1/1/2023 0 Comments Lair of the white worml movie![]() ![]() Unique ideas, but it's better than your standard cheese fest. Perhaps even more so than the film's climax that is a smorgasbord of They're definitely going to make an imprint in your mind, Of the characters are terrifying and filmed with a fever dream like The dreams and visions experienced by a few To find in the English countryside such as isolated homes, empty fields,Īnd ancient caverns, the encounters with the remnants of an ancientĬult are fast and frantic. While the film takes place in the remote locales one might expect Of this film: captivating, unusual, and somewhat tongue in cheek, while She's perhaps the best representative of the tone While Lady Marsh exhibits incredibly oddīehavior she also manages to to be incredibly captivating, stealingĮvery scene she's in. ![]() #LAIR OF THE WHITE WORML MOVIE MOVIE#There are no weaknesses in the quite likeableĬast, but the movie is really driven by the seductive eccentricity ofĭonahue's Lady Slyvia Marsh. Quite well put together and nicely layers a few perplexing mysteriesĭuring its first act. Lair of the White Worm isĪ really strange film, but it's definitely not a schlocky film. This movie has a tone that waivers a bit, but I think it works. Is there more of aĬonnection between the past and present than anyone expects? Resides in a nearby manor called Temple House. Into the strangely enchanting Lady Sylvia Marsh (Amanda Donahue) who The nuns of the ancient convent being destroyed by snakes, and aīelonging of the the sisters' parents, who have been missing for a year, That the skull soon disappears, Eve starts having terrifying visions of James is quite interested in the skull that Angus has found. ![]() Purported to have slain a giant "wyrm" in the nearby cavern system, Lord Hosting him at the bed and breakfast, Eve and Mary (Catherine OxenbergĪnd Sammi Davis), to attend a party thrown by local aristocrat Lord Takes the night off to venture into town with the sisters who are During his work, he finds a giant serpent like On the property of an old bed and breakfast in the DerbyshireĬountryside, Scottish archaeology student Angus Flint (Peter Capaldi) isĮxcavating the ruins of an old convent that was built atop even moreĪncient pagan ruins. You're looking for your daily dose of bizarre hallucinations, nakedīlue snake women, and Hugh Grant, The Lair of the White Worm might just With its tale of a long dormant ancient pagan cult terrorizing a sleepy British town, the movie does feel like an amalgam of Doctor Who, The Wicker Man, and an H.P. Who played the Doctor briefly in the Red Nose Day parody special Doctor Who and the Curse of the Fatal Death. It also stars Peter Capaldi, the current 12th Doctor, and Hugh Grant, Filled with trippy visions,Ĭreepy old caverns, and seductive snake women, The Lair of the White Worm is both crazy and clever enough to remind me of some of the wildest Doctor Who episodes. Set in the quiet countryside of Derbyshire, England, theįilm tells a tale of ancient pagan cult thought long dead returning toĬause havoc in the lives of the locals. The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 British horror film directed by Ken Russell ( Tommy, Altered States) looselyĪdapted from Bram Stoker's 1911 novel that revolves around anĪrchaeologist excavating the site of an old convent that seems to haveīeen built atop of a temple dedicated to the worship of some ancient Upon this little gem: The Lair of the White Worm. ![]() Midst of all of this I knew that I just wanted to lay back and watch aĬrazy horror movie on Netflix, so I flipped through until I stumbled I wasįeeling awful chills, sore throat, and a fever of 102 degrees. I originally wrote this review for ThEpic Review in February of 2016. ![]()
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