The Snake King's Child (2001)

Original title

រឿងកូនពស់កេងកង

Directed by

Fai Sam Ang

Genre

horror film, romance film, natural horror film

Country

Cambodia

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A half-human daughter of a snake god faces tragedy and horror in a Cambodian myth-inspired story. The film follows her supernatural origins and the deadly consequences of her snake-filled head.

mythologicalmelodramaticcreepyviscerally unsettlingbizarrecampygothicfantastical

What happens

The Snake King's Child (Khmer: កូនពស់កេងកង, Koun Puoh Kengkang, also known as Snaker and Ghost Wife 2) is a 2001 Cambodian-Thai horror film directed by Fai Sam Ang, based on a Cambodian myth about the half-human daughter of a snake god. It was produced as a sequel to the 1970 movie The Snake King's Wife. It is the first full-length feature film for cinema to be produced in Cambodia since before the Khmer Rouge era. The special effect of the lead character's head being full of writhing snakes was achieved by gluing live snakes to a cap worn by the actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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