The news are all over the internet that the Lake Placid and the Anaconda franchises (that have produced four films each) will mash-up for a crossover flick, and I just realized that although I’m a big fan of the former four movies, I had not seen the later four. Well, I could not go see the upcoming movie without knowing the absolutely important stories that preceded it so here I am reviewing these snake oddities.
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Anaconda (1997)
The first 35mm film reel I ever got my hands on was the trailer for Anaconda (1997) which was given to me by
one of the best tutors I had back when I was a student at the film school. I
still don’t know what to do with it since I don’t have a film projector, but I
hold on to the item because of the sentimental value that it has for me.
I remember that it was a big deal when Anaconda (1997) opened in the movie theaters here in Greece, and it
was even a big event when it was broadcasted for the first time on television.
Well, it cost $45
million to make, and people in the late ‘90s seemed to not know how unoriginal
it was [Jaws (1975) was made more
than two decades old and popcorn audiences have proven to not know their film
history] and as a result it grossed more than $136 million world-wide.