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Devil Woman!!!
BandSAboutMovies7 September 2024
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There are two movies with the name Devil Woman. This one and 1973's She yao jing AKA Bruka Queen of Evil, which is the sequel, at least spiritually I guess. The 1970 Devil Woman was directed by Jose Flores Sibal. It begins with the birth of a young girl who has snakes for hair. Her father throws she and her mother into the rainy night and we catch up with them years later when she has grown into the teen Manda. She keeps her head covered at all times and the children often bully her. One day, they try to pull the wrap off and many of them end up dying by snake bite. The townspeople set her mother's house on fire and again, she runs off into the night.

When she grows to adulthood, Manda (Divina Valencia) has become a snake goddess who takes over a gang, which brings her into conflict with a martial artist named Su Wen when she kidnaps his girlfriend. This movie, as you probably expect, has tons of human on snake violence and has a very similar story to its sequel. Also, there's no transaction, which means you're working your way through it Tower of Babel style.

Can you believe that you live in a reality that has not just one but two Filipino snake-haired woman movies?
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"You'll Be Flat On The Ground, And Never Get Up Again!"...
azathothpwiggins14 April 2020
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DEVIL WOMAN opens with an unnatural birth, followed by a rash of deaths by snakebite. The child, named Manda, grows up into a little girl who wears what appears to be a cloth bowling bag on her head. She also has mystic abilities that give her control over serpents.

When the local kids attempt to remove her heinous headgear, Manda unleashes a beat down via snake attack, resulting in many deaths. The town takes revenge, killing Manda's parents and forcing her to run away.

Meanwhile, in a completely different movie, a man in a white suit named Su Wen battles bad guys with kung fu, never so much as wrinkling his awesome attire! Every hit sounds like someone having a pillow fight with bags of cement!

Back in that other movie, adult Manda (Divina Valencia) shows up, sending her slithery friends out to annihilate those who ruined her childhood. When a gang of goons come after her, she uses her powers, and becomes their leader!

Meanwhile, Su Wen keeps that suit spotless, no matter how many thugs he has to pound on.

Manda, for her part, smiles menacingly from her awesome new throne.

Su Wen can't even visit a family celebration without kung fu breaking out! He also finds romance, and we learn that in love, kung fu is best reserved for coconuts.

Su Wen and Manda finally meet when his girlfriend is abducted by Manda's goon squad. The ultimate battle royal ensues.

DW is one of those odd, completely preposterous Filipino films of the period that answers the question: Do snake girls get the blues?...
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