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The Lair of the White Worm is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Ken Russell released in USA on 21 september 1988 with Hugh Grant

The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

The Lair of the White Worm
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Released in USA 21 september 1988
Length 1h33
Directed by
Genres Thriller,    Comedy,    Horror comedy,    Fantasy,    Horror
Rating59% 2.9992352.9992352.9992352.9992352.999235

The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 British horror film based loosely on the Bram Stoker novel of the same name and drawing upon the English legend of the Lambton Worm. The film was written and directed by Ken Russell and stars Amanda Donohoe and Hugh Grant.

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Angus Flint (Peter Capaldi), a Scottish archaeology student excavating the site of a convent at the Derbyshire bed and 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 tries to find 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).

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