Snakes on a Train

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Snakes on a Train
Directed by The Mallachi Brothers
Written by Eric Frosberg
Starring Alby Castro
Julia Ruiz
Giovanni Bejarano
Al Galvex
Distributed by The Asylum
Release date(s) August 15, 2006 (US)
Language English
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Snakes on a Train is an action/horror B-movie released direct to DVD by The Asylum on August 15, 2006. Following The Asylum's tradition of capitalizing on major films with low budget rip-offs, the title and plot are inspired by the film Snakes on a Plane which was scheduled for theatrical release three days later on August 18, 2006. However, the trailer suggests this movie will contain significantly more violence and gore than its counterpart and may include some supernatural elements as well.

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Although taking the same basic idea from Snakes on a Plane (lots of deadly snakes loose on a claustrophobic, high speed means of transport), the background story of how and why the snakes are there is significantly different. In this movie, a woman has been put under a Mayan curse which causes snake eggs to hatch inside of her and eat their way out. In order to stop this, she must take a train to Los Angeles where a powerful Mayan shaman can lift the curse. When she gets on the train, things go wrong and the eggs start to hatch, leaving the rest of the people on the train to deal with the killer snakes.

It should also be noted that while the box promises "100 trapped passengers - 3000 Venemous vipers" the movie delivers, at best, a dozen passengers and maybe a handful more snakes. There is also a wholly unconnected sideplot regarding two attractive female passengers, one of whom (Amelia Jackson-Gray) goes topless in true 'horror movie' style.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Reception

When reviewed by Variety magazine, it was described "neither undiscriminating action fans nor connoisseurs of high camp will find much bite in this latest direct-to-video product from The Asylum."[1] Scott Foy, reviewing the film for Dread Central wrote "how the hell do you produce a rip-off this dispirited".[2]

[edit] Trailers

The official trailer was made available for download on The Asylum's official site. It has been televised on G4's Attack of the Show.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Joe Leydon. Snakes on a Train. Variety. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
  2. ^ Scott Foy. Snakes on a Train (DVD). Dread Central. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.

[edit] External links

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