The Serpent Warriors
1987 film
- John Howard
- Niels Rasmussen
- Frank Wong
- Philip Marcus
- Clint Walker
- Eartha Kitt
- Christopher Mitchum
- Anne Lockhart
- Kathleen Lu
- Yuen Kao
- Anita Merritt
- Wolfgang Niell
- Dwight Rasmussen
- John Sanders
- Bruce Tambling
Production
company
company
Eastern Media Group
- Embassy Pictures
- Cinema International Corporation
Release date
- March 1987 (1987-03)
Running time
- United States
- Hong Kong
The Serpent Warriors (also known as The Golden Viper)[1] is a 1987 American-Hong Kong crime-horror film directed by John Howard and Niels Rasmussen starring Clint Walker, Eartha Kitt, Christopher Mitchum, Anne Lockhart, Kathleen Lu, Yuen Kao, and Anita Merritt.[2]
Plot
A zoologist is called to a construction site that has snakes that was once was the ancient site of a snake-worshiping cult.
Cast
- Clint Walker as Morgan Bates[3][4]
- Eartha Kitt as Snake Priestess[3][4]
- Christopher Mitchum as Dr. Tim Muffett[3][4]
- Anne Lockhart as Laura Chase[3][4]
- Kathleen Lu as Mrs. King
- Yuen Kao as Jason King
- Anita Merritt as Serpent Princess
Production
Filming locations
The Serpent Warriors was filmed in Nevada and Taiwan.
Reception
Critical response
Paul Freitag-Fey of the Daily Grindhouse wrote in his review: "In other words, Serpent Warriors is exactly the mess of a movie that you’d expect from a film created by three different sources each with their own plot and characters." He could not figure out how Eartha Kitt was cast in the film as "it’s a bit puzzling that her film career was so… varied."[5]
References
Citations
- ^ "The Serpent Warriors". British Film Institute. London: BFI National Archive. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "Serpent Warriors, The". OFDb.de (in German). United States: Amazon. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Foguel 2019, p. 85.
- ^ a b c d Weldon 1996, p. 492.
- ^ Freitag-Fey, Paul (March 14, 2017). "[WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES WEEK] THE SERPENT WARRIORS (1985)". Daily Grindhouse. Salem, Oregon. Century Seven Designs. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
Sources
- Foguel, Israel (2019). Cheyenne Walker [Clint Walker] (in Portuguese). Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil: Clube de Autores. p. 85. ISBN 978-8593232442.
- Weldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film. New York City: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 492. ISBN 978-0312131494.
External links
- The Serpent Warriors at IMDb
- The Serpent Warriors at Daily Grindhouse.
