there no romance or other side plot to this movie and it action and intrigue all the way and make it a real man kung fu movie . an age master dispatch his last disciple yan tieh to stop his five former pupil who style represent five venomous animal centipede and snake and scorpion and lizard and the toad . despite the word venom in the title and none of these pupil us venom to kill their opponent . yan tieh tell by his teacher that he no match for the five former pupil and must find one he can form an alliance with to defeat the other four . how yan tieh and the others find each other be the intrigue to the story and with good kung fu action spread out throughout the story . recognize a a cult classic and this movie have already establish itself in the annals of kung fu action movie . it know well enough that other movie make reference to the five style depict in this story . it no artistic masterpiece and with the usual bad dubbing and and corny acting and but the movie be one of the best of it kind and because it so focus on the all the ingredient of kung fu action movie of it time and and give an extra concentrate dose of them . one movie you must watch if you be a kung fu movie fan .