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Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 horror comedy movie directed by Ken Russell; starring Peter Capaldi, Amanda Donohoe and a young Hugh Grant, and loosely based on a novel by Bram Stoker.The film begins with Angus Flint (Capaldi), a Scottish archaeologist, discovering a large reptilian skull in the backyard of English sisters, Mary and Eve Trent. The Trent sisters share with him that their father disappeared in a local legendary cave while on expedition and believe the skull might be connected somehow. This cave was on the property of the D'Ampton family, nobles in the area and the subject of a local legend. Centuries ago, a D'Ampton fought a giant snake in the same cave and killed it by cutting it in half with a sword. This giant snake is referred to in legend (and a rock'n folk song) as the D'Ampton Worm. They soon meet James D'Ampton (Grant), the current heir to the property, and attempt to unravel the mystery.Meanwhile, returning from a vacation, Lady Sylvia Marsh (Donohoe) returns to her mansion next to the D'Ampton home. Lady Marsh is a well respected member of the area and, of course, happens to be a vampire. It also just so happens that she worships the D'Ampton Worm and is keen on its return. She has her eyes set on James D'Ampton and the sisters, particularly Eve. As it turns out, Lady Marsh needs the blood of a virgin to release the D'Ampton Worm and Eve fits the bill. What follows is a surreal, tongue-in-cheek horror movie filled with the occult, blood sucking, a giant snake, and Amanda Donohoe with a strap-on. |
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And Then John Was a Zombie |
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And Then John Was a Zombie: The final shot is of Angus in full-fledged vampire mode. It creates a bit of a Bolivian Army Ending. |
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Creator Cameo |
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Creator Cameo: Director Ken Russell is seen walking past the farm in the beginning. |
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Man in a Kilt |
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Man in a Kilt: Angus during the party and the climax. In the end of the movie James pulls the kilt up by accident and sees the bite. Wouldn't work with trousers. |
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Virgin Sacrifice |
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Virgin Sacrifice: The D'Ampton Worm prefers this. |
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Full-Frontal Assault |
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Full-Frontal Assault: Lady Marsh attacks while at least partly nude in the end. |
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The Place |
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The Place: The Lair of the White Worm. |
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Wicked Cultured |
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Wicked Cultured: When discussing the death of the Trent girls' parents, Lady Sylvia says "To lose one parent is unfortunate, to lose two looks like carelessness" and when burning her Snakes and Ladders board in her fireplace she says "Rosebud". |
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Between My Legs |
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Between My Legs: A shot of Eve toward the end as she is prepared to be sacrificed. |
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Depraved Bisexual |
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Depraved Bisexual: Lady Sylvia Marsh is perfectly willing to seduce men to acquire sacrifices, but prefers virgin women. Said sacrificial ritual involves raping the virgins to death with a spiked strap-on. |
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Girl on Girl Is Hot |
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Girl on Girl Is Hot: Unless it deals with virgin sacrifices. |
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Kick the Dog |
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Kick the Dog: In Roman times, Lady Marsh ordered a group of nuns trying to build a convent on her land raped and slaughtered. Near the end it's revealed that her sacrifices don't have to