Isle of the Snake People (1971)

Original title

La muerte viviente

Directed by

Juan Ibáñez Díez-Gutiérrez, Jack Hill

Genre

horror film, zombie film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

3.1 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious island is controlled by a cult that uses snakes and voodoo to create zombies. A young woman investigates the local snake worshippers and the strange deaths on the island.

low-budgetdatedpulpycreepyslowspookycampy

What happens

Snake People a.k.a. La muerte viviente and Isle of the Snake People, is a 1971 Mexican horror film directed by Juan Ibáñez and starring Boris Karloff and Julissa. It was filmed in May 1968, but was only released theatrically in March 1971, 2 years after Karloff had died. Snake People is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Enrique Vergara. The others are Fear Chamber, The Incredible Invasion, and House of Evil. Karloff's scenes for all four films were directed by Jack Hill in Los Angeles in the spring of 1968. The films were then completed in Mexico. The film was produced by Juan Ibáñez for Azteca Films. The film was released as La muerte viviente [The Living Dead] in Mexico and in the United States in Spanish-language theatres only. It was eventually dubbed in English but received little theatrical distribution, and was then released direct to U.S. television in 1971 as Isle of the Snake People. The film is also known as Cult of the Dead (in Hungary) and Snake People (in the United Kingdom). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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