Ranked #11 in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time."
The role of the Snake was originally intended for a woman.
The music used during the film's first fight scene was also used in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).
Although promoted under the title "The Five Deadly Venoms," some English dubbed prints of the film shown in the U.S. are actually titled simply "Five Venoms."
Included among the films in the book "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.