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The Lair of the White Worm. 1988 · 1 hr 34 min. R. Horror · Comedy. After a mysterious skull is unearthed near a convent, village residents start disappearing, and ...
- Ken Russell
- January 1, 1988
- 93 min
The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 supernatural comedy horror film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell, and starring Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg and Peter Capaldi.
- $1.2 million (U.S.)
- Stanislas Syrewicz
- $2 million
- Ken Russell
The Lair of the White Worm is a horror novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. It was first published by Rider and Son of London in 1911 [1] [2] – the year before Stoker's death – with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The story is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm.
- 324
- William Rider and Son Ltd (London: W. Rider)
- 1911
- Bram Stoker
The Lair of the White Worm: Directed by Ken Russell. With Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi. When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
Sep 17, 2018 · The Lair of the White Worm was the last published novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, best known for his earlier novel and stage play, Dracula. Published in 1911, Stoker died just a year later, after a series of strokes that many suspect were the result of untreated syphilis. Some have speculated that the muddled nature of the plot in The Lair ...
- Jeffrey Somers
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Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 horror comedy movie directed by Ken Russell; starring Peter Capaldi, Amanda Donohoe and a young Hugh Grant, and loosely based on a novel by Bram Stoker. The film begins with Angus Flint (Capaldi), a Scottish archaeologist, discovering a large reptilian skull in the backyard of English sisters, Mary and Eve Trent.
The Lair of the White Worm (1988) emerged during this era of British filmmaking. Directed by the acclaimed provocateur Ken Russell, the film visits contemporary Derbyshire, where a shape-shifting pagan priestess (Amanda Donohue) stalks locals to sacrifice to an ancient serpentine god who lives beneath the quiet town.
