Long a fan favorite for its imaginative fight sequences, this film tells about a dying master of the Venoms House who sends his remaining disciple to bring to justice the young man’s five predecessors, now dispersed and fallen into ignominious criminality. The elder Venoms quintet, however, possesses formidable skills, each in a distinctive fighting style: scorpion, snake, centipede, gecko, and toad. 1978, Hong Kong, color, 35mm, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 97 minutes.

Long a fan favorite for its imaginative fight sequences, this film tells about a dying master of the Venoms House who sends his remaining disciple to bring to justice the young man’s five predecessors, now dispersed and fallen into ignominious criminality. The elder Venoms quintet, however, possesses formidable skills, each in a distinctive fighting style: scorpion, snake, centipede, gecko, and toad. 1978, Hong Kong, color, 35mm, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 97 minutes.