The Giant-Snake Monster Movie Of 1997 - ANACONDA (Movie Review)

[@markrothenbuhler6232]

I saw this in the theater and the moment Jon Voight was spit up, the entire audience lost their minds!

[@Dragoncurve]

It’s the wink at the end that always makes me smile! 😂

[@dylanbangs9983]

@Dragoncurve super funny 🤣🤣🤣💯

[@sojourndestination3031]

I wish I was there

[@juliobarrios2520]

😉

[@shainewhite2781]

This movie is an underrated guilty pleasure! The animatronic Snake was designed and created by Walt Conti Productions, and the computer Visual Effects were done by Sony Pictures Imageworks.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

Walt Conti & his team also did effects work on *"Deep Blue Sea",* *"STAR TREK IV",* *"The Perfect Storm",* *"The Abyss",* *"Flipper"* (the 1996 film version starring Paul Hogan & Elijah Wood), and the original *"Free Willy"* trilogy. He also was in the 2003 Shark Week documentary: *"Anatomy of a Shark Bite",* helping out with one of his animatronic sharks for a reenactment to the infamous shark attack on Dr. Erich Ritter while filming a shark documentary with Nigel Marven.

[@crazyfrazy74747]

Loved this era of creature features. The first sequel took several years to come out but Anacondas did see the theaters thru a company called Screen Gems before the poor Syfy sequels came along

[@MasterVideoStudios]

Jon Voight is such a joy in this movie I love his performance, also can't go wrong with Ice Cube fighting giant snakes

[@darkfangnightcrow]

As far as the annaconda series goes my personal favourite is the second movie.

[@noodlethesnake6927]

I enjoyed this movie so much, incredibly underrated classic!

[@anubusx]

John Voight looked like Hannibal Lector.

[@parkerpshebnisky1051]

The best giant snake movie ever made! 🐍

[@redwolf272]

This is one of those movies that I throw on just to have a good time with. I honestly love it for what it is; Jon Voight chewing the scenery while giant snakes flail about!

[@SpecterGamingNet]

This movie (along with Lake Placid and Deep Blue Sea) were the starts of my love for cheesy animal based "horror" movies

[@ChrisGuerra31]

Scared the bejeezus out of me as a kid. Hats off to the creature designer. Those eyes still give me goosebumps.

[@blackronin5578]

the sequel is king💪👍💯

[@reidcarlson8892]

Fun Fact: Actor Jonathan Hyde played Warren Westridge in Anaconda... as well as Bruce Ismay in Titanic (Ismay was the highest-ranking executive of the White Star Line on board the ship in real life). Both movies released in the same year, as Klayton mentioned. And and also also, Owen Wilson has only ever died in two movies, to my knowledge: Anaconda (1997), and Armageddon (1998).

[@ethandoyle4978]

This is one of my favorite underrated creature features films And I can’t help but theorize that this movie along with “Congo” , Lake Placid” , “Komodo , “king cobra” , even Peter benchleys “Creature” could connect in the Jurassic Park/world saga just at different parts of the world .

[@invisiblejaguar1]

You and me both, if not Ingen, could have been someone with less to work with when trying to genetically engineer a titanoboa and deinosuchus.

[@hidoradaikaiju4205]

This movie is an absolute classic! I just rewatched it last night. I wish they still made movies like this, but nowadays people act like every movie has to win an Oscar to be “worth watching”. I saw a LOT of giant animal attack movies growing up and believe me people: Anaconda is one of the BEST examples. It’s also really well paced, I’d say.

[@brandonwright2285]

Yet another obscure and underrated classic! What a roller-coaster the 90s were for monster movies. Lol remember Python?

[@Troutfisch]

This movie is the definition of a guilty pleasure creature feature. Plenty of star power too, sad that movies like this don’t get made anymore.

[@matthewlovesbritney]

Wow Klayton! You are picking all my favorite movies bro 😂 another awesome video 😊

[@zali13]

Guilty pleasure! Danny Trejo speaking Portuguese! Ice Cube with a Spyderco!

