Silent Predators (1999)
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.
Director: Noel Nosseck
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Harry Hamlin as Vic Rondelli |
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Shannon Sturges as Mandy Stratford |
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David Spielberg as Mayor Parker |
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Patty McCormack as Vera Conrad |
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Beau Billingslea as George Mitchell |
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Phillip Troy Linger as Dr. Matthew Watkins |
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Jack Scalia as Max Farrington |
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David Whitney as Ken |
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David Webb as Sheriff Howell |
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Carolyn Bock as Anita Young |
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Beth Champion as Karen |
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Sandra Belles as Lauren Holden |
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Kirsty Boden as Tammy Holden |
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Darce Florio as Anita's Friend |
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Paul Tassone as Stranded Motorist |
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Nathalie Roy as Lacey |
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Mark Fairall as Jack Kelly |
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Dominic Purcell as Truck Driver |
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Amanda Dettrick as Mrs. Parker |
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Antonia Murphy as Olivia Porter |
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Katy Charles as Victim's Wife |
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Daniel Murphy as Jake |
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Tom Betts as Little League Father |
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Marc Arena as Kirk |
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Michael Langdon as Lance Parker |
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John Walkin as Umpire |
| Directing | Noel Nosseck | Director |
| Writing | John Carpenter | Teleplay |
| Writing | William S. Gilmore | Teleplay |
| Sound | Michael Tavera | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Frank von Zerneck | Executive Producer |
| Art | Paul Hurrell | Set Decoration |
| Production | Erik Storey | Co-Producer |
| Production | Fern Orenstein | Casting |
| Writing | Fred Brown | Story |
| Camera | John Stokes | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Patricia Arrigoni | Story |
| Art | Jon Dowding | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graham Purcell | Costume Design |
| Production | Richard D. Arredondo | Producer |
| Production | Randy Sutter | Producer |
| Production | Robert M. Sertner | Executive Producer |
| Production | H. Daniel Whitman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Leslie Lipton | Co-Producer |
| Production | William S. Gilmore | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Ted Babcock | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Tod Feuerman | Editor |
| Writing | Matt Dorff | Teleplay |
| Production | Peter Sadowski | Associate Producer |
| Production | Susan Glicksman | Casting |