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An evil scientist runs a veritable army of LSD-crazed zombies.An evil scientist runs a veritable army of LSD-crazed zombies.An evil scientist runs a veritable army of LSD-crazed zombies.
Carlos East
- Lt. Andrew Wilhelm
- (as Charles East)
Rafael Bertrand
- Capt. Pierre Labiche
- (as Ralph Bertrand)
Quintín Bulnes
- Klinsor
- (as Quintin Bulnes)
Julia Marichal
- Mary Ann Vandenberg
- (as July Marichael)
Quintin Miller
- Gomez
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Juan Ibáñez
- Jack Hill(US scenes)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThis film and the other three horror films that were in the same package were originally supposed to be entirely shot in Mexico City in 1968. At that time, Boris Karloff was suffering from pneumonia and only had half of one lung (both the other half and the other lung had been removed due to cancer), and his doctors had told him not to travel to Mexico City because of the thin air at its high altitude. All of Karloff's scenes for all four of these films were shot on a soundstage in Hollywood in 1968 as a result.
- Quotes
Anabella Vandenberg: Modern science has shown that alcohol is responsible for ninety-nine point two percent of all the world's sins.
- Crazy creditsIn the closing credits, Boris Karloff is billed twice, once as Damballa and then as Carl van Molder.
- Alternate versionsFor the DVD version of this film titled "Cult of the Dead", the second scene in it, the one of the zombie revival, is abridged.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 100 Years of Horror: Zombies (1996)
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Not the turkey it's made out to be. Boris Karloff, Jack Hill, zombies, voodoo snake cults, what's not to like?
In 1968 horror legend Boris Karloff was filmed and the footage was incorporated into four Mexican horror movies released in the early 1970s after his death. Now these movies are regarded by most horror buffs as being absolute turkeys, but if 'Snake People' (the only one of the four I've seen to date) is anything to go by I must disagree. Karloff looks old and ill but his handful of scenes are still worth a look. The rest of the movie is a bit illogical, but unlike the naysayers I didn't find it to be boring. Voodoo snake cults, come on, how is that boring? The most interesting thing about 'Snake People' is that it was partly directed by cult film legend Jack Hill ('Spider Baby', 'The Big Doll House', 'Coffy', 'Switchblade Sisters'). Quentin Tarantino is a massive Hill fan and calls him "the Howard Hawks of exploitation". I believe Hill shot all the Karloff scenes in California and this was mixed with Mexican footage directed by Juan Ibanez, but apart from that I have no idea whether the movies were already scripted before filming, or improvised later Roger Corman style. Anyway, the story concerns a young woman (Julissa) who visits her aged Uncle (Karloff) on a small Caribbean island. Unbeknown to her it is the home of a voodoo cult which eventually kidnaps her. But hey, the plot doesn't really matter, there are lots of zombies and snakes and a creepy dwarf in a top hat and Boris freakin' Karloff dude! To be completely honest 'Snake People' wouldn't even crack a place in my horror top 100, but you know what? I enjoyed it. Enough to watch it twice. And if I was faced with the choice of watching it a third time or sitting through the likes of 'Cabin Fever' or 'House Of 1000 Corpses' again then it's me and Boris and the snake worshippers baby!
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- Also known as
- Snake People
- Filming locations
- Santa Monica, California, USA(Studio, Karloff's scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Isle of the Snake People (1971) officially released in Canada in English?
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