Thursday, January 10, 2008

DVD Review: The Killer Snakes

The Killer Snakes DVDThe Killer Snakes (1974)
Directed by Kwei Chih-Hung
Produced by Runme Shaw
Written by Ni Kuang
Starring Kam Kwok-Leung, Maggie Lee, Chan Chun, Got Dik-Wa, Chow Gat
Available Dec. 4, 2007


Poor Zhihong has spent his entire life being beat up and humiliated, and now lives in squalor in one of Hong Kong's rundown neighborhoods. His only true friend is Xiujuan, a young woman who runs a street vendor stall. Zhihong is too shy to ask her out, and unbeknownst to him, she is equally too shy to ask him out. One night, a wounded snake from a delicacy restaurant next door, slithers into Zhihong's apartment. Zhihong nurses the snake back to health, and realizes that he has an almost telepathic connection to the snake. He soon rescues more snakes from certain death in the restaurant, and builds up an army of reptilian friends to confide in...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

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