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

2023 ยท 1 hr 16 mins

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.

Director: Naomi Holwill

Cast: Godfrey Ho, Hsiang Yun-Peng, Kam Kwok-Leung, James Mudge, Sean Tierney

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