Buckle up for an action-packed summer adventure, friends. This week, Leigh takes us to the Amazon River to uncover giant-snake mythology through 1997’s awesomely bad horror film Anaconda, while Lori takes to the high seas to explore famous swashbucklers throughout history with 2003’s supernatural fantasy film Pirates of the Caribbean.

RESOURCES:

• ANACONDA (1997)
• ANACONDA: SIZE, DIET, AND FACTS
• GREEN ANACONDA: CHARACTERISTICS, HABITAT, AND FACTS
• THE MYTH OF GIANT ANACONDAS IN THE AMAZON
• ANACONDA: ZOO ANIMALS AND PLANTS
• HOW MUCH OF "ANACONDA" IS BASED IN FACT?
• FAIRYTALES AND MYTHS: GIANT ANACONDA
• FOLKTALES OF THE AMAZON
• YAKUMAMA: A BOOK OF CREATURES
• THE EVOLUTION FROM FOSSIL TO MONSTER
• THE GIANT ANACONDA: IS THERE A MONSTER IN THE AMAZON?
• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003)