
Freaks(1932)
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.


A young man who has been beaten, abused, humiliated and laughed at all his life finds that he has an unusual empathy with snakes. He can talk to them and they understand him, and eventually he finds that he can get them to do his bidding. He decides to use his newfound friends to take his revenge on everyone who ever did him wrong.

Kam Kwok-Leung
Chi Hung

Maggie Lee
Xiao Chuan

Richard Chan Chun
Hu Bao Chun

Helen Ko Ti-Hua
Zhang Jinyan

Chow Gat
Zhou Fucheng

Lam Fung
Zhong

Terry Lau Wai-Yue
Fang Fang

Wong Ching-Ho
Barber

Li Min-Lang
Jinyan's Thug

Hao Li-Jen
Xiao Chuan's Father
The Killer Snakes is a horror, drama film released in 1974 exploring themes of revenge. Directed by Kuei Chih-Hung, it stars Kam Kwok-Leung, Maggie Lee, Richard Chan Chun. A young man who has been beaten, abused, humiliated and laughed at all his life finds that he has an unusual empathy with snakes. He can talk to them and they understand him, and eventually he finds that he can get them to do his bidding. He decides to use his newfound friends to take his revenge on everyone who ever did him wrong.
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