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From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema(2023)

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.

Cast & crew

CAST & CREW
DirectorNaomi Holwill

Cast

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

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