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      Stanley

      PG Released May 23, 1973 1h 46m Horror List
      Reviews 18% Audience Score 50+ Ratings An Everglades shack dweller (Chris Robinson) attacks bothersome people with his two pet rattlesnakes. Read More Read Less

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      John Huddy Miami Herald Eventually the lack of money, the lack of time, the childish script and some amateurish acting catch up with both Grefe and "Stanley." I am afraid that there is more reason for hissing in the audience than on the screen. Oct 3, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      kevin c A Native American living a solitary life in the Everglades has a passion for snakes, keeping his home filled with them. A particular rattlesnake named Stanley is his favourite and he has trained it to listen to his orders. I had no clue what this was about going in, and was pleasantly surprised at the level of weirdness that this movie delivered. God bless the anything goes seventies. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie is entertaining, given the genre and the period in which it was made, it was done pretty good. The acting and storyline by today's standards, it likely wouldn't fly. It deserves a remake. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Best movie ever my favorite part is when the so obviously fake snakes jump in the pool???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?? ?? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member There's not a huge amount of storyline here, it's just a lot of bad people being righted through snake bites, but it does have a 'cult' value to it. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Bleak, a little dumb, and there isn't much to the story, yet if you like snake movies, it might be worth checking out. The characters are interesting, somewhat thin, and there are some decent, though slow, moments. Think of a lazy version of Rambo with snakes instead of gun, and hardly any action. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis An Everglades shack dweller (Chris Robinson) attacks bothersome people with his two pet rattlesnakes.
      Director
      William Grefe
      Producer
      John H. Burrows
      Screenwriter
      Gary Crutcher
      Production Co
      Stanley Productions (II)
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      May 23, 1973, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 1, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 46m