Directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. who co-wrote it with Janne Furch, this krimi is based on The Yellow Snake by Edgar Wallace. It’s plot — prep for movies being made in 1963 not being as politcally aware as today — is about a Chinese cult taking over the world with an idol called The Golden Reptile. Fing-Su (Pinkas Braun) leads this cult and is at odds with his Western adopted brother, Clifford Lynn (Joachim Fuchsberger), who comes tosolve the case and is to be married off to one of two arranged marriages, either to Joan (Brigitte Grothum) or Mabel (Doris Kirchner).

Snake cults, human sacrifice, yellow peril — this is less krimi than straight up Sax Rohmer. That said, it looks good and has some fun moments to spare.

This is part of the Terror In the Fog box set and has extras including a new introduction by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas and audio commentary by Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw. You can get it from MVD.