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Cult of the Cobra (1955) [31 Days of American Horror Review]

Looking for more classic horror reviews from Jules? Check out our “31 Days of Hammer”, “31 Days of British Horror”, and “31 Days of American Horror”, to hear his thoughts on some of the best (and worst) that the genre has to offer. Director: Francis D. Lyon Starring:  Faith Domergue, Kathleen Hughes, Richard Long, Jack Kelly, David Janssen, Marshall Thompson, Edward Platt In modern-day New York a Young Woman arrives from an exotic, far-away country and enters into a love affair with a man unaware that she is not all that she seems. That beautiful young woman is something more than human, something animalistic and deadly…she can change and when she does, people die. No, it’s not Cat People. It certainly would like to be, but Universal’s Cult Of The Cobra is a much less subtle affair. Substituting Serbia for Asia (just Asia, it’s vague and lazy. Go with it.) and snakes for panthers, it switches the curse concept from the woman to the victims, making for a more pedestrian narrative all round. It’s a well-worn idea of westerners doing something they shouldn’t in an exotic location and being picked off one by one as a result. Saying that, Cult [...]



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