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

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

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Status

Released

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

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

Director

Naomi Holwill

Description

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.