
In 1979, a delivery truck braves a stormy Southern California highway, carrying a deadly rattlesnake to the San Diego Zoo. But when a tire blowout sends the truck crashing into a tree, the snake escapes its shattered aquarium. It slithers into the cab, bites the driver, and disappears into the wild. Fast forward to 1999: the once-tiny town of San Vicente has exploded from 6,000 to 30,000 residents. The snake’s descendants—now a booming population of 25,000 hybrid rattlers—are inching toward town, drawn by construction noise. Progress becomes a nightmare in this chilling tale by John Carpenter.