[@shainewhite2781]

Jon Voight's character Paul Serone is like Quint from JAWS, willing to do anything, come hell or high water, to catch his snake.

[@keithcollins6501]

I loved this movie when it came out. Still do 😊

[@Emmanuel-ms8pr]

The original film will always be a classic

[@Jormyyy]

I used to love watching a B snake movie on the Sci-Fichannel (before it was the Sy-Fy channel) called Boa vs. Python. I believe it was technically the 3rd installment of a B snake movie line. Python, Boa, and then Boa vs. Python. Plot was something about a giant Python was eating people in the subway so these military scientists mind control a giant Boa (was it a cyborg? Idfk) to fight it. Absolutely terrible movie but I loved it so much as a kid 🤣

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

Oh I recall that one! It wasn’t a robot. It had a high tech headset placed on it so that they could monitor the (I don’t remember which) snakes movements. I don’t remember much about it tbh- except- oddly- the part where they got to watch the two screw instead of fight in the end.

[@Jormyyy]

@Rogue T-Rex wait what the snakes mate instead of fight?? No way 😅 I don't remember that at all. Unless you mean the human characters??

[@thieudn36]

we had the same childhood lmao

[@Dlatsch1]

Back when Scifi had good "B" movies, I remember spending my entire weekend watching the Scifi channel movies- Crocodile, Python, Dinocroc, etc. I still remember the tv ad for Boa vs Python, "how do you stop a 100 foot snake? You get a bigger one"

[@Jormyyy]

@Davod Latsch dinocroc was my favorite! I liked Wyvern a lot too. Sabertooth was the only movie to ever truly scare me when I was a kid. I was haunted by sabretooth tigers in my dreams for years!

[@Mister_K-J]

This movie is responsible for my fascination with snakes as a kid. In fact, I distinctly remember being incredibly disappointed when I found a book about anacondas in the library and saw how goofy they look in real life. There was a picture of one that straight up looked like Kermit. Even worse when I actually read the book and found out how slow and lethargic they are, especially on land.

[@Alejandroigarabide]

Only Jon Voight can smile upside down in a convincing way. BTW, there are not enough (in fact, almost none) reviews of the 1994 Jungle Book remake starring Dr. Grant.

[@Dragoncurve]

Well there’s about to be at least one more! 😂

[@southparkstanmarshofficial]

Woah nostalgia just kicked in. Haven't seen this film since I was a child

[@mysterio505]

Being fascinated by snakes when I was younger this movie was my favorite when it came out. Thanks for reviewing it. Brought back memories.

[@grapeshot]

I'm not gonna lie to you the only reason why I saw these movies because Ice Cube was in it. It also piss me off that they kill Danny Trejo in the opening credits.

[@deathhimself4676]

Great video and I love Anaconda movie.

[@finnmeister]

I love a creature feature that actually has some money behind it. I can deal with absurdity if the FX is solid. Hollywood doesn't make enough of these flicks.

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

To this day I do and don’t remember this movie. It’s weird- I know the characters, I know the premise- but outside of the death of the panther I genuinely blank. Really should try and watch this flick again.

[@oscarstainton]

The snake animatronics are fairly well done, and I enjoy the creepy score and teen horror vibe. Everything else to do with the film is stuffed with a lot of off beat humour, but in terms of the kind of humorous pulp adventure B-movie with a budget that we saw a lot in the 90s, it just didn’t quite reach the levels of Congo, or The Mummy where that genre really reached its peak.

[@shainewhite2781]

The movie made it's TV premiere on the SCI FI CHANNEL back in 2003. Its also on the Sony HD Movie Channel as well, and HBO and Cinemax.

[@chuckhush916]

I hated Lost World. Thought it was crap. Now Anaconda is a blast. I watch it every chance I get.

[@benjaminhalder7868]

That backwards waterfall will never leave my mind ever!! Haha!

