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Calamity of Snakes

Original title: Ren she da zhan
  • 1982
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
343
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Calamity of Snakes (1982)
ActionComedyHorror

After a businessman kills thousands of snakes in a pit where they are building a new apartment building, the residents of the building are attacked by thousands of snakes as vengeance.After a businessman kills thousands of snakes in a pit where they are building a new apartment building, the residents of the building are attacked by thousands of snakes as vengeance.After a businessman kills thousands of snakes in a pit where they are building a new apartment building, the residents of the building are attacked by thousands of snakes as vengeance.

  • Director
    • Chi Chang
  • Writers
    • Chi Chang
    • Kang-Nien Li
    • Kuo Jung Tsai
  • Stars
    • Yun-Peng Hsiang
    • Yuen Kao
    • Ping-Ou Wei
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    343
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Chi Chang
    • Writers
      • Chi Chang
      • Kang-Nien Li
      • Kuo Jung Tsai
    • Stars
      • Yun-Peng Hsiang
      • Yuen Kao
      • Ping-Ou Wei
    • 13User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Yun-Peng Hsiang
    Yun-Peng Hsiang
    Yuen Kao
    Yuen Kao
    Ping-Ou Wei
    Ping-Ou Wei
    Lui Cheung
      Chung-Lien Chou
      Tung-Min Huang
      Ying Lee
      Ying Lee
      Kuan-Chang Li
      Kuan-Chang Li
      Min-Lang Li
      Min-Lang Li
      • Worker
      Pei-Ying Lo
      Pei-Ying Lo
        Tai-Lan Lu
        Wei Lu
        Yi-Lan Lu
        Sha-Fei Ouyang
        Sha-Fei Ouyang
        Jen-Chi Shen
        Hun Sui Wong
        Yen Wu
        Yen Wu
        • Director
          • Chi Chang
        • Writers
          • Chi Chang
          • Kang-Nien Li
          • Kuo Jung Tsai
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        • Trivia
          The film features the killing of lots of live snakes and unashamedly shows the deaths in detail.
        • Alternate versions
          The South Korean version titled WAR BETWEEN MEN AND SNAKES has a different storyline, and alternative footage which was filmed there. It also runs around 5m longer than CALAMITY OF SNAKES.
        • Connections
          Edited into The Serpent Warriors (1987)

        User reviews13

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        Most gruesome snake-horror film ever !!!

        It's very difficult to get a good copy of this film - and if you can get hold of one, the tape is most often only in Cantonese language.

        During the construction of luxury apartment buildings a huge nest of thousands of snakes is discovered. Francis Chang (the boss) refuses to delay the construction and orders to kill all the animals. He is repeated warned by his wife, who had some nightmares concerning him and the snakes. They do not manage to kill all snakes and so they take revenge on the construction workers and Francis Chang. Soon thousands of killer snakes under the lead of a giant Boa invades the building an kill all the new inhabitants. Even a snake master can't stop them.

        The bad thing about this trash-film is, that they kill and burn the snakes for real ... (unfortunately NO Special-FX)! On the other side the scenes with thousands of real snakes are extremely impressive. you will never forget this images and will always be happy not to be a Chinese actor in this film. A film from the days when they did not spoil everything with cheap CGI-effects.

        If you like more of this strange killer-animals-horror films from Hong Kong check also "Lewd Lizard", "Killer Snakes" (DVD), "Centipede Horror" (DVD)and "Sucubare"

        Part of this film was used for a strange US-production called "Serpent Warriors" aka "Snake Inferno" (1985) "directed" by John Howard.
        • haimoff
        • Aug 9, 2004
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        • Release date
          • June 26, 1982 (Taiwan)
        • Countries of origin
          • Taiwan
          • Hong Kong
        • Language
          • Mandarin
        • Also known as
          • 人蛇大戰
        • Filming locations
          • Taiwan
        • Production companies
          • Chi He Film Company
          • Kee Woo Film (H.K.)Co.
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 26 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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