The ’90s were a magnificent time for blockbuster monster movies. Deep Blue Sea. The Mummy. Jurassic Park, if you count that (I do). Creature feature spectacles loaded with hot cast names, dazzling sets, and eye-popping animatronics. Anaconda (1997) arrived right in the middle of that boom. It offered a B-movie premise with high-level execution—minus some dated CG—slithering to massive box-office success and multiple sequels. Decades later,...