Rattlesnakes and Movies

[David]

What are your favorite rattlesnake scenes in movies?

Following are my three favorite scenes involving rattlesnakes:

1. COWBOY with Glenn Ford. The cowboys are relaxing around the campfire, & want to have a little fun. So one cowboy picks up a rattler & tosses it over at another cowboy, who doesn't block it in time. The rattler bites him in the face & he dies. Glenn Ford prevents a gunfight, & explains that the boys were just having a little fun.

2. RACE WITH THE DEVIL with Peter Fonda. Two couples on vacation are tormented by a cult of satanists, who kill & skin their dog & put a rattlesnake in one of the cupboards in their camper. One of the women opens the cupboard & the snake lashes out.

3. RATTLERS with nobody in particular. A gaggle of rattlesnakes infests a construction site at the beginning of the movie, & a teen boy out walking where he shouldn't be walking falls into the rattlers' den, where they fang him to death.

I find rattlesnakes to be the world's greatest scene stealers. When they're on camera, I don't look at anybody else or think about any other aspect of the film, including direction, performances, & mise en scene.