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

0.0 2023 76 min
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.

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Naomi Holwill
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Naomi Holwill

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Godfrey Ho self
Hsiang Yun-Peng self
Kam Kwok-Leung self
James Mudge self
Sean Tierney self
Calum Waddell self

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