Attack of the Joyful Goddess (Cheng Cheh)

[Hermeskungfu]

I just got this film as Attack of the Venoms on a double bill with Men on the Hour from Kung Fu Theatre. One of Cheng Cheh's last films (1983) and not made at Shaw's though he had Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng and Chin Tien Shi in it - with Robert Tai doing the action. To say it is pretty weird is an understatement but when I was researching it I came across:

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/chang.html

and a good filmography (though not complete)

http://changcheh.0catch.com/chchfilm.htm

of this great director.

These seem worth recording here, apologies if they are already well known.

[will91XingYu]

Yhe this film is realy wierd! I really liked Ricky Cheng in it and Lee Chung Yat was a good find of Chang Cheh but was only in about 3 films. The end fight is pretty good but it could have been scarier i though, is it a lot like 9 Demons?

[Hermeskungfu]

Just a quick further note. When I posted the final fight on YouTube I had several comments along the lines of WTF is going on. I notice Mark here has a good review but just to point people towards:

http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/cinema/review/archives/attack_of_the_joyful_goddess.php

which explains a lot of the background / mythology involved. By the way my copy was actually called Attack of the Venoms, a stupidly exploitative title not even listed on IMDBG.