Cobra Woman is near the top of the list of camp classics. Ed polish calls it an "extraordinary nutball Hollywood Technicolor fantasy. Dramatically challenged Maria Montez, in her definitive performance, stars in a dual role as good and evil twins fighting over the queendom of an exotic, kitsch South Seas island." In addition to the wealth of clichés and great costumes, the movie boasts the inimitable Lon Chaney, Jr.