (Mark Humphrey) all locals of the town. Trying not to get involved in their petty arguments, he turns to his job as he is suddenly bombarded by a series of attacks on the townspeople by ravenous snakes. When it becomes apparent that the island is infested with the deadly snakes, Dr. Collins, (Jessica Steen) comes in and informs them that they are a special breed of genetically-engineered vipers that are used in the making of a miracle cancer drug, and soon helps them get away from the deadly creatures.The Good News: This one wasn't bad at all, and actually had some good parts to it. One of the best parts is that there's a lot of action present in the film. The snakes here are loose and on the move really early, tending to a lot of scenes where they're going after everyone. Several of the scenes are actually pretty well-done, including the initial attack on the town where they're forced to take cover despite not knowing what's going on. This includes several really good sequences, from the attack at the police station to the cover in the van and finally the big part, where they find themselves forced out of the van and across the ground to shelter nearby with the snakes nipping and leading at everything that moves. There's plenty of fun to be had from this scene, and included in there is the big attack at the bridge and the opening in the lab when they get loose. The ending attacks, though, are the most fun as it throws in a lot to like. There's several fun swarming scenes on the escaping townspeople, a couple of inventive scenes that show them all battling back at the snakes, and all of the fun of the confrontation in the greenhouse is superb. From the stalking of the victims through the walkways through to the way the snakes are always present and manage to present great obstacles for them, and along with the fun kills present in the scene, and film overall, make for some fun times. The fact the snakes are shown with a love to swarm victims, and attack in high numbers makes them really dangerous and allows for some pretty good scenes. There's plenty of biting all over the body, a savage-looking feasting sequence, a couple of bloody gunshot wounds, an impaling in the face, shoulders and chest with chards of falling glass from a broken window, among more deaths strewn about in here. That so many of them are from the rather good stalking scenes in here is another good plus, making for a series of pretty tense showings. The last plus is that the real snakes are used for the majority of the scenes here, as this one has a couple of really nice scenes and chases showing the real snakes being in the action, a big step up from the usual Sci-Fi Channel scenes where the obviously fake creatures are shown. Even though this one does have those kinds of scenes, it's not to the extent of the previous ones. These here are the film's good points.The Bad News: There wasn't much wrong with this one. The usual flaw in here regarding Sci-Fi Channel films, about the utterly atrocious special effects for the snakes, is still in effect for this one. The snakes in here, despite being much better than normal, is still plagued by the fact that, as most of the time they still look patently fake. These are mainly when the snakes are active and moving about, which is where the fake-ness of them comes about most clearly as they don't look too bad when they're merely staying still, but moving around is not when they look good at all. The other flaw to this one is the fact that there's way too much family drama going on at the beginning of the film. These are in no way interesting or exciting, and all they do is make the film a pain at the beginning, not something that starts off the film on a good note. These here are the film's problems.The Final Verdict: Carrying along the usual Sci-Fi Channel stigma to it, so it's still a really fun and enjoyable, if slightly flawed film. This one will really appeal to those who have found the previous Sci-Fi Channel creature features or in the mood for a killer-snake film, otherwise seek caution with it.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Nudity
Mindless fun
posted on 04 Mar 2009Genetically altered CGI vipers go on the rampage on a small island in this SCIFI original film. The plot has something to do with a cure for cancer in the venom of the snakes and the evil company that tinkered with them to get better results.Scifi has been churning out made for TV horror and scifi flicks for years now and they've become so generic that at least among my friends we describe films as the sort of thing they might run. Vipers is that sort of thing. Its a low brow horror film that gives you exactly what you expect from a film that premiered on SCIFI-and viewed in that vein worth a box of popcorn and a soda.
More Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' crap.
