| english title | The Five venoms |
| original title | 五毒 |
| aka | 5 Deadly Venoms |
| french title | 5 venins mortels |
| year | 1978 |
| country | Hong-Kong |
| genres | kung-fu |
| production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
Chang Cheh struck gold by dropping three Taiwanese Opera performers, a Korean kicker and a muscular Chinese in a super-heroic grand guignol thriller. The result was also known as The Five Venoms, but under any title, it is one of the most popular Shaw films in America, inspiring a soft drink commercial, and even an entire rap music act's world tour. It also spawned a highly popular movie series of high-flying, blade-juggling, flesh-stabbing mayhem featuring the same actors in new stories.
