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

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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.

DirectorNaomi Holwill
WriterNaomi Holwill
ProducerCalum Waddell

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Cast · Directed by Naomi Holwill

GHGodfrey Ho
Godfrey Ho
self
HYHsiang Yun-Peng
Hsiang Yun-Peng
self
KKKam Kwok-Leung
Kam Kwok-Leung
self
JM
James Mudge
self
STSean Tierney
Sean Tierney
self
CW
Calum Waddell
self

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