posted on 29 Jan 2009Vipers starts at a remote secret Universl Bio Tech research laboratory where they have genetically altered a bunch of Horned Vipers to make them produce they're venom quicker since it's a vital component in the companies newly developed miracle cure for breast cancer. Unfortunately as a side-effect the Vipers have become more aggressive & vicious, during a failed attempt to steal the Vipers the tank housing them is broken & they escape. Cut to the small coastal island community of Eden Cove where Kal Taylor (Jonathan Scarfe) is considering whether to take over the current but about to retire doctor's practice when a sudden spate of snake bites occur. Kal & a nice looking blonde bird named Nicky Swift (Tara Reid) soon discover that the escaped Vipers are responsible & no-one in Eden Cove is safe...This American Canadian co-production was directed by Bill Corcoran & is yet another awful Sci-Fi Channel made-for-telly 'Creature Feature' that is probably even worse than this sub-genre usually offers up. The script reads like a list of 'Creature Feature' clichés & is strictly by the number, there's the evil company or scientist or whatever, there's the genetic experiments on some sort of animal that mutates it to either a huge size or makes it more dangerous in some way than normal, there's the good looking teen cast, there's the has-been actor for 'name' value, there's the isolated community cut-off from the rest of the world, there's the impending threat they find themselves under, there's the typical 'lets barricade ourselves in here' sequences & of course there has to be some sort of military or private security force intervention. It's all here in Vipers but it's much, much worse than usual. I recently saw Ice Spiders (2007) & that's ten times better than Vipers, this has no pace, no excitement, rubbishy character's who have boring clichéd sub-plots (rebellious teenage daughter who doesn't like her parents, good looking new doc & good looking bird annoy each other at first but eventually fall in love in a seen it all before romantic sub-plot, the local Sheriff is a hero, etc.) & scenes which make very little sense. Where do the seemingly infinite number of Vipers come from in such a short space of time? Only four or five originally escaped the laboratory. How does a snake slither up a vertical windscreen? How is a bridge seemingly clear at first but then two seconds later there's a Viper there? Where was it hiding exactly? Where did that Viper in that guy's office at the end come from? Why are all the character's so stupid & make idiotic decisions? Total crap from start to finish & one of the very worst 'Creature Features' out there which is saying something.While watching Vipers I just couldn't get excited or motivated, I mean once the survivors have barricaded themselves in that house they should have been safe. What is a snake going to do? It has no arms or legs, it's not big or heavy & surely all they needed to do was find a car, get in, lock the doors & drive to the boat? It's not exactly difficult, is it? Like a lot of these Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Features' the makers have gone for CGI computer effects rather than on-set puppet work & the CGI is uniformly terrible. The Vipers all move in 's' shapes & it's so basic & poor looking it's hard to take them seriously. They also make some very funny noises like screams, growls & roars! Note to filmmakers, snakes hiss not roar! The version I saw was on telly (I'd have been even more annoyed if I had spent money on this rubbish) & I think it might have been an edited version since there's no gore whatsoever & some of the attack scenes are very badly edited seemingly with huge chunks missing. I believe the DVD version is longer & contains the missing blood & gore.The IMDb says Vipers had a $9,000,000 which sounds ridiculous to me, there's no way this rubbish cost nine big ones, no way. Surely if Vipers had cost that much the CGI effects wouldn't be so awful? Shot in Vancouver in Canada. Tara Reid looks nice enough I suppose but isn't the best actress ever & it comes to something when I have to say she puts in the best performance of the entire cast. The only other notable actor in this is Corben Bernsen as the money hungry bad guy.Vipers is a terrible film from start to finish, the CGI effects are awful, the story is predictable & clichéd & it feels like any other low budget Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' only worse. Not recommended.
Finger puppets are far more scarier than the snakes in this movie
posted on 26 Dec 2008"Vipers" tells the story about a group of people fighting for their lives against a group of genetically enhanced Viper snakes, who have escaped from a lab and have made their way to a local island to munch on a few of the locals. A completely misleading film, which almost falls under the "avoid at all costs" category, because it was such a mess. It was originally meant to appear on The Sci-Fi channel, and I can see why. But at the same time, I've seen Sci-Fi originals better than this! Well, here's an update, they *are* sending it to Sci-Fi...hallelujah.Completely misleading DVD cover and plot synopsis. The "hotel" that these characters take refuge in, is in the movie for around ten minutes tops and looks like a restaurant and not a hotel. When it is on-screen, the main characters do nothing in it. In fact, a bunch of twenty or so extras are the ones actually barricading the place up and such. There is no jungle in the movie, like the DVD cover suggests, and these characters are hardly stuck on an island...it's more like a town.The script and writing is terrible, and I felt like I was watching a soap opera with the constant melodramatic music playing. There was so many character story lines, I don't know where to begin. He's sleeping with her and she's sleeping with him, but she went out with his deceased friend and now she likes him...for god's sake. It didn't help when the ever-so-predictable romance was blooming between the two leads, when a bunch of black lines...I mean...uh, snakes, are killing people.The acting was so-so, and the CGI was terrible. Four of the best actors in the film, Tara Reid, Corbin Bernsen, Mercedes McNab and the late Don S. Davis are given nothing to work with. Tara was like a teenager, Mercedes and Corbin were hardly in the movie and Don just disappeared. It's a shame these actors have been reduced to crap like this, and it's an ultimate shame for Tara Reid, whose career seems to be going downhill by each movie. The CGI in the movie was terrible, and only looked remotely decent when the snakes were up-close. Other than that, they were duplicate black lines crawling across the floor.The only entertainment this movie has to offer, is the fact that it really is laughable, especially the death scenes. The death scenes are so bland, predictable and immensely stupid and unrealistic - you can't help but laugh and roll your eyes at them. But then again, there are hardly any death scenes because most of the extras are the ones being eaten by the snakes. I really can't believe I was expecting at least some cheesy fun from this, because it was terrible. No wonder it's appeared on TV in some countries and it boggles my mind why this didn't go to Sci-Fi. This movie isn't even of Straight-to-DVD quality. If you're going to watch it, prepare to hate it.2/10.
