Meet Cobra Woman 1972, not looking "for da Cobra jewel", but facing eternal life after being bitten by the deadly firebrand snake, a supposedly extinct relative of the cobra. She's Marlene Clark, a pretty nurse whose power over the snake can bring back life yet take it away to keep her youthful and eternal. Along comes Joy Bang, a student researching rare serpents, and her venture into the Philippines jungle results in an adventure she didn't count on, especially when she encounters the hopeful immortal Clark.
Bang threatens her immortality by preventing her continued supply of venom by keeping her immortal which sets Clark and her boyfriend Roger Garrett (whom Clark has bewitched into doing her biding) on a journey to retrieve a bottle of venom which Bang took to experiment with. This leads to bizarre twists that takes this down paths that the writers of "Cobra Woman" could never dream of and into camp lover's heaven.
This outlandish mix of tropical adveture and horror is a delightfully fun if proposterous film more memorable for its wild sets and wacky minor characters (including an obvious half wit mumbling a bunch of uninteligeable nonsense while hopping around with Page's feathered hat. The colorful sets and weird situations add to how delightfully fun this is to watch, not really memorable for its acting but the presence of the gorgeous Clark is unforgettable. She is definitely influenced by the Cleopatra legend in her characterization, and is the highlight of the film's weird characters.
Bang threatens her immortality by preventing her continued supply of venom by keeping her immortal which sets Clark and her boyfriend Roger Garrett (whom Clark has bewitched into doing her biding) on a journey to retrieve a bottle of venom which Bang took to experiment with. This leads to bizarre twists that takes this down paths that the writers of "Cobra Woman" could never dream of and into camp lover's heaven.
This outlandish mix of tropical adveture and horror is a delightfully fun if proposterous film more memorable for its wild sets and wacky minor characters (including an obvious half wit mumbling a bunch of uninteligeable nonsense while hopping around with Page's feathered hat. The colorful sets and weird situations add to how delightfully fun this is to watch, not really memorable for its acting but the presence of the gorgeous Clark is unforgettable. She is definitely influenced by the Cleopatra legend in her characterization, and is the highlight of the film's weird characters.