When Gene, a maniacally deranged computer-game designer, gets dumped by his beautiful artist wife, he devises a masochistic plan for revenge. Taking his spouse prisoner, Gene locks her in her windowless Los Angeles loft but leaves her with something to keep her company -- a deadly mamba snake. Via electronic sensors and cameras, he watches with glee as his terrorized ex-lover fights for her life.
Practical Effects
Real mamba snakes, real terror, real questionable safety protocols.
Production
That windowless loft set is claustrophobia incarnate.
Director
Mario Orfini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Trudie Styler's first major film role—yes, Sting's wife, thrown into a pit with actual venomous snakes. The 80s were wild.
Released the same year as Die Hard, this represents the B-movie flipside of yuppie anxiety—where Nakatomi Plaza becomes a loft you can't escape.
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