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Lair of the White Worm
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by Live / Artisan
Sales Rank: 13749
Price: $9.98
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Wittily updated from one of <I>Dracula</I> author Bram Stoker's lesser-known horror novels, <I>The Lair of the White Worm</I> is a camp classic that only Ken Russell could have delivered. It's got all the perversity one expects from the bombastic director of <I>Tommy</I> and <I>Altered States</I>: sensible plotting, intelligent dialogue laced with double entendre, graphic imagery with Boschian intensity, and a mischievous disregard for good taste and decorum. In other words, it's heretically hilarious, especially when skeptical Lord D'Ampton (fresh-faced Hugh Grant, in one of his earliest films) begins to suspect that seductive neighbor Sylvia (Amanda Donohoe, game for anything) is connected to the local legend of a monstrous serpent that feeds on sacrificial virgins. Evidence mounts with the help of a local archaeologist (Peter Capaldi) and two endangered sisters (Catherine Oxenberg, Sammi Davis), and Russell infuses Stoker's grisly plot with his inimitable brand of blasphemy, including a gouged eyeball, a venom-splattered crucifix, Roman soldiers raping nuns (in a delirious hallucination sequence), and some of the funniest one-liners since <I>Young Frankenstein</I>. Prudes beware; everyone else…enjoy! <I>--Jeff Shannon</I>
Viewer Reviews
What if Monty Python made a vampire movie ?
That would make a good tag line to describe this film.
And while our baddie is not a vampire, but rather a
snake goddess, a snake goddess with really big fangs,
you get the idea.
Hugh Grant, early in his career plays a hair-brained
dare-do-all. Catherine Oxenberg is his dumb,
blond bombshell girlfriend (apologies to Ms.
Oxenberg). And some awesome british character
actors fill out the entourage.
And how does one go about fighting a snake goddess ?
Why with Hindu snake charmer music blasting from the
castle walls over loud speakers and an angry little
snake-hating mongoose of course!
This is not your typical Horror movie with axe and
chainsaw weilding psychopaths. But rather evil in the
disguise of shiney latex bodysuits, 6-inch stilettos
and black lace garter belts.
Filmed on location in merry old England amidst dreary
dairy farms and haunted castles our director
expertly assembles his cast of good guys and a really
bad, bad girl, played with a mesmerizing performance
by Amanda Donahoe. Remember her as Jim
Carrey's boss in Liar Liar ?
And lets not forget the eerie and sexy soundtrack
laced with synthisers and sexy saxaphone. And oh yes, the
occasional bagpipes! And a rousing song about the
dread Dampton worm by the local village rock band is very
entertaining.
Miss Donahoe steals the show from Mr. Grant and Ms.
Oxenberg. In one scene she literally slithers across
the stage thanks to some tricky camera work by
director Ken Russell.
And believe me Mr. Russell is full of tricks in this
Infernal Parade of Mischievous Mayhem. Half the
time instead of trying to scare you to death, the
director is out to make you laugh to death, and then gasp to
death at all the crazy chaos he delivers with dry
british humor making this a one of a kind romp.
Not for the faint of heart, the easily offended, the
traditional teen movie slasher fan or probably anyone
else for that matter !!!
You will either hate this film or be really, really
embarressed to tell your friends how much you love
this Masterpiece of Camp.Lair of the White Worm
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