Calamity of Snakes
1982 Taiwanese-Hong Kong film by Chi Chang
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Calamity of Snakes (人蛇大战; Ren she da zhan) is a 1982 horror film directed by Chi Chang (also known as William Cheung Kei). An international co-production of Taiwan and Hong Kong, the film concerns the residents of a newly built apartment building being attacked by thousands of vengeful snakes, which seek retribution for the killing and displacement of multitudes of snakes at the site of the building's construction.
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| Traditional Chinese | 人蛇大戰 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 人蛇大战 | ||||||
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| Directed by | Chi Chang | ||||||
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Running time | 96 minutes | ||||||
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Rather than utilizing special effects to depict violence against snakes, Calamity of Snakes features genuine footage of snakes being mutilated and killed, including being burned alive.[1]
Censorship
The film was banned in British Columbia, Canada, by the British Columbia Film Classification Branch in 1982.[2]
Reception
In 2023, Jeffrey Kauffman of Blu-ray.com called the film "a completely gonzo outing that has a few scattered moments of humor which are probably completely undercut (no pun intended) by the absolutely horrifying footage of snakes being killed in various ways."[3]