The Case of the Missing Train Snakes
Filed under: Action, Horror, Independent, Fandom, Home Entertainment, Cinematical Indie
With New Line's Snakes on a Plane only a few days away, a lot schlock-hounds (including me) were really looking forward to checking out The Asylum's homage/ripoff Snakes on a Train. But I've noticed a few strange little things recently...- Despite its having a release date of ... yesterday (8/15), you cannot buy a new copy of Snakes on a Train at Amazon. Or DVD Empire. Or Deep Discount DVD. You can't even rent it from Netflix.
- I was at Best Buy last night, and they didn't have any copies of the DVD. Ditto Circuit City.
- Snakes on a Train cannot be found on IMDb. I coulda sworn it was there a few weeks ago ...
- And unless I'm really stupid, it doesn't look like you can even buy a copy from The Asylum's website, either. (Though it seems that Blockbuster did receive a few copies, as that's how my pal David Cornelius was able to review the flick.)
Frankly I have no idea. If anyone out there has any info, let me know. I'd like to see Snakes on a Train. Yeah, seriously. (And I absolutely refuse to give any money to Blockbuster, no matter what.)
UPDATES: 1. One kind commenter points us towards a new release date at VideoETA.com. 2. Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere has a much more thorough explanation as to the missing train snakes. Thanks to both.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-16-2006 @ 11:55AM
ihatemovies said...
Allegedly, this is widely available for download on the internet. I can't be certain, though, because I only download full-priced, DRM-protected video files.
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8-16-2006 @ 1:23PM
Phyer said...
I saw this movie available for rent in store at a blockbuster video here in San Diego yesterday (Aug. 15th). I picked it up and read the back, sounded like a really stupid movie.
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8-16-2006 @ 1:36PM
Tim said...
The release has been delayed until Sept. 5. See http://videoeta.com for more info.
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8-16-2006 @ 2:05PM
Ivan Cockrum said...
The movie probably had a different name until about a week ago when they changed it to catch the SOAP wave; hence, no IMDB listing.
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8-16-2006 @ 4:31PM
Troy said...
SoaT is available for DVD rental here in PA. I saw it this morning, but didn't bother renting.
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8-16-2006 @ 8:23PM
Eric Havens said...
A friend works at a hollywood video and he brought this gem to my house and we watched it....and it's bad. I mean, I know everyone assummed so..but really...it's bad. I did laugh at it's badness and let me tell you something, the movie poster/dvd cover isn't just a pretty picture...a huge snake literally eats a train.....good stuff.
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8-18-2006 @ 1:31PM
Perry said...
I downloaded it today from easynews.com. I am watching it as I type this. Its different.
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8-24-2006 @ 12:42PM
dave the pothead film guy said...
i tracked the movie down and i have to say it wasn't as bad as i was expecting. it even has a cool ass scene where this snake shaman's snakes get loose and go straight into a thiefs wrist veins. sweet i recommend seeing it if you have the means of tracking it down.
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