Review of Stanley (1972) by Tim S — 05 Feb 2013
Stanley is about what you'd expect from a movie about snakes in this era: pretty hokey. I thought it was a hoot though because the plot is that a war veteran Indian (who clearly doesn't look or sound like an Indian at all) decides to live out in the swampy wilderness away from everyone and live with snakes, including two that he names Stanley and Hazel.
He hopes to start a new snake family, even going so far as building them all beds. Unfortunately, it's when his old enemies come calling that Tim the Indian turns his snakes loose on them. This movie is also notorious for the amount of snakes that are either mistreated or killed, both on-screen and I'm sure off-screen, as well.
The producer claims to own a wallet made of the lead snake in the film, which should tell you plenty. There's even a small role for Alex Rocco as a sleazy businessman. Worthy of a riffing, this movie is pretty bad, but hilarious at times.
It's a shame that so many snakes had to die though. I'm not a snake fan, per se, but killing anything in the name of making a movie is just wrong.
This review of Stanley (1972) was written by Tim S on 05 Feb 2013.
Stanley has generally received mixed reviews.
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