The Serpent Warriors

The Serpent Warriors
Directed by	John Howard Niels Rasmussen
Written by	Martin Wise
Produced by	Frank Wong Philip Marcus
Starring	Clint Walker Eartha Kitt Christopher Mitchum Anne Lockhart Kathleen Lu Yuen Kao Anita Merritt
Cinematography	Greg von Berblinger
Edited by	Wolfgang Niell Dwight Rasmussen
Music by	John Sanders Bruce Tambling
Production company	Eastern Media Group
Distributed by	Embassy Pictures Cinema International Corporation
Release date	March 1987 (1987-03)
Running time	89 min
Countries	United States Hong Kong
Language	English

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

1. "The Serpent Warriors". British Film Institute . London: BFI National Archive. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
2. "Serpent Warriors, The". OFDb.de (in German). United States: Amazon . Retrieved September 11, 2019.
3. Foguel 2019, p. 85.
4. Weldon 1996, p. 492.
5. 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.