[@seanmckelvey6618]

Anaconda is one of those movies that always makes me think of video rental stores around the turn of the millennium. Feels like the kind of thing you'd always see trailers running for on the screens.

[@TheJRP2010]

I still love this film. JP was the best but this, Lake Placid, Deep Blue Sea, were all films I was hooked on.

[@Darkslayer289]

This movie is such a guilty pleasure of mine. Sure the science behind the anaconda wasn't realistic, but no one going to watch a giant animal movie should expect realism.😅 Great video, man.

[@cnvdh3514]

This movie is aired at least once a month in South Africa on ETV the local broadcaster. It's become such a joke that everyone has basically memorised the add for it 😅

[@thomasfplm]

I love this movie, I saw when I was a kid and I have a feeling of nostalgia about it.

[@thomasfplm]

I also remember watching how they made the effects on Discovery Channel.

[@Wstarlights]

Great movie! Legend (+in the game!)

[@alexallen9640]

I liked it, I think it's a nice creature feature to watch. Nice to see talk about it. 🙂👍🐍

[@olivergould3878]

Saw it as a child with my late dad at home once loved it

[@andrewsmallacombe9468]

Ah, the trope of the seemingly unstoppable monster slowing down and missing when it chases the heroine near the end.

[@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988]

omg kari wührer is my teenage love her movies were sth different... i discovered her in the command and conquer franchise but they soon went from b movie to more hardcore actresses and then the way of the dodo lol to this day i still compare women i date to kari wührer in terms of looks, behaviour and how much fun they seem "shake it baby"

[@ankitnagvekar9289]

This movie is such a cultural phenomenon that basically brought anaconda to the mainstream and everyone now knows them as the largest snakes on the planet.

[@whoisyouranime]

IMO, the best snake horror movie of all time.

[@madzod0076]

Hopefully I'll see Frankenfish on here someday. Remember seeing it on syfy, me and my brother had alot of fun watching it.

[@brooksproductions9573]

My dad took me to see this right after school as a preteen. I loved giant monsters as a kid, but even back in the 90s i thought these CGI shots were terrible. The practical snakes were cool. Also i almost think Jon Voight is doing sort of a Marlon Brando from Dr. Mureau impersonation.

[@DrasticdinoV2]

I remember when I was little, It was so much fun. I'm surprise its even underrated. I really brings back memories when I was in monsters like this.

[@nightsprings6920]

Easily one of the best creature features. This, deep blue sea, dog Soldiers, Arachnophobia, Komodo & Lake Placid are the films I watch way to many times growing up.

[@ryanleikness3414]

This did scare me once. Now I can't get enough of it for some reason. I don't think it's actually bad despite some bad effects

[@RaptorofRex07]

Man, if this movie would have come out later, they could have capitalized on Titanboa's discovery. LOL

[@auradzrts691]

This movie is great because of John Voight.

[@GreasusGoldtooth]

This movie is why people panic when I tell them I have a pet anaconda. They expect a fifty foot monster planning on eating most of the neighborhood. Instead I pull out a ten foot stick of butter that likes baths and is frequently frightened by the already dead fish I feed her.

[@velociraptor4you3291]

*THIS* is one of the first things I think of (including the _snake_ itself) that I think of when I hear the word 'anaconda,' _NOT_ Nicki Minaj's *booty!*

[@dekaexis]

The green Anaconda was a male, the bigger one was the female, gotta say, the sequel for this movie was really good, hope you do a video about that one.

[@Dragoncurve]

I still need to see that! I remember the trailers for it and not even knowing that it was a sequel at the time so I stayed away! It’s on the list though for sure!

[@dekaexis]

@@Dragoncurve I really recommend it, the CGI is kinda questionable, but the plot it's interesting.

