The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

Cast

Peter Capaldi
as Angus Flint
Hugh Grant
as Lord James D'Ampton
Amanda Donohoe
as Lady Sylvia Marsh
Catherine Oxenberg
as Eve Trent

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Genres & Description

Horror

5.9 / 10

Scottish archaeologist Angus Flint discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent that he is excavating. Shortly thereafter, Lady Sylvia Marsh returns to Temple House, a nearby mansion, far earlier than expected. At a party in the village, Angus meets Lord James D'Ampton, who has just inherited his family's land right next to Temple House. Angus learns of the D'Ampton Worm, a huge dragon-snake that an earlier D'Ampton killed by cutting it in half. (There's a pretty catchy rock-folk song that tells the D'Ampton Worm legend.) As people begin disappearing and acting strangely over the next few days, the skull is stolen from Angus's room, and the watch of a missing person is found in a cavern that was the legendary home of the D'Ampton worm. Angus and James discover that there was an ancient cult that worshiped the worm as a god, and they theorize that the creature somehow survived its destruction, but it was trapped inside the cavern. The remainder of the movie shows Angus, James, ...

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MB Coll

Lair and Rawhead Rex would be a good double feature. - @Tuesday, July 4, 2017 7:22 AM

xTwisted Angel

I remember watching this a few years ago, good movie but freaked me out a little. This movie is also where my HUGE crush on Hugh Grant started XD Lol. - @Saturday, September 10, 2016 6:28 AM

Tobey Starburst

Very scary movie. - @Wednesday, August 3, 2016 11:36 AM

David Christie

1:21;VAMPYREHISSINGV ENOMONCRUCIFIX;^3^'GREAT.VAMPIRELADY;GOODONYOU;VEYVETOSHINTEDTH!^8^>>>;#OMGADFLY;#DYP8>9 - @Thursday, June 16, 2016 10:48 AM

LesbianVampireLover

This film is oh so good with a great vibe and good music. And with a whole cast of lovelies including the irrepressible Sammi Davis (who gets more screen time and is even sexier in Ken Russell's "The Rainbow"). Check out the "leather scene" video on youtube. - @Wednesday, October 2, 2013 1:49 AM

LethalRath

The twelfth Doctor is in this - @Sunday, August 4, 2013 6:42 PM

movieman 1

what - @Friday, March 15, 2013 2:11 PM

Bob .Grant

Amanda is totally hot. As a teenage boy I wore out my vhs copy with her best scenes. Ah the 80s and the places to find a bit of ass. - @Tuesday, March 5, 2013 8:00 PM

Mark Stephans

Yes it was, it should be remade! - @Monday, October 8, 2012 4:13 PM

KOSMOSandTELOS

I remember seeing this when I was younger, but I could never remember the title. I was under the impression that this was a horror movie. Now seeing the trailer, I'm not sure what to think ._. - @Sunday, July 29, 2012 11:24 AM

greenbergjn

MALCOLM FUCKING TUCKER! - @Sunday, July 22, 2012 5:42 PM

MrNozza123

This looks bad enough to be good - @Wednesday, July 18, 2012 6:57 AM

Mxsmanic

The movie looks even worse than Bram Stoker's novel. - @Saturday, June 30, 2012 9:07 PM

ComedicInstincts

Probably a film Hugh Grant would like to forget about. - @Sunday, May 27, 2012 3:40 PM

BelledelaGroove

Remember when the Romans raped the nuns? - @Wednesday, May 16, 2012 5:47 AM

emberglance

Where vest meets ron. - @Friday, March 16, 2012 11:30 PM

Jimis Mpenos

ax0x0ax0a0xa0x0ax0a0xa0xa0x - @Friday, December 16, 2011 5:59 PM

arse bandit

Amanda Donohue was a graduate of the "whoops! There go my clothes!" school of acting! - @Tuesday, December 6, 2011 1:55 PM

DetroitLove4U

Odd film??? - @Monday, December 5, 2011 5:43 AM

Survive the Jive

where can ii see it? - @Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:41 AM

Heather M.

Is Vestron Pictures even still in business? - @Friday, September 16, 2011 6:43 AM

lucatme

ew, whats with the lame scottish music - @Friday, September 9, 2011 10:44 AM

Red Forman

lolz, i just bought this movie for .50 cent at the goodwill. - @Monday, August 1, 2011 11:36 PM

Ashley Paulette

You can keep Hugh Grant gimme Peter Capaldi RIGHT NOW, wanna run my hands through that thick-ass hair of his!!!! - @Saturday, July 23, 2011 10:52 AM

jj th

0:54 hahahhahahha I almost pissed myself laughing :) - @Saturday, July 2, 2011 11:57 PM

Michael Johnson

If you've got to go, death by MILF is the way to do it ;-) - @Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:52 AM

TheGodParticle

Looks kind of kinky... - @Monday, June 6, 2011 6:47 PM

mobilefreek

it might be dated but i believe Ken Russell was ahead of his time and drew on the old world that still is an embodyment of british culture and Psyche. Hats off to him! - @Friday, March 25, 2011 11:35 AM

Simon Corvax

Hugh Grant? - @Wednesday, February 23, 2011 6:56 AM

DuchessAliana

Bram Stoker: O_O Me: *facepalm* lol @ the song xD - @Saturday, February 12, 2011 7:53 AM

qwtrerry

@Clematisian well, thx. now i AM going to d/l it. thx again, CHEERS! - @Saturday, February 5, 2011 5:00 PM

Clematisian

@qwtrerry ~ Yes. There is, indeed, a humongous serpentine creature, worshipped as a god, Dionin, by Lady Marsh, the vampyress character in the tale. He needs to be fed people, hence the necessity to sacrifice to him living quarry. That's the whole significance to that ancient mosaic unearthed on the estate seen in this trailer. Cheers ~ (•8-D - @Saturday, February 5, 2011 3:48 AM

qwtrerry

@leonhunter411 they aint no vampires, theyre snake people - @Sunday, January 2, 2011 11:47 PM

dumoulin11

@qwtrerry Funny, the first time I saw this film I kept wondering if I was going to see any giant white worms, I kept waiting and waiting until nearly at the end .... But this film is all about the camp ... and good chuckle. - @Sunday, January 2, 2011 10:41 PM

horror fan

Bram Stroker story....with Hugh Grant? - @Saturday, December 25, 2010 4:26 PM

qwtrerry

is there actually a giant white worm in the movie, like the images suggest, or is it only "snake people" - @Monday, November 29, 2010 6:54 PM

hypnodance

Damn, Amanda Donohue was hot! :) - @Thursday, October 21, 2010 8:20 PM

zackhanscom

titty trailer - @Monday, March 8, 2010 3:00 AM