From the late 1960s onward, production of dramatic features was reduced in favor of martial arts features. The group of actors from the 1978 release, "Five Deadly Venoms", and the subsequent series of films—known by the name the Venom Mob—were among the most memorable. They were Lo Mang, Lu Feng, Sun Chien, Chiang Sheng, and Kuo Chui, who had been stars in the Shaw Studio for years, but did not become memorable faces until "Five Deadly Venoms". Wei Pai, who played the Snake (referred to as "Number Two" throughout the film "Five Deadly Venoms"), was also part of the "Venom Mob", which numbered over 15 actors who appeared in almost all of the "Venom" movies.