Five Deadly Venoms - 1978 (review)

 Closing out our Kung Fu-bruary series for 2019 (which was picked by you, the listeners!), tonight's movie is Five Deadly Venoms (a.k.a. The Five Venoms)!  And while I am genuinely a little sad that this series is over for now (don't worry...I'm sure we are going to discuss more kung fu movies in the future!), we are wrapping things up with another one of Chang Cheh's iconic kung fu films!  While there might actually be less fighting in Five Deadly Venoms than there was in the other films we have reviewed this month, the character driven plot and the focus on the five individual fighting styles makes each fight feel unique and draws you in closer to each of the characters!  So, join The Gargyle and The Chimerican as we discuss why we love Five Deadly Venoms as much as we do!!

Since February is both Black History Month as well as Women in Horror Month, each episode in our Kung Fu-bruary series will start with segments honoring African Americans in cinema, as well as women in horror.  For tonight's episode, we honor Eve's Bayou and Get Out in our segment on Black History Month.  For Women in Horror Month, we honor Raw and Jennifer's Body.

Also, as we've done on the last few episodes, we continue to highlight the Chattanooga Film Festival - April 11-14.  There have not been any major announcements regarding CFF since our last episode.  However, on the CFF Facebook page, they have been highlighting some CFF BFFs, including Brian Lonano (creator of BFF Girls and Gwilliam).  So, we give a shout out to some of our CFF BFFs, Graham Skipper, Matt Mercer, and Kevin Sluder!!  We love you guys and cannot thank the Chattanooga Film Festival enough for being the catalyst in our friendship!!  And, as we have mentioned before, that is one of the things that we love so much about CFF...it gives you the opportunity to meet the people involved with making the films you see at the fest, as well as getting to know other cinephiles who are just as passionate about film as you are!!

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