TMT Presents: Five Nights Of Halloween - Night Four
Fri, October 30, 2009 I can't believe we've mad it this far. Welcome to the fourth night of our "Five Nights of Halloween". So far we've watched "Slaughter High", "Christina's House", and "Don't Look In The Basement". Tonight we're going to treat ourselves to a horror film that comes straight from the mind of Bram Stoker.
The Lair Of The White Worm
The film is set in England where an archeology student is excavating at a local bed and breakfast which is run by two healthy looking sisters. The archeology student finds a skull that seems to be that of a giant snake. After showing his find he is informed that it might have something to do with the legend involving a worm, a giant one of course. Supposedly the snake was slain many years ago by an ancestor of Jame's d'Ampton. Guess who is playing James d'Ampton, none other than Hugh Grant.
Hugh Grant wouldn't be the first well known actor to make an appearance in a really low budget and badly written horror movie. Johnny Depp got his start in "A Nightmare On Elm Street", Kevin Bacon got bungled in "Friday The 13th", and Jennifer Anniston ran around and screamed in "The Leprechaun". The difference being that although Depp or Bacon didn't really help make the films good, "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday The 13th" are both classics while "The Lair of The White Worm" is not even close but it is certainly "So Bad, It's Good." So if you want to see a giant white worm, Hugh Grant, and a scantily clad woman with fangs, this is the movie for you.
Reader Comments (2)
Interesting....you mention Hugh Grant left and right but not one mention of Amanda Donahoe! Come on, Peter! SHE made the movie NOT Hugh boring as hell Grant. When one thinks of this Ken Russell flick (from 'the mind of Bram Stoker' is only one part of the equasion) if they remember nothing else, it is either Amanda Donahoe's leather, Amanda Donahoe's snake fangs, Amanda's bosoms, Amanda spitting on a cruicifix, and crucified dudes with codpieces. I know I sound a little passionate and I do have in my possession an original VESTRON one sheet, but I actually found the film uneven, hokey and it did rattle my Judeo-Christian upbringing just a tad. But I still love the poster (for art's sake), still love Ms. Donahoe, and if anyone talks about Lair and hardly mentions the main reason for the film's place in cinema let alone Ken Russell should stick thier heads in the sand.
Follow up: it hurts even more when you throw up a still of her snake fangs and not one word about her.