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Lair of the White Worm (1988)
Info:
- Release Date: October 21, 1988
- Creators: Ken Russell (director), Ken Russell (writer)
- Genre: Sleazy Fantasy
- Rating: ★★★★☆
Plot:
- Strange things happen in a small village when an archaeologist digs up ruins of a former snake-cult that predates Christianity; people start spewing venom and offering sacrifices to the great worm that lives under the earth. Originally taken from a Bram Stoker short story, natch.
Notes:
- Lady Sylvia Marsh killing a hitchhiker by inviting him into her hot tub and injecting paralyzing venom to his penis
- Hugh Grant, back in the early days, as a delightfully spoiled nobleman
- Marsh with a strap-on phallic horn and the immensely cheesy large worm that tries to eat Eve
- The villagers becoming snake-beings and spitting venom
- "We stayed up all night....dancing!"
Cast:
- Amanda Donohoe as Lady Sylvia Marsh
- Hugh Grant as Lord D'Ampton
- Peter Capaldi as Angus
- Catherine Oxenberg as Eve
- Sammi Davis as Mary
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