Believing the skull belongs to the d'Ampton Worm, a legendary snakelike creature thought to be slain by the ancestor of local landowner James d'Ampton (Hugh Grant), Angus (Peter Capaldi) soon finds himself in danger. A spate of disappearances leads him to think that the evil creature may have returned from the dead to terrorise the locals once more.

Also starring Amanda Donohoe, Catherine Oxenberg, and Sammi Davis, The Lair of the White Worm is Ken Russell at his most gloriously deranged, and that’s really saying something. Folk horror, pagan mythology, sexual decadence, surrealist imagery, pitch-black comedy… what more could you want this spooky season?

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