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 Rated 5 out of 5!
LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM
Based on a novel by Bram Stoker. Stars Hugh Grant, and the lovely Amanda Donohoe.
It’’s pretty "campy" which I usually don’’t like, but I DO like this movie.Hugh Grant plays James D’’Ampton, who returns to his ancestral castle in the English countryside. James’’ distant ancestor was said to have slayed a dragon, the white worm, who supposedly dined on the flesh of young virgins. A legend that James immediately dismisses, but when a local amateur archaeologist discovers the huge skull of a reptile and what looks like a site of worship on James’’ property. It has James rethinking his original dismissal. Especially when his virginal & virtuous girlfriend, Eve, disappears. James and the young archaeologist, Angus, decide to investigate the the dark cave, rumored to be the lair of the great white worm. Living in the same small locality is the beautiful vamp Lady Sylvia Marsh, a so-called "snake watcher" Really a devotee of the snake deity. She wants to get her hands on the reptilian skull and make some "offerings" to the white worm. She really has everyone in the village entranced, but James is able to resist her. He’’s very suspicious about her activities. And acting like a snake charmer, attempts to stymie her plans. Donohoe is excellent as the sultry and dangerous Lady Sylvia . Her costumes, make-up and unique cars! are fabulous, lots of fun. :-) The film contains some dream sequences involving extreme images of followers of the white worm (who worship the snake deity) in some kind of shocking ecstatic frenzy together with some nuns, and an image of Jesus. Filled with blood, nudity, suggestive activity & some pretty big phallic shaped objects! :-).. I wasn’’t offended by this, but some overly-prudish people might be. - Rated 5 out of 5!
Surreal kink
I found this movie to be FUN to watch, several times. It has a number of actors who stared in this film before they became big names in America. There is Catherine Oxenberg in her skivies, Amanda Donohoe painted and wearing- you’’ll have to watch it to see, Hugh Grant welding a sword as Lord of the manor and having a surreal dream,Sammi Davis looking plain (Stand-Ins), and that spactacular shot of Amanda aproching the skull of the Worm- when you see it you’’ll rewind to watch it again. The movie also has a danm good song, The Dampton Worm. All round a great watch.John. - Rated 5 out of 5!
campy - cultish - keneth anger inspired - vampire erotica!
can you imagine pitching this film?...’’guys! i read this bram stoker story and i think it could make a great movie... hear me out. there’’s this giant (really really really phallic) white, snake god that likes to eat virgin, human, women... but we’’ll also have a half snake, half human, pseudo vampire villian-ess ... and then we’’ll have cute, virginal (biblically referenced) blonde, sisters.... there’’s gonna be acid-like dream sequences with weird, violent, sexual situations.... wait! where are you guys going? come back.... i haven’’t told you the best part yet!!....’’ well, however he managed to get it going... ken russell scored (again) with this movie. the tone of the whole film (not totally tongue-in-cheek, but really campy.) is over-all quite funny; there’’s disturbing, over-the-top, horrific moments in the film when you’’re not sure if you should say ’’this is SO wrong!’’ or you should burst out laughing.... trust your gut - laugh. in the end, if anything is truly unusual about the film its the presence of hugh grant.... and although he gives a perfect performance, what the heck is hugh grant doing in such a random, bizarre movie?!?! but he fits... and he pulls it off. so - watch lair of the wh
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