The Lair of the White Worm (1988) dir. Ken Russell. Starring Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, and Peter Capaldi. A very loose adaptation of the 1911 Bram Stoker novel of the same name, which can be reductively summarized as “What if Dracula, but snakes?”.
This was a total unknown for me. Purchased the movie out of a bargain bin at Walmart based on the cover art alone. Did no research on it beyond learning it was a Stoker adaptation, and that it was a surreal horror-comedy with some psychosexual elements. Considering how much I enjoyed Coppola’s adaptation of Stoker’s more famous novel when I finally got around to watching it, that was enough to get me in the door.
In fact, I had such a good time discovering what this movie was, I’m hesitant to talk about all of the things I loved about it. So, I’ll leave it at this: if you like Coppola’s Dracula and you like Rocky Horror Picture Show, there’s a better than good chance you’ll like this. I absolutely loved it. 4.5/5
The Lair of the White Worm (1988) dir. Ken Russell. Starring Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, and Peter Capaldi. A very loose adaptation of the 1911 Bram Stoker novel of the same name, which can be reductively summarized as “What if Dracula, but snakes?”.
This was a total unknown for me. Purchased the movie out of a bargain bin at Walmart based on the cover art alone. Did no research on it beyond learning it was a Stoker adaptation, and that it was a surreal horror-comedy with some psychosexual elements. Considering how much I enjoyed Coppola’s adaptation of Stoker’s more famous novel when I finally got around to watching it, that was enough to get me in the door.
In fact, I had such a good time discovering what this movie was, I’m hesitant to talk about all of the things I loved about it. So, I’ll leave it at this: if you like Coppola’s Dracula and you like Rocky Horror Picture Show, there’s a better than good chance you’ll like this. I absolutely loved it. 4.5/5