Movie Information
Overall Rank: 26235
Average Rating: 1.9/4
# of Ratings: 24
Theatrical Release Date: 10/21/1988
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi, Sammi Davis, Stratford Johns
Plot: A Scottish archaeologist, Angus Flint, uncovers a strange skull at the site of an old convent. Later, at a village party, he is introduced to Lord James D'Ampton, who has just inherited a plot of land. He learns of an old legend about the D'Ampton Worm, a huge dragon-snake that was purported to be killed by D'Ampton's ancestors when he cut it in half. Over the next several days, disappearances and murders, along with the theft of the skull, leads Flint to believe the legend might not only be true - but that the creature may yet live. -- Chris Kavan
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Rating of
1.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 10/22/2024
Amanda Donohue is easily the best thing about this loopy but also kind of dopey movie. She is sexy and creepy but also knows the movie she is starring in happens to be downright silly. Director Ken Russell throws everything except the kitchen sink (probably cuz it was too heavy). It slithers from being a thriller to a comedy and then back to horror rather clumsily. I'll admit it is kind of neat to see Hugh Grant swing a giant sword to chop vampiric ladies in half or future Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi toss grenades at a giant snake.
Rating of
2.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 10/21/2024
Even though there's things I liked about it, "The Lair of the White Worm" was a confusing, frustrating sit that wasn't scary enough for me.
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