Silent Predators

1999 American television film

Silent Predators

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Directed by| Noel Nosseck
Written by|

* John Carpenter
* William S. Gilmore
* Matt Dorff

Story by|

* Patricia Arrigoni
* Fred Brown

Produced by| Richard D. Arredondo
Randy Sutter
Starring|

* Harry Hamlin
* Shannon Sturges
* David Spielberg
* Patty McCormack
* Beau Billingslea
* Tom Betts

Cinematography| John Stokes
Edited by| Tod Feuerman
Music by| Michael Tavera
Distributed by| TBS Superstation

Release date

* June 13, 1999 (1999-06-13)

Running time

| 91 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Silent Predators is a 1999 American horror television film directed by Noel Nosseck and starring Harry Hamlin and Shannon Sturges.

## Plot

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After a truck carrying a rare species of tropical rattlesnake crashes, the snakes escape into the wild. Twenty years later the snakes have bred with native rattlesnakes to create a highly aggressive and lethal new species that begin to slowly overrun the southern California town of San Vicente. After the deaths of several residents of a housing development, local fire chief Vic Rondelli tries to convince the city government that the snakes are a serious threat despite opposition from Max Farrington, a land developer more interested in finishing his work than the people's safety.

## Cast

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* Harry Hamlin as Vic Rondelli
* Shannon Sturges as Mandy Stratford
* David Spielberg as Mayor Parker
* Patty McCormack as Vera Conrad
* Beau Billingslea as George Mitchell
* Phillip Troy Linger as Dr. Matthew Watkins
* Jack Scalia as Max Farrington
* Paul Tassone as Stranded Motorist
* Dominic Purcell as Truck Driver

## Production

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Silent Predators was based on a script John Carpenter wrote in the 1970s.[citation needed] The movie was mostly filmed on Queensland, Australia, and Los Angeles, California.[citation needed]

## Reception

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Silent Predators received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, who criticized almost every aspect of the movie. Michael Speier of Variety called the film "absurdly unrealistic and dramatically inept", stating: "'Predators' is visually unspectacular, and the scare tactics are buried beneath Michael Tavera's heavy-handed score and some poorly realized jump-cut editing from Tod Feuerman".[1]

## References

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1. ^ Speier, Michael (June 9, 1999). "Silent Predators". Variety. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.

## External links

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* Silent Predators at IMDb
* Silent Predators at Rotten Tomatoes
* Silent Predators at TV Guide

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Filmography|

| Directed|

* Captain Voyeur (1969, short)
* Dark Star (1974)
* Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
* Halloween (1978)
* Someone's Watching Me! (1978, TV)
* Elvis (1979, TV)
* The Fog (1980)
* Escape from New York (1981)
* The Thing (1982)
* Christine (1983)
* Starman (1984)
* Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
* Prince of Darkness (1987)
* They Live (1988)
* Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
* Body Bags (1993, TV)
* In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
* Village of the Damned (1995)
* Escape from L.A. (1996)
* Vampires (1998)
* Ghosts of Mars (2001)
* "Cigarette Burns" (2005, TV)
* "Pro-Life" (2006, TV)
* The Ward (2010)

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Written only|

* The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970, short)
* Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
* Zuma Beach (1978, TV)
* Better Late Than Never (1979, TV)
* Halloween II (1981)
* Black Moon Rising (1986)
* El Diablo (1990, TV)
* Blood River (1991, TV)
* Silent Predators (1999, TV)

Produced only|

* Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
* The Fog (2005)

Discography|

| Albums|

* Lost Themes (2015)
* Lost Themes Remixed (2015)
* Lost Themes II (2016)
* Anthology: Movie Themes 1974–1998 (2017)
* Lost Themes III: Alive After Death (2021)

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EPs|

* Classic Themes Redux EP (2016)

Scores and
soundtracks|

* Halloween (1979)
* Dark Star (1980)
* Escape from New York (1981)
* Halloween II (1981)
* The Thing (1982)
* Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
* The Fog (1984)
* Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
* Prince of Darkness (1987)
* They Live (1988)
* Christine (1989)
* In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
* Village of the Damned (1995)
* Escape from L.A. (1996)
* Vampires (1998)
* Ghosts of Mars (2001)
* Assault on Precinct 13 (2003)
* Halloween (2018)
* Halloween Kills (2021)
* Firestarter (2022)
* Halloween Ends (2022)

Related|

* Unrealized projects
* Cody Carpenter
* Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 film)

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