Silent Predators

Silent Predators
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Directed by	Noel Nosseck
Written by	John Carpenter William S. Gilmore Matt Dorff
Story by	Patricia Arrigoni Fred Brown
Produced by	Richard D. Arredondo Randy Sutter
Starring	Harry Hamlin Shannon Sturges David Spielberg Patty McCormack Beau Billingslea Tom Betts
Cinematography	John Stokes
Edited by	Tod Feuerman
Music by	Michael Tavera
Distributed by	TBS Superstation
Release date	June 13, 1999 (1999-06-13)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Silent Predators is a 1999 American horror television film directed by Noel Nosseck and starring Harry Hamlin and Shannon Sturges.

After a truck carrying a rare species of tropical rattlesnake crashes, the snakes escape into the wild. Twenty years later the snakes have bred with native rattlesnakes to create a highly aggressive and lethal new species that begin to slowly overrun the southern California town of San Vicente. After the deaths of several residents of a housing development, local fire chief Vic Rondelli tries to convince the city government that the snakes are a serious threat despite opposition from Max Farrington, a land developer more interested in finishing his work than the people's safety.

• Harry Hamlin as Vic Rondelli
• Shannon Sturges as Mandy Stratford
• David Spielberg as Mayor Parker
• Patty McCormack as Vera Conrad
• Beau Billingslea as George Mitchell
• Phillip Troy Linger as Dr. Matthew Watkins
• Jack Scalia as Max Farrington
• Paul Tassone as Stranded Motorist
• Dominic Purcell as Truck Driver

Silent Predators was based on a script John Carpenter wrote in the 1970s.¹ Principal photography occurred in Queensland, Australia, and Los Angeles, California.²

Silent Predators received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, who criticized almost every aspect of the movie. Michael Speier of Variety called the film "absurdly unrealistic and dramatically inept", stating: "'Predators' is visually unspectacular, and the scare tactics are buried beneath Michael Tavera's heavy-handed score and some poorly realized jump-cut editing from Tod Feuerman".²