The Lair of the White Worm
Monday, January 2nd, 2012 4:07:14 by Taha Habib
The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 film based loosely on the novel by Bram Stoker of the same name and drawing upon the English myth of the Lambton Worm. The film was written and directed by Ken Russell and stars Amanda Donohoe and Hugh Grant.
Angus Flint (Peter Capaldi), a Scottish archaeology student excavating the site of convent, at the Derbyshire Bed & Breakfast run by the Trent sisters, Mary (Sammi Davis) and Eve (Catherine Oxenberg), unearths an unusual skull which appears to be that of
a large snake.
He ties the find to the local legend of the d’Ampton "worm", a mythical snake slain in Stonerich Cavern by John d’Ampton, the ancestor of current Lord of the Manor, James d’Ampton (Hugh Grant).
When the watch of the Trent sisters’ father, who disappeared a year ago near Temple House, the stately home of Lady Sylvia Marsh (Amanda Donohoe), is found miles away in Stonerich Cavern, James thinks the legendary creature may have survived and still be
alive deep beneath the cavern.
The enigmatic Lady Sylvia is the immortal priestess to the snake god Dionin, which, as James suspected, still exists in the caves beneath her house which connect with Stonerich Cavern. She steals the skull and later abducts Eve to be the latest sacrificial
offering to her god, but her actions are discovered and James with the help of Angus manages to rescue Eve and destroy both Sylvia and the worm, but both are unfortunately contaminated, and so will be carrying on the snakelike vampiric condition.
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Posted by Taha Habib
on Jan 2 2012. Filed under Entertainment.
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