Anaconda (franchise)
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DVD box containing the first four films.
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1997 – present |
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369 minutes |
| Country | United States/Brasil |
| Language | English/Portuguese |
| Budget | $65 million |
| Box office | $207,878,6690 |
Anaconda (also known as Anacondas) is a series of American horror films that started with Anaconda in 1997. It was followed by one theatrical sequel, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004), two made for television sequels, Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) and Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009), and a made for television crossover film with the Lake Placid series, titled Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015). Each installment revolves around giant man-eating anacondas and the efforts of various groups of people to capture or destroy the creatures. The fictional plant known as the Blood Orchid and the company Wexel Hall Pharmaceuticals as well as the fictitious Murdoch family are repeatedly referenced in the films.
When a documentary crew traveling through the Amazon jungle, picks up a stranded man, they are unaware of the trouble that will occur. This stranger's hobby is to capture the giant Anaconda snake, and plans to continue targeting it on their boat, by any means necessary.
A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.
A team of mercenaries join forces with a herpetologist and an assistant from the billionaire owner who both worked in a genetic research lab, Wexel Hall to capture the snakes after they escaped from the lab, until find themselves to stop them before it's too late.
A herpetologist is on a mission to destroy the Blood Orchid from the billionaire who wanted a serum to cure his cancer, until a dangerous snake threatens everyone.
In Clear Lake, Maine, an accident between the deadliest creatures have been generated and escaped. Now, a town sheriff and wildlife officer find themselves to save a group of sorority girls from a battle between snakes and crocodiles.
Anaconda: The Writer's Cut is a novel by Hans Bauer published in 2014. Bauer also wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film Anaconda and its 2004 sequel Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid.
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