PIRANHACONDA
Syfy, 8:00 p.m. ET
Want a truly brainless diversion for the holiday? This Syfy movie slipped by me when it premiered last year, starring Michael Madsen, the standout sadist of Reservoir Dogs, as the guy who has to go up against a giant snake with killer teeth – capable of, well, look at the photo. But you have to give props, if not propellers, to a snake that can down a helicopter in midflight. Similarly, you have to salute the folks at Syfy, for recognizing the idiotic purity of combining the names of two killer creatures to make a third. It’s not as easy a hybrid concoction as you might think. What’s possible for a follow-up film? Tarantulasaurus rex?