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June 1975 (USA)
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Slimy nightmares that mean death to the living. See more »
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A young man who has been beaten, abused, humiliated and laughed at all his life finds that he has an unusual empathy with snakes...
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Really twisted, sick... and slow
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Cast
(in credits order) | Kwok-Leung Gan | ... | 'Keto' Chen Chih-Hung (as Kurt Lang) |
 | Lin Lin Li | ... | Hsiu Chuan (as Maggie Lee) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Chun Chen | ... | Hu Bao-Chun |
| Shao-Liang Chen | ||
| Chi Chou | ... | Kuan Fu-Cheng |
| Li Jen Ho | ||
| Hsiung Kao | ||
| Ti Hua Ko | ... | Chin Yin |
| Chih-hao Kuo | ||
| Min-Lang Li | ... | Li Tung |
| Feng Lin | ... | Fang Cheng-Chung |
| Yen Ling | ||
| Terry Liu | ... | Fang Fang |
| Ching Ho Wang | ||
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| Chih-Hung Kuei | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Kuang Ni | ||
Produced by | |||
| Runme Shaw | .... | producer | |
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| Yung-Yu Chen | |||
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| Chi Yu | |||
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| Hsing-lung Chiang | |||
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| Mao-lung Lin | |||
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| Chi-Yu Liu | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Hsu-Ching Wu | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Tien Wu | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Chi Cheng | .... | assistant director | |
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| Yung-Hua Wang | .... | supervising sound editor | |
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- Howard Mahler Films (1975) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Image Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
- Something Weird Video (SWV) (????) (USA) (VHS)
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"The Killer Snakes" - Hong Kong (English title) (original subtitled version), International (English title) (dubbed version)
"Killer Snakes... The Hiss of Death" - USA (promotional title)
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"Killer Snakes... The Hiss of Death" - USA (promotional title)
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This was a rip-off of the American horror movie STANLEY... which in turn was a rip-off of WILLARD! I've seen my share of twisted Hong Kong movies, though I was really surprised to see that this level of sleaze was going on before the '80s! (Guess I need to bone up on Hong Kong cinema) Bondage, bondage, and more bondage! And the movie really wallows in the scummier side of Hong Kong, refusing to show us nothing but slum districts, dirt, filth, criminals, prostitutes, and other people of a disreputable nature. I wonder if Queen Elizabeth would have still knighted Sir Run Run Shaw had she seen this movie his company produced!
Putting that question aside... While it may sound like sleazy fun, it's not. The production values aren't bad, but it's *very* slow going, and the various exploitation moments (violent or erotic) don't come across as much fun, either from dull direction or made not to be fun (like *real* snakes being chopped up right in front of our eyes.) The movie doesn't seem to be heading in any real direction, which might explain why the final 5 minutes has some unexplained (or unbelievably explained) plot turns that help to quickly wrap things up.