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Sand Serpents

Sand Serpents

Terror lies beneath.

20093.91h 30m

Overview

Jason Gedrick and a small group of Marines are stranded in the remote Afghan desert. But it ain't the Taliban that's worrying them, it's these giant refugees from Tremors. In fact the big worms prove to be an ally of sorts by doing better against the Taliban than themselves but battling these enemies is something not covered in their training.

Directed by Jeff Renfroe
Written by Raul Sanchez Inglis
Produced by Ric Nish
Box OfficeBudget: $1.8M0

Top Cast

Jason Gedrick

Jason Gedrick

Richard Stanley

Tamara Hope

Tamara Hope

Jan Henle

Elias Toufexis

Elias Toufexis

Private Andrews

Sebastian Knapp

Sebastian Knapp

Oscar Kaminsky

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Michelle Asante

Susan Eno

Chris Jarman

Chris Jarman

Sgt. Wilson

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Constantin Viscreanu

Morales

D

Duma Iulian

Bates

J

Jonas Khan

Amal Jazeer

A

Andreea Coscai

Isla

Themes & Keywords

afghanistantalibansoldierexplosiongiant worm

About Sand Serpents

Sand Serpents is a action, horror, thriller film released in 2009 exploring themes of afghanistan, taliban, soldier, explosion, giant worm. Directed by Jeff Renfroe, it stars Jason Gedrick, Tamara Hope, Elias Toufexis. Jason Gedrick and a small group of Marines are stranded in the remote Afghan desert. But it ain't the Taliban that's worrying them, it's these giant refugees from Tremors. In fact the big worms prove to be an ally of sorts by doing better against the Taliban than themselves but battling these enemies is something not covered in their training.

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