LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM // Folk Horror part IV

dir: Ken Russell - 1988 - 1 hr 33 min

In a remote corner of England’s Peak District, a mysterious skull is unearthed. But even weirder is that Lady Sylvia steals the skull for use in worshiping – very erotically – her pagan god, The White Worm, who hungers for the taste of virginal flesh.

Insane in all the right ways, Ken Russell's adaptation of Bram Stoker's other novel features everything you never knew you wanted: Hugh Grant wielding a giant sword, he silliest dream sequences you can imagine, and there are other parts that look like they could've been the rough draft for the Black Lodge sequences on Twin Peaks.

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