Film·2023·1h 16m

From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema

Documentary

A look back at the largely undocumented period of early Chinese-language horror cinema, beginning in Hong Kong and the Shaw Brothers and graduating to Taiwan and the production of Calamity of Snakes in 1983.

Directed by Naomi Holwill

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Cast

6 credited

Godfrey Ho
Godfrey Hoself
Hsiang Yun-Peng
Hsiang Yun-Pengself
Kam Kwok-Leung
Kam Kwok-Leungself
James Mudge
James Mudgeself
Sean Tierney
Sean Tierneyself
Calum Waddell
Calum Waddellself

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