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Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Michael_Elliott The Flying Serpent (1946) ** (out of 4) Archaeologist Dr. Forbes (George Zucco) discovers a thought to have been extinct serpent, which he soon trains to attack his enemies. The entire town is confused as to what the creature is but no one would suspect the kind doctor.This ultra low-budget film from P.R.C. is a remake of the Bela Lugosi film THE DEVIL BAT and sadly it doesn't reach the same level of entertainment. Now, you might attack me for calling THE DEVIL BAT a good film but I think it is. Not only is Lugosi a lot of fun in the role but the idea of a bat attack men after they put on a certain aftershave was just fun to watch.THE FLYING SERPENT isn't a bad film but at the same time it's quite pointless and never matches anything in the original film. There are two good things going for it and one of them is Zucco who has always been an under-appreciated actor. I thought he turned in a good performance here where he stays pretty straight throughout the running time. He was certainly believable in the role and brings some entertainment.The other thing that the film has going for it is the actual flying serpent. Yes, it's not the greatest looking creature but I actually enjoyed the attack scenes and I thought the creature was at least fun. As far as the problems, the story itself is very weak as is the direction, which brings no energy to the picture. At just under a hour there's really not a spec of energy to be had and this here leads to a slow picture.

kapelusznik18 ***SPOILERS*** Taking the storyline from the far better and camper movie "The Devil Bat" the movie "the Flying Serpent" doesn't anywhere measure up to it with a tired looking George Zucco playing the part of crazed archaeologist Prof. Andrew Forbes who's sitting on a pot of gold, Montazuma's Treasure, and will kill anyone who threatens to uncover it. Unlike in "The Devil Bat" where mad chemist Bela Lugosi used a bat to do his dirty work Forbes uses this turkey looking Aztec serpent named Quetzalcoatt or "Q' for short to do anyone in that he doesn't like.Using one of the bird's feathers to plant on his victims Forbes get the bird to attack and both kill and drain them, by sucking them bone dry, of their blood supply. It's mystery writer and radio host Richard Thorpe, Ralph Lewis, who's sent to solve a number of the blood sucking murders in San Juan New Mexico who falls in love with Forbes step daughter Mary, Hope Kramer, who's mother was also a victim in fact the very first of the killer bird. It soon becomes apparent to Thrope that Forbes, who hates his guts, is behind this string of murders in and around San Juan. That's by Forbes always being on the murder scenes right after they happen as well as finding one of the bird's feathers or calling cards, that Forbes planted on them, near it's victims bodies.***SPOILERS*** Finding the place where Forbes keeps the killer bird caged Thorpe plans to do a broadcast from it and expose Forbes as the man behind the mysterious killings in the area. Forbes who has developed a strong dislike of his step-daughter Mary in her sticking her nose in his business with the bird and also in danger of exposing his hidden treasure to the world. Forbes now also plans to have the bird murder her as well as the pesky Thrope in order to shut them up.The by now quickly losing it Forbes in order to keep his secret, Montezuma Treasure, and his responsibly for the bird murders plans to murder both Thrope and Lewis to keep his secret hidden by using the bird to do it. Predictable ending that's a carbon copy of the movie "The Devil Bat" where the crazed and murderous Prof. Forbes ends up getting the bird and Thorpe the girl as well as the big scoop behind the bird murders.

fwdixon This magnificent epic from the good folks at PRC features George Zucco as the mad scientist (division of archeology). Seems Zucco has discovered the lost treasure of the Aztecs and Quetzalcoatl to boot. Not wanting to share the treasure, Zucco plants a feather from Quetzalcoatl on his intended victim and than sics the flying serpent at them. Radio crime reporter Ralph Lewis is hot on the tail of the murderer and eventually finds out the truth but not before several other killings occur. This is a loose remake of PRCs 1940 Lugosi vehicle, "The Devil Bat". Despite some serious logical flaws, this is a pretty good film as far as the genre goes. The scenes with Quetzalcoatl flying are very well done and there are a couple of matte shots of real Aztec ruins that are excellent, especially so for cheapo PRC. Zucco hams it up, of course, but is suitably villainous and the rest of the cast is adequate. Only 59 minutes long! My "B" Movie Meter: 7.5*

Robert J. Maxwell I recall seeing this on television when the tube only showed depreciated B feature movies, and the only late at night, as if the stations were ashamed of their offerings. And in fact now, when I'm considerably more than ten years old, I don't find it nearly as enjoyable as I did then.There doesn't seem to have been much more than minimal effort put into any of the elements. Script, acting, direction, production design -- they're all abominable. Oh, Quetzalcoatl was a genuine Aztec figure all right, along with a dozen other gods in the pantheon that are rarely mentioned in fiction because they're not so threatening. The Aztec language has fed some words, however much filtered, into English besides the name of Quetzalcoatl. "Tomato", for instance, comes from Aztecan "tomatl." And "axolotl", a kind of giant salamander, is an Aztecan word too. (I'm throwing that in for addicts of the Times crossword puzzle.) Not to call names, though, because name calling leads nowhere. Here's a real example of what I mean. George Zucco is the resident batty archaeologist living in a small Southwestern town with his step daughter, Hope Kramer. You may be surprised to know that Montezuma buried millions of dollars in treasure in New Mexico before "moving south." They got the direction wrong. Cultural influences and presumably people moved from south to north.Well, that's not the example I wanted to give. Here's the example of little effort that I wanted to give. Zucco is sitting on top of this mountain of hidden jewels, uninterested in the money, satisfied with the knowledge that it belongs to him. As he tells his daughter, "It's mine, do you hear me? All MINE." But the legend of the treasure brings strangers who start poking around. Zucco's response is to plant one of Quetzalcoatl's feathers on the poker, let loose the Flying Serpent itself, and have the victim's throat torn out by the monster.Wait. I haven't got to that example yet. Here's that example. The first guy to get his throat torn out by Quetzalcoatl for nosing around is a bird specialist who is intrigued by one of the Flying Serpent's unusual feathers. And I could SWEAR that the character refers to himself as an "orthinologist." I am CERTAIN that he alludes to "the Rosita Stone." No, I'm afraid they didn't work very hard on the story or on the film. A sharp radio reporter and his comic side-kick assistant descend on the small town and they start poking around, a habit which, as we have seen, is a ketchy business. The New York radio station that Ralph Lewis comes from is "XOR". Now, there was, and is, a WOR in New York. But if there is an XOR anywhere, it has to be in Mexico because the allotted call signs for commercial radio stations in the US are either "W" or "K", while "X" is confined to Mexico.George Zucco's attempt to kill his daughter is foiled by the reporter and Zucco is hoist by his own petard. The entire movie is a petard.