The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

Description

Starring Hugh Grant in one of his first films, The Lair of the White Worm is a so-bad-its-good film and has a cult following.  Peter Walker of The Guardian deemed the film a personal "guilty pleasure" whose "defiant disrespect for plot and taste win me over...  Badly shot, clumsily edited and seemingly scored by a teenage boy who has just taken delivery of his first synthesiser and then pressed all the buttons one by one, the film has a peculiarly jarring tone. Ostensibly making a gothic horror, Russell repeatedly undermines the mood with moments of absurdity – some deliberate, many not".

On a farm owned by Eve Trent (Catherine Oxenberg) and her sister Mary (Sammi Davis), young archaeologist Angus Flint (Peter Capaldi) discovers a large and inexplicable skull, which he soon deduces belonged to the D'Ampton Worm, a mythical beast supposedly slain generations ago by the ancestor of the current Lord D'Ampton (Hugh Grant). 

 

Part of our Wayback Wednesday series, which includes classic films on Wednesdays at 7pm for $7 admission, and includes unlimited popcorn. 

Date & Time

Wed, May 1, 2024 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Venue Details

The Indiana Theater

637 Philadelphia Street
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

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