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Death Bite
An evil serpent, whose powerful venom can kill a human adult in minutes, and the scientists and hunters who track it down play out a drama of strength and terror from the South Pacific to Florida
- GenresHorror
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First published January 1, 1970
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
March 18, 2016
I'm a sucker for 1970's,80's "nature on the loose" sort of things. This time around it's a 20 ft. snake that gets loose in California. Brought to this country by a rich playboy for his serpentarium. Meanwhile a shady animal importer wants it and sends a couple thugs to snakenap it. You know the rest.
This takes almost one hundred pages before it gets going. Once it does it moves pretty quick. The book also has countless grammatical errors. Just a bit annoying. It does not hurt the story though.
This takes almost one hundred pages before it gets going. Once it does it moves pretty quick. The book also has countless grammatical errors. Just a bit annoying. It does not hurt the story though.
February 5, 2009
Best damned fictional snake book I've read. Scared me senseless
December 30, 2021
A late 70's Jaws with snakes, this was the far superior (but still not great) source material for the goofy 1983 Canadian snake horror movie, Spasms. If they had stuck with the book, it would have been so much better...but again, not great.
August 1, 2020
Read in 1980. Horror novel about a ferocious snake.
August 23, 2022
Another snakes on the loose book to my collection.
Not a bad read bit rushed near the end
Not a bad read bit rushed near the end
July 26, 2025
Gelesen wurde die deutsche Taschenbuch-Ausgabe mit dem Titel: "Der Todesbiss", erschienen bei Moewig/Playboy (1981).
November 22, 2016
Rich snake hunter goes after giant Tai-pan snake for his serpentarium. It is not long before the snake is loose in a campus town.
This does have a decent plot and a couple of good sequences (especially, the one where three college students find themselves trapped in their house with the snake) but this book just plods along with no real tension or energy. The snake is the most engaging character. Only for those who are desperate to read a book about a killer snake.
This does have a decent plot and a couple of good sequences (especially, the one where three college students find themselves trapped in their house with the snake) but this book just plods along with no real tension or energy. The snake is the most engaging character. Only for those who are desperate to read a book about a killer snake.
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