Spasms (1983) ***

Spasms (1983) is psychological snake cinema starring that hammiest of hams, Oliver Reed (fresh off another killer snake film, Venom, only 2 years prior) and that chillest of cool cats, Peter Fonda. The plot is basically King Kong (1933) (unique giant monster gets shipped to the States) meets David Cronenberg (ESP and gory f/x via legend Dick Smith) with some satanic/cult stuff thrown in for good measure. The acting is over the top and the movie's not all that great, honestly, but an unbelievable shower kill scene and A-movie production values make this B-movie pretty damn entertaining.