CALAMITY OF SNAKES: Quintessentially Demented Exploitation

Get ready for the snake version of “fuck around and find out”. Snakes are revered by the Chinese, but when one businessman’s greed surpasses the religious warnings of his friends and family, calamity ensues. Needless to say, things don’t end well for him, or anyone associated with him.

nearthed Films is bringing you one of the nastiest snake exploitation films of all time (REN SHE DA ZHAN). The film is a classic, and we also love snakes. For that reason, a percentage of all profits from CALAMITY OF SNAKES in all formats will be donated to Save the Snakes in continuation of their mission to protect snake populations around the world.

PLOT SYNOPSIS:

A developer discovers a snake pit full of thousands of deadly serpents on the construction site of a new apartment building. To avoid any construction delays, the developer brutally exterminates the snakes. Believing the problem has been solved, he allows the new tenants to move into the building. However, not all the snakes have been killed and the many survivors and their kin are out to avenge their murdered brothers and sisters. Soon, all hell breaks loose, and the building’s new tenants come under vicious attack by a squirming army of angry and vengeful serpents.

BLU-RAY BONUS MATERIALS:

• From Shaw To Snakes: The Venom And Violence Of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema
• Reptilian Recollections: Lin Kuang-Yung In Conversation With Chui-Yi Chung
• Original English Dub
• Commentary with Nathan Hamilton and Brad Slaton
• Cruelty-Free Version
• Alternate Version
• Alternate Credits
• Gallery

DVD BONUS MATERIALS:

• Original English Dub
• Commentary with Nathan Hamilton and Brad Slaton
• Cruelty-Free Version
• Gallery
• Trailers

SPECS FOR BLU-RAY AND DVD:

• CATALOG # UC 12
• ASPECT RATIO 2.35:1
• COLOR Color
• AUDIO 1.0 PCM
• YEAR 1982
• RUNNING TIME 96 Minutes
• SPOKEN LANGUAGE Cantonese, Mandarin, English
• SUBTITLES English
• NUMBER OF DISCS 1
• DVD REGION 1 / BLU-RAY REGION A
• RELEASE DATE April 25, 2022