Amazingly dumb... but still manages some slithery fun
posted on 24 Dec 2008What should one expect from the Maneater Series' latest "nature gone amok" feature, Vipers? Other than a bunch of flesh-eating snakes, not very much... but that's okay, because this flick certainly isn't trying to deliver anything but over-the-top serpentine carnage.Corben Bernsen and his cronies at Universal BioTech are attempting to cure breast cancer with genetically-altered Horned Vipers (which, as we all know by now, makes perfect sense) when a batch of them escape and head over to the picturesque Oregon island village of Eden Cove. Things get ugly... and reeeally fast, but thanks to the dashing new doctor in town (Jonathan Scarfe), a cute-as-a-button botanist (Tara Reid), and the scientist responsible for the snakes' aggressive tendencies (Jessica Steen), these citizens might just have a chance at survival.If one is willing to throw logic out the window almost immediately, Vipers is actually fairly fun little romp. Sure, the snakes howl like dying vampires when they're killed and there appears to be only one person in the entire town of Eden Cove under the age of 20, but it's relatively easy to overlook these simple misgivings. Even the fact that the vipers actually EAT their victims ends up becoming hilariously entertaining, effectively transforming them from typical snakes to slithering piranhas.Keeping its forked tongue firmly in-cheek during one of Vipers' first scenes, a newlywed African American couple go to make love in their lakeside tent, only to be attacked by the titular critters. Of course, their racial identity calls for them to be the first to go, and the script (attributed to Scarecrow Gone Wild's Brian Katkin) allows them to note that it's "gonna be hard to go back to da city" - since it's painfully obvious that no minorities whatsoever live in Eden Cove.The direction by Bill Corcoran (who is currently helming the Sci-Fi Original, Rise of the Gargoyle) is across the board, with several of Vipers' action sequences staged very well – albeit a tad dark – and most of its dialogue barely sufferable. When little Maggie's parents are presumably killed, she sobs to Reid's Nicky about what it's like to lose someone important. Watching Ms. Reid then almost instantly break down as she describes losing her fiancé to war is amusingly groan-inducing, especially in the midst of an all-out shrieking snake attack.Thankfully, the practical gore effects are quite good, with literal geysers of the red stuff spraying out of anyone foolish enough to get within striking distance of the vipers. Unfortunately, the snakes themselves are comprised entirely of the lowest of low-rent CG effects. Whether they're squirming unbelievably down a gravel road or flailing almost vertically while chowing down on someone, they never once, over the course of the entire film, give the impression that they're actually "there".Early on, a gun-toting dude is asked if it's hunting season. His response? "Almost." (cue ominous music) Reid later howls, "Homeland Security?! This isn't terrorism, these are snakes!!!" and, near the film's finale, our stunning doctor arms himself with a flamethrower that he names "the mongoose" (get it?!). If ever there was a hungry screaming snakes movie starring Tara Reid that you should not take seriously, this is most certainly the one… and Vipers makes no pretenses at being anything but what it is.At its core, Vipers is basically a Sci-Fi Channel Movie-of-the-Week with higher production values and similarly shoddy computer-generated beasties. It's got some tasty gore, just enough sex to keep the hard-pressed titillated, and some beautiful locations. Sure, it's far from theatrical-caliber film-making, but if you're looking for 90 minutes of dumb, slithering fun, this disc might just shock your skin off.
Awful ...wow ...terrible
posted on 09 Sep 2008Where does one start? Crappy effects...brutal acting.... plot obvious from the 5th minute. Stereotype characters.Tara Reid. How low will you go? She wore a heavy vest through most of the movie which, I'm sure, was to hide her awful boob job.Poor Don S. Davis. One of his last films. Maybe the shame of the release was too much for him.Was there a script? A director? It looked like everyone was given an outline and told to improvise.OK. I take it back. This is so bad , it's funny.Go snakes GO!!!!
I Want Those Two Hours Of My Life Back!
posted on 27 Aug 2009I was utterly shocked about how bad this movie was. The all-around stupidity of it is just flooring. The first hour is basically a soap opera with some absolutely unrealistic death-by-snake scenes injected into the various subplots of who is sleeping with whom and who is mourning whom, blah blah blah. The deaths are totally unbelievable because the snakes jump, fly, scream, and devour human bodies in mere minutes. Granted, they are genetically engineered, but COME ON! Combine that with a mindless script, terrible acting, and bloopers such as no snakes on a bridge followed by dozens of snakes on the bridge a few seconds later... and you've got yourself one heck of a loser flick. Another shining example of the human ingenuity here is when the survivors are all holed up in the "hotel" (which looks more like a restaurant), and they've had quite a bit of time to fortify their location. However, everyone overlooked the gap between the floor and the bottom of the door, through which several bad CGI snakes strike before someone gets the bright idea of plugging it up. Brilliant.I must admit to chuckling at the howling death screams of the snakes. That fact, however, does not in any way restore this film to a rating higher than 1. And poor Don S. Davis... why? Why? Why would you be part of this rubbish??? I guess I'm just tired of these motherf------ snakes in this motherf------ film! ;)