The Snake King's Child

The Snake King's Child (កូនពស់កេងកង)
Cambodian film poster.
Directed byFai Sam Ang
Written byFai Sam Ang
Mao Samnang
Produced byThunya Nilklang
StarringWinai Kraibutr
Pich Chanbormey
Ampor Tevi
Tep Rindaro
CinematographySaray Chan
Distributed bySiam Film Development
Studio Bangkok
Release dates
  • February 2001 (2001-02) (Cambodia)
  • March 2001 (2001-03) (Thailand)
Running time
108 min
CountriesCambodia
Thailand
LanguageKhmer

The Snake King's Child (Khmer: កូនពស់កេងកង, Koun Puoh Kengkang, also known as Snaker and Ghost Wife 2) is a 2001 Cambodian-Thai horror film directed by Fai Sam Ang, based on a Cambodian myth about the half-human daughter of a snake god. It was produced as a sequel to the 1970 movie The Snake King's Wife. It is the first full-length feature film for cinema to be produced in Cambodia since before the Khmer Rouge era.[1] The special effect of the lead character's head being full of writhing snakes was achieved by gluing live snakes to a cap worn by the actress.[2]

  1. ^ Johnson, Kay (2001-02-12). "Medusa on the Mekong". Time Asia. Vol. 157, no. 6. Archived from the original on 2001-04-17. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  2. ^ "Snaker: Ghost Wife 2 (aka: The Snake King's Child, Kuon Puos Keng Kang)". DVD Asian. Archived from the original on June 5, 2002. Retrieved 2007-07-15.