Curse of Snakes Valley (Polish: Klątwa doliny węży) is a 1988 Polish–Soviet Estonian adventure science fiction horror film directed by Marek Piestrak.

[1] The screenplay is loosely based on the Robert Stratton short story "The Hobby of Dr. Traven", which was published by the end of 1970s in the Polish magazine Przekrój.

[2][3][4] The trio of adventurous pals, a man who is a scientist, a fine lady and a former military pilot are in the Indochina jungles, looking for some mysterious vase that holds a metal container that is of no mundane origin.

Military pilot Bernard Traven goes to a Buddhist temple while looking for water, from where he steals a precious casket.

They pay attention to the warning of "Khuman" – a mysterious danger in the Valley of a Thousand Snakes.

He learns that, according to a computer analysis, the casket consists of an Yttrium and a Lutetium alloy, which can be obtained in conditions of space.

Since the only working car was previously borrowed by Christine, the pilot and the professor decide to go on an expedition together with the journalist.

Noiret, a representative of the organization, learns that Christine informed the editors about the expedition to the Lerng Nochta monastery.

Upon reaching the monastery, the expedition promises the monks to return the manuscripts after leading them to the Valley of Might and Power.

The team enters the chamber, where they find the grave of the extraterrestrial visitor and an amphora, which, when moved, opens the water supply.

[5] Shots for the film were made at: Ho Chi Minh City Airport, Hanoi, Mỹ Sơn Temple and in Quang Nam Province.