[@Justin_North]

Only 10 minutes to discuss Anaconda? Barely seconds to bring up the sequels. Dude, part 3 has a genetically engineered snake vs the Hoff! But to go on about the movie itself. A jungle setting that might as well have been Venus to us kids back in the 90s, a giant snake that all of us were certain was real because our friend's uncle told us it was. If this movie had quicksand then not a single one of us would have made it out alive. That is not even including my lifelong fear of snakes that happened before this movie but this certainly didn't help. Should have replaced the boat captain, Mateo with Danny Trejo. Add in some carvings of the Shirishama tribe warriors fighting the snakes to build up that B story a little more, Serone killing his friend because he doesn't want to share the money, and a bigger death for Owen Wilson and I swear this movie would have gone over 200 million. Still one of my favorite films and can say without remorse that I have seen it more times than any of the Jurassic movies and certainly more times than Goldblum.

[@erika_itsumi5141]

This movie is why my mom has a deathly fear of Snakes.

[@goldmember1994]

I did a spit take when I saw the shoutout to 90s jungle book with Sam neill, what a forgotten gem

[@joeramosiii7778]

Love this movie because of Ice Cube and J-Lo and the giant anaconda. But I hate the scene where Eric gets stung by a poisonous wasp in his oxygen tank and they had to perform surgery on him. Creeps me every time I watch the movie.

[@rumijohn6163]

They should reboot Anaconda franchise with some good budget

[@ZOMBIEHEADSHOTKILLER]

Because of this movie, when i was a kid, whenever i went to the Denver Zoo, i would always make sure to go to the reptile house, specifically to see the anaconda there..... seeing the other animals was cool, but it was always the anaconda that i was waiting to get to..

[@EpicJasonX9000]

I honestly think this movie is a lot of fun and very enjoyable. Although I think this movie came out during what I tend to call the Jungle Era of movies that happened during the mid to late 90’s, which kind of started with the whole African Era that also happened before. The movie that I think switch the transition from Africa to just random Jungles was Jumanji. Both are trends that sadly don’t get talked about as much as the Dino Craze, but I do think they were two trends from the 90’s that should be recognized.

[@majingojira]

A few years after this movie was released, I was on a flight to Australia and it was part of the in-flight movie lineup. Now, back then, there was only one screen/everyone had to watch the same movie. So, I was glad they had Anaconda on the lineup. Except... they showed it at dinner. Rather, they lined up the film so that dinner coincided with John Voit being vomited up by the snake. Once that happens, dinner is basically over! And EVERY FLIGHT we had in Australia did that! Every Meal, John Voit, *WHARF!*

[@chaoticiannunez2419]

And to think Jean Reno was meant to be Serrone. I’m glad we got Jon Voight though. I love everything about this movie.

[@jamesb2894]

this is the movie that contributed to my sisters fear of snakes lol. we went to our local zoo a few days after seeing this and they had a 20ft anaconda and she froze in front of it's enclosure to the point she had to be picked up and carried out of the exhibit.

[@CRAIGKMSBISMARCKTIRPITZ533]

😂

[@godzilla44556]

I remember seeing this on my TV and I still like it even towards this day also my second favorite movie next to Lake Placid

[@SBeni1214]

Had no idea there were multiple snakes until today lol

[@Karlipagemaster]

This is one of those movies that I'll always stop to watch when I'm channel surfing

[@Isabelb]

I watched this movie to exhaustion! 😂 The idea that a snake that big could exist, loved it! 😄 Sure, is not Oscar worthy, but is campy fun!

[@byrons8956]

This movie, what I call 'Anaconda - The Comedy', I just watched it for the snake.

[@eddieblancher7557]

I seen this movie alot on cable tv, DVD and on Netflix.

[@obsidianthegamingzorua116]

I remember watching a film a good few years ago about giant reptiles, i think it was called Komodo Vs Cobra or something... Anyone else remember this film?

[@wallineric]

Spitting a monkey at someone's face is the greatest sign of disrespect. Packed with so many memorable scenes.

[@iandanielcassidy8126]

I never watched this movie, but I'm glad that I was born in 1997 on September 23rd.

