I've never seen any of the other Fu Manchu movies in this series but this, and the other one directed by Jess Franco, have the reputation of being the 2 worst. I can't really argue with that since it took me a few attempts to get through this one. Christopher Lee plays the title role so I can assume if these movies were popular at all they would have been cancelled by now so at least that's cool. You do get some torture scenes, nudity and women get bitten on the tit by a poisonous snake giving them super-powers to kill anyone they kiss(hence the alternate title of KISS AND KILL). Sadly it's all a bit boring and too slow-paced to be very engaging. Maybe I should check out the earlier installments sometime.
Christopher Lee's Fu Manchu series:
1. THE FACE OF FU MANCHU (1965)
2. THE BRIDES OF FU MANCHU (1966)
3. THE VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU (1967)
4. THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU (1968)
5. THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU (1969)
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