# Was Snakes on a Plane scary if you were afraid of snakes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650 "2008-10-06T12:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/21 "2008-10-07T01:54:42Z")
Spoiler question: I heard a small dog got thrown to a snake, any truth in that? ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/22 "2008-10-07T02:50:59Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Spoiler question: > > I heard a small dog got thrown to a snake, any truth in that? Yep. There’s one REALLY big snake on the plane. As to the original question: I don’t like snakes at all, but the movie was not scary. The snakes (particularly the big one) are just CGI and you knew what was going to happen at the end with badass Samuel L. Jackson in the film. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/23 "2008-10-07T03:09:58Z")
The trailer traumatized me to the point of screaming and burying my face in my husband’s arm. Reading this thread made me uncomfortable. I will never, ever watch this movie. ---
**Author:** ![JayRx1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/24 "2008-10-07T03:25:14Z")
Like many of the other respondents to this thread, I will never ever watch this movie. Even if it’s campier than The Nightmare on Elm Street sequels, I can’t watch it. The only thing worse would be Zombies and Snakes on a Plane (and there, we have our sequel). ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/25 "2008-10-07T03:49:28Z")
> [@nivlac](#): > > The snakes (particularly the big one) are just CGI and you knew what was going to happen at the end with badass Samuel L. Jackson in the film. And one of them was a harmless milksnake. Not a coral snake, mind you. A stinkin’ milksnake. I checked. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/26 "2008-10-07T03:50:27Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Spoiler question: > > I heard a small dog got thrown to a snake, any truth in that? Yes, but the guy who did it is characterized as a total dick and gets his comeuppance by being strangled by a giant snake. > [@JayRx1981](#): > > The only thing worse would be Zombies and Snakes on a Plane (and there, we have our sequel). There was actually a direct-to-video film called _Flight of the Living Dead_ which could be accurately described as “Zombies on a Plane” (and which some reviewers thought Samuel L. Jackson should have starred in). ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/27 "2008-10-07T04:14:23Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > How about _“Snakes on a Treadmill on a Plane”_? > > Now there’s an idea! Shouldn’t it be Snakes on a Plane on a Treadmill? Or is the treadmill on an inclined plane? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/28 "2008-10-07T04:23:21Z")
No, not “Zombies and Snakes on a Plane”. Zombie Snakes on a Plane! I doubt many people with snake phobias would want to watch this movie, for the same reason I refused to watch Arachnophobia and 8-Legged Freaks. ---
**Author:** ![Otanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Otanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otanx)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/29 "2008-10-07T05:13:01Z")
> [@truthbot](#): > > The only thing scary about Snakes On A Plane would be a sequel. Not a real sequel, but [Snakes on a Train.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0843873/) I haven’t seen it, but only because my wife won’t let me waste good money. To answer the Op, my wife who is afraid of snakes did find the movie scary, but a stupid scary. -Otanx ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/30 "2008-10-07T05:28:13Z")
I am very anti-snake (no fur + no limbs = no use for them; that’s my rule for land critters) and I thought parts of the film were very creepy/scary/intense/disturbing. I also thought the whole film was a hoot, and had a much tighter plot than I was prepared for. I’d give it a solid 7, and happily watched it in the theatre 3 times, and on DVD at least 6 times. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/31 "2008-10-07T05:40:02Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I wish I could watch the whole thing, only because it was so popular and looked like a fun, cheesy movie. But, the nightmares aren’t worth it. Speaking of nightmares…When I was very young, I often had nightmares where I was in a place filled with snakes and every place I could step had a snake waiting there. But then, when I got older, a friend of mine caught a snake that was coming into his house through the cable TV hole in the wall. I took it home as a pet (it was a California King snake). It was very affectionate (as cold-blooded animals, snakes like to be next to warm-blooded beings), and since then I’ve never had a nightmare about snakes. Nine out of ten snakes are not venomous, and no snake attacks humans as prey. This doesn’t answer the OP, but it’s important to keep in mind that in the U.S. more people die from bee stings than snake bites. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/32 "2008-10-07T05:42:33Z")
In the sequel. a plane filled with snakes crashes into a plane full of mongeese. It’s not quite as awesome as it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/33 "2008-10-07T05:44:15Z")
I’m snake-phobic to the point that I can’t even look at pictures of snakes. So even though this looked like the ultimately hysterical bad movie (and I love Sam Jackson!), there was no way I was going NEAR this movie. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/34 "2008-10-07T13:39:52Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Yes, but the guy who did it is characterized as a total dick and gets his comeuppance by being strangled by a giant snake. The same snake, in fact, if I recall aright. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/35 "2008-10-07T14:17:50Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > The same snake, in fact, if I recall aright. This demonstrates the same principle behind not feeding alligators. Once they associate you with supplying food their little reptile brains decide you = food. The more you know. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/36 "2008-10-07T21:38:01Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > Was Snakes on a Plane scary if you were afraid of snakes? Indy? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/37 "2008-10-10T01:21:46Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > This doesn’t answer the OP, but it’s important to keep in mind that in the U.S. more people die from bee stings than snake bites. Bees on a Plane! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/38 "2008-10-10T02:15:59Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > “More Snakes! More Planes!” No, I think you’d want to keep one plane, but increase the snake to plane ratio. Perhaps it could start with a plane actually tranferring snakes to a new, er… snakequarium, but they bust loose and take over the plane. Except that, as luck would have it, Nicholas Cage, imprisoned snake wrangler, is on the plane too… ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/39 "2008-10-10T02:45:11Z")
Fear of snakes seems to operate disproportionately to any other phobia. Plenty of people are afraid of spiders; but they’re generally not paralyzed by the thought that a spider might be hiding _way the hell over there_, or alarmed because a kitten bears a mild resemblance to a particularly large and hairy spider. But I’ve seen many people respond in pure terror at the sight of a snake dozens of yards away. I’ve seen people freak out at the sight of a baby alligator-- not because it’s a dangerous reptile that wants to chew your finger off, no; because they saw the scales and instantly mistook it for a snake. Hey, Don Knotts! See the LEGS?! They’re kind of a giveaway! I think the bees should be in a submarine. How could a naval drama be made any less suspenseful by the presence of killer bees? Hell, even regular bees would probably be pretty damn nervewracking. "To keep the missiles from being launched, first we’ve got to pry open this panel and bypass Fire Control-- _Oh fucking hell another nest of bees!"_ ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650/40 "2008-10-10T02:48:28Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > Fear of snakes seems to operate disproportionately to any other phobia. Plenty of people are afraid of spiders; but they’re generally not paralyzed by the thought that a spider might be hiding _way the hell over there_, or alarmed because a kitten bears a mild resemblance to a particularly large and hairy spider. > > But I’ve seen many people respond in pure terror at the sight of a snake dozens of yards away. I’ve seen people freak out at the sight of a baby alligator-- not because it’s a dangerous reptile that wants to chew your finger off, no; because they saw the scales and instantly mistook it for a snake. Hey, Don Knotts! See the LEGS?! They’re kind of a giveaway! My fear of spiders has greatly lessened over the years, but I used to freak out at the sight of a spider in the opposite corner of the room, and I still jump every time I think I see one out of the corner of my eye. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-snakes-on-a-plane-scary-if-you-were-afraid-of-snakes/466650.md?page=3)