[@HackTheMovies]

I just rewatched this last night!

[@XenoTeeth3]

Fun time this movie . Love the design of the giant anaconda . What are your thoughts on the second Anaconda movie ? That movie always gives me a Jurassic park 3 feeling whenever i watch it . What do you think?

[@skanda138]

The spit scene haunts me from 1997 till this day

[@lynx-fernandogonzalez1571]

The cast is so wild 😅

[@roderick8167]

I love this movie this is one of my favorite monster movies but at the same time I hate this movie because I saw this movie way too young and it gave me an irrational fear of snakes not just anacondas but snakes in general, it doesn't matter if it's a small garden snake or if it's a poisonous or non poisonous snake because if I see any snake I jump and haul ass away from said snake 😂😂😂😅

[@TheRealRodent]

The sequels and crossover with Lake Placid are terrible... and, I'm not sure how a lake can fight a snake (Lake Placid vs Anaconda), but, there it was. Would like to see you review Lake Placid though. Personally I think it's an underrated horror thriller comedy. Kinda like Tremors, but without the cult following. Edit: Mention of Kari Wuhrer... Eight Legged Freaks is another guilty pleasure.

[@anthonytorresproductions]

1:41 Love this movie because of this line.

[@antoniocenteno1483]

The Original music composed for this movie was spot on, the theme when the Anaconda arrives is uperb and the movie is realy fun, it was my favorite when i was like 8

[@CommanderM820]

I miss simplier times where movies like these could be made

[@neighslayer768]

The only reason I knew this movie existed was because the trailer was included on the DVD for Godzillia: 2000 for some reason.

[@michaellilly965]

Still watch this every year. And still waiting on your take for the Watchers franchise.

[@jamsbasketball9676]

Jon Voight was nursing an anaconda fiending for J.Lo

[@kavehthephantomboy]

And finally this underrated franchise, I badly love first two films.

[@jasoncase9481]

Anacondas The Hunt For The Blood Orchid is a stand alone sequel that was released to theaters. All Anaconda sequels after the second movie are SyFY movies

[@mab2187]

Anaconda 1 and 2 were great, after that almost all snake movies have been trash. I wanna see Python, I remember watching that as a kid. Boa vs Python was ok as a monster vs monster flick. D-Wars: Dragon Wars was a great monster movie.

[@YouTubemagedon]

Plim bagus saya suka

[@nobleskywalker4639]

Can you cover Reign of Fire 2006 cause I feel that movie hits all the movie monster beats maybe with better CGI and acting

[@GDCDGC]

Another giant animal attack movie made during the 90's is Deep Rising

[@pedrosuperhero3]

Anaconda honestly say recomend it for anyone who likes monster movies it was the first animal attack movie I ever saw before Jaws or any other movie and yeah when u mention Ice Cube or Jennifer Lopez yeah first movie to come to mind is Anaconda was really great at the time and honestly I'll only watch the first and second movie afterwards it just got ridiculus and cartoony even though I feel like the second movie should be renamed Pythons cause it is in a different location Borneo and there are no anacondas that live there but then again it is a movie soo things can happen and other things too but wont mention on how the snakes look more python but that will be for another time but the first movie is truely great movie and really awesome and cant wait for the next review.

[@AncestorEmpire1]

As a fan of command and conquer red alert 2, I remember this movie very well

[@saidi7975]

I adore this movie! Titanoboas on meth are awesome!

[@sammyt7981]

3:02 The Snakes

[@maplebob23]

Maybe it’s just me but I’ve always compared these giant animal movies to 1980s Alligator.

[@jasoncase9481]

I’m astounded a person would say the snakes look worse in Anacondas The Hunt For The Blood Orchid because they look better than the giant snakes in the 1st movie.

[@patrioticcat5768]

I'm one of those abnormal people you mentioned who cares about good writing but I saw this as a kid and I love it with flaws and all. I wanna be "normal" too 😣