Snake Club: Revenge of the Snake Woman (2013)
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Based on the Far Eastern myth of the snake woman who is able to take on human form.
An aged snake turns to a beautiful woman after the devil's order, and tempts a young Buddhist monk. The two marries, and gives birth to a son. The snake tries to kill her husband to obey the devil's order, but she can't because of the love she built with the man. The devil turns the snake into a stone. But with the help of a Buddha, she turns back to a human, living happily after with the monk.
The Snake Queen returns in this bizarre horror fantasy. In this sequel to "Nyi Blorong" (1982 aka "The Snake Queen") Brian, a man who believes that money and power will win over the love of his girlfriend. While fleeing through the woods (after attempting rape his now-ex-girlfriend) he stumbles upon the Snake Queen who promises him great wealth if he does her bidding.
A Victorian Scotland Yarder charms a doctor's daughter prone to be a cobra.
One night in Taipei, a female factory worker is killed on her way home. Koh Kang-young, the lead detective, concludes that she was killed by a poisonous snake from the bite marks left on the victim's neck. Reporter Lee Ok-jung rebuts his theory in her article. Through this incident, Detective Koh and Ok-jung meet frequently and they become friends. Afterwards, two more women are killed in the same manner. It is revealed that Ok-jung can't account for her whereabouts for each murder. When another murder is committed, Detective Koh finds out the truth about Ok-jung. When Ok-jung was three, a unique snake bit her. Therefore, she kills people by biting them like a poisonous snake.
Shurannosuke Sakaki is a masterless samurai with a razor-sharp katana and a cold-hearted personality. Whenever you see the mark of two crossed scythes on his back, death is sure to follow. Because of his exceptional swordsmanship, Shurannosuke is hired by the Nakura Clan to rescue Princess Mayu from the Seki Ninja. In this mission, he must use his full potential to survive the Seki Ninja's notorious henchmen.
A women is born with the power to control snakes. She uses these powers to get seek revenge on the villagers who killed her parents along with the help of a local gang. In a side plot a Chinese Kong Fu master and doctor gets mixed up line of terror and death.
While transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a group of servants and onlookers suddenly come upon an apparition of a ghostly white-draped female figure floating down to the ground. As she turns to face the crowd, the woman reveals the disfigured right side of her face. As the procession stands in utter horror, the ghost then takes flight again and down a side street. After the shock wears off, the bride is checked on and everyone is safe in the group. Once the wedding party finally arrives at the groom's home, they apologize for the delay... and proceed to open the kago, only to realize that the bride-to-be is now missing... and all that's left in the carriage is a single white snake slithering about.
Yong-nyeo, who was sacrificed for love and had lost her life, is reincarnated as a snake and takes the form of a woman. She seduces Ji-eon, the son-in-law of Aristocrat Shin, a man of power. They fall deeply in love and spend the night together. Meanwhile, Shin, who had caused Yong-nyeo's death is haunted by strange accidents. Shin is eventually killed by Yong-nyeo. Yong-nyeo, with the karma of having killed, cannot stay in this world and leaves for the other together with her love Ji-eon.
After young Midori loses her parents, she takes refuge in a freak show with living mummies, human torsos, and sexual degenerates. She is beaten, raped, and exposed to hideous displays of exhibitionism and cruelty. Her savior is Mr. Arashi, a dwarf who imprisons himself in bottles and escapes confinement like a vapor.
A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other.
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A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.
There is a new criminal mastermind at large--Professor Moriarty--and not only is he Holmesâ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
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