Silent Predators

Silent Predators

The hunt is on. You're the Prey.

Directed by Noel Nosseck

Produced by Von Zerneck Sertner Films

199991 min5.3 / 10

A creature-horror thriller about a town under siege by thousands of hybrid rattlesnakes, blending ecological disaster with survival tension and paranoia.

In 1979, a delivery truck makes its way up a lonely southern California highway in a storm, bound for the San Diego Zoo with a deadly tropical rattlesnake as cargo. When the truck suffers a blowout, the driver loses control and hits a tree, shattering the snake's aquarium in the back and the window separating the snake from the driver. The snake slithers into the front of the truck, kills the driver with its bite and then moves off into the forest. Flash forward to 1999. The small southern California town of San Vicente has grown from 6,000 to 30,000, and the rattler, which escaped nearby years ago, has bred. There are now 25,000 of these hybrid rattlesnakes, and they are slowly making their way downhill into the town, attracted by the movement of the blasting as the town paves its way toward progress. Progress, in this case, brings terror, in this tale originally penned by John Carpenter.

Questions people ask

  • Is Silent Predators easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Silent Predators scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does Silent Predators end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Silent Predators violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is Silent Predators sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

15/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity22

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise23

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Silent Predators

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Silent Predators

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Silent Predators, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Silent Predators, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Silent Predators, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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