Silent Predators 25 years old

The hunt is on. You're the Prey.

Silent Predators

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.

Credits

Silent Predators Cast

Name Character
Harry Hamlin He was 47, now 73 years old as Vic Rondelli
Jack Scalia He was 48, now 74 years old as Max Farrington
Dominic Purcell He was 29, now 54 years old as Truck Driver
Phillip Troy Linger He was 35, now 60 years old as Dr. Matthew Watkins
David Spielberg He was 60, 77 years old when he died as Mayor Parker
Patty McCormack She was 53, now 79 years old as Vera Conrad
Shannon Sturges She was 31, now 56 years old as Mandy Stratford
Paul Tassone He was 29, now 55 years old as Stranded Motorist
Sandra Belles as Lauren Holden
Beth Champion as Karen
Carolyn Bock She was 98, now 123 years old as Anita Young
Beau Billingslea He was 45, now 71 years old as George Mitchell

Silent Predators Crew

Name Department
William S. Gilmore as Co-Executive Producer. Production
William S. Gilmore as Teleplay. Writing
Susan Glickman as Casting. She was 46 (now 71) years old Production
Tod Feuerman as Editor. Editing
Michael Tavera as Music. He was 37 (now 63) years old Sound
Graham Purcell as Costume Design. Costume & Make-Up
Robert M. Sertner as Executive Producer. Production
Frank von Zerneck as Executive Producer. He was 58 (now 84) years old Production
John Carpenter as Teleplay. He was 51 (now 76) years old Writing
Noel Nosseck as Director. Directing
Matt Dorff as Teleplay. Writing
Richard D. Arredondo as Producer. Production
Randy Sutter as Producer. Production
John Stokes as Director of Photography. Camera
Peter Sadowski as Associate Producer. Production
Jon Dowding as Production Design. Art
Silent Predators poster
Silent Predators (25 years)

The hunt is on. You're the Prey.

  • Release day: Sunday, June 13, 1999
  • Runtime: 91 minutes