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

1h 16m
Documentary
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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.

Cast

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

Crew

Naomi Holwill
Director, Writer, Editor
Calum Waddell
Producer

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