This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Good idea lost in the noise

Expected more

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I give this a rating completely above bomb, simply because it is often hysterical and because of that opening shot of the world map that looks into a non-existent island where this supposedly takes place. A narration of the world's cults and odd customs prepares the viewer for 90 minutes of oddities, from the cackling dwarf overseeing voodoo rituals to the sudden attacks on men by presumably cannibalistic women on unsuspecting men as a part of their snake worshiping rituals. Toss in Boris Karloff as the presumably head of the cult (whose evil looking daughter is seen performing some of the rituals) and you've got the recipe for one of the most laughably bad foreign horror movies ever made.It's obvious to me that this is part of the legion of dozens of bad horror films influenced by Mario Bava's huge success, "Black Sunday", something that even he was never able to top. Certainly the atmospheric settings and sinister looking special effects and bloody photography do have all the elements that make for a visually pleasing ghoul fest. But the cast is truly wretched, and Karloff (dead nearly two years when this got released) seems tired and uninterested. There's no one among the women in the cast who comes even close to capturing the sinister magic that Barbara Steele provided in even the worst of her films. I have read reports that it us not Karloff's voice in the dubbed print, but it certainly sounded like him to me.

Yes, a slow, dead movie. The makers of this film messed up storytelling so bad, I can't even articulate what actually happened in it. I remember a weird laughing midget, I remember life-lasting dancing scenes with snakes, I remember old Boris Karloff mumbling something, I recall long staring shots, but not much anything in between. Some moments are visually quite pleasing, but damn, there's no point to anything. I have no idea who the characters are, what they want and why they want it. But I don't care about finding out any of that, because the character work and the long sleep-inducing shots of some rednecks trying to score with the stiff "zombie" women just paralyze me mentally.The idea of a voodoo zombie cult is awesome, but I don't know how they managed to go this dull with it. The zombies look like normal people just with a faint blue skin tone, and they're not creepy at all. Is Snake People supposed to be a horror movie? It sure as hell makes no effort trying to shock or creep you out in any way.I'm not against slow horror movies, as long as they have a good atmosphere and an interesting story. This film has nothing. Looking at a dead body is more vivid than watching this movie. I propose watching a better voodoo zombie movie, like "Plague of the Zombie" by Hammer.

This film is also known by it's shorter name "Snake People". This is not what you would call a good film... but it's not completely horrible - it's so-so.We have Boris Karloff as Carl van Molder / Damballah a man that owns over half of the island and studies parapsychology. He is a firm believer in leaving the island natives to their ways - but there is a deeper reason for this.We have voodoo cultist killing people, a beautiful voodoo priestess and zombies. If this sounds appealing to you and you like older low-budget horror movies then you might like this film. This is not one of those "must see for horror fans" films but rather for those that like some of the older trash horror films.This is a good film to have for Boris Karloff fans - it's one of his last films.4/10

This film's only distinction is that it's one of several quickie appearances Boris Karloff made in some ultra-low budget Mexican films shortly before he died. The funny thing is that several of the films sat around and were released several years after his death--this one coming out three years later! Why Karloff did this, I have not idea--I assume he really needed the money as none of them were very good and several were downright embarrassing. It was sad epilogue to the fine actor's career.This film is about voodoo, magic, witchcraft, zombies and the like. It's set on a crappy little isolated tropical island where Karloff is the boss-man. A new police chief sent from the mainland has arrived and tries to both organize the lazy police force and stamp out the evil cult. I liked when you first see Karloff, as he's dressed in Colonel Sanders' outfit--and I half expected to see him carrying about a bucket of chicken! Instead, however, he has the obligatory mad scientist lab where he conducts experiments on psychic powers.It's actually pretty odd how long it takes for anything to actually happen on this godforsaken island. Heck, you don't even meet Karloff's character until about 20 minutes into the film. Much of the time, you see bits and pieces of various pagan ceremonies--many of which feature a very curvaceous woman gyrating and a groovy little midget with cool shades and a flower painted on his head (the guy has real style) running about doing...well...I dunno...nor, apparently, did the film makers. And, as you watch the film you notice this is true of just about everyone--there really isn't much of a plot and it's just a long series of freaky vignettes like you'd see in an old fashioned spook house--not really a comprehensible film. And, unless you are a die-hard Karloff fan, this is definitely one to skip--heck, it's not even of much value to a bad movie buff.