Queen Of Snakes is the fourteenth film by Christopher R. Mihm and the fourteenth film in the Mihmiverse Shared Universe. It is the first of Mihm's films to be fully rendered in color, in contrast to his earlier films which were Deliberately Monochrome.
Set sometime after the events of The Giant Spider, the film focuses on the reclusive Mrs. Crawford. Embittered at the world after being accidentally paralyzed by her daughter, Betty, Mrs. Crawford has little to occupy her time beyond listening to the local gossips and interfering in Betty's love life, which is limited to increasingly infrequent dates with a man named Henry. This changes after a package is accidentally delivered to the Crawford residence, containing an amulet that gives Mrs. Crawford a connection to an ancient Norse goddess known as The Queen of Snakes. This leads to various shenanigans, as Mrs. Crawford starts to use her control of a monstrous snake-woman to spy on her daughter's suitor and his other woman.
This film provides examples of:
- Abusive Parents: Mrs. Crawford, though it is implied she was like this before her accident.
- Asshole Victim:
- Henry. He cheats on his girlfriend and is devoured by the Queen of Snakes because of it.
- Mrs. Crawford, as well, if you believe that what happens to her is Laser-Guided Karma.
- The Atoner: Betty Crawford. She tolerates her mother's treatment of her only because she was responsible for the accident that left her paralyzed.
- Butt-Monkey: Deputy Hayes.
- Clueless Deputy: Deputy Hayes.
- Creator Cameo: Christopher R. Mihm has a cameo as one of the patrons at the movie theater.
- Credits Gag: No ancient snake monsters were harmed in the making of this film. Several mosquitos, however, were terminated with extreme prejudice.
- Cruel Twist Ending: Mrs. Crawford's mind is erased thanks to her tampering with the amulet. This ironically gives Betty just what she wanted — a mother who would let go of the past — but at a terrible cost.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Deputy Hayes. Everyone calls him Deputy, even as they ask after his wife and kids.
- Evil Matriarch: Mrs. Crawford.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The title says it all.
- Half-Human Hybrid: The amulet transforms Mrs. Crawford into a half-human, half-snake monster.
- Homage: To 1950s Sci-Fi Horror and The Wasp Woman in particular.
- My Beloved Smother: Mrs. Crawford.
- Shout-Out: Several.
- Mrs. Crawford's name seems to be a nod to Joan Crawford, ala Mommie Dearest.
- The movie Henry takes Betty to see involves plant monsters on the moon.
- The 'Verse
- Deputy Hayes makes an appearance, having previously appeared in Terror from Beneath the Earth, House of Ghosts, and The Giant Spider.
