#22 - The Snake Woman (1961)
(dir. Sidney J. Furie)
A scientist researching snake venom performs experiments upon his pregnant wife, injecting her with different kinds of poisonous venom to heal her "sick mind". Turns out this was not such a great idea. When her child is born, it is cold-blooded. A local crazy woman claims that the baby is evil, and that the town is cursed. Twenty years later, an officer from Scotland Yard is sent to this same village to investigate a series of suspicious deaths, all seemingly from venomous snake bites.
This is a pretty fun b-movie. It is quite short at only 68 minutes, and without any filler to pad the running time the plot moves along at a good pace. The black and white cinematography is pretty good for this sort of low-budget film, and the acting is decent all around too. It isn't really scary at all, or even particularly tense, but it is a fun supernatural mystery that isn't too far off from the style of a Hammer film from this era.
Not essential viewing by any stretch, but if you like classic British horror than there is a lot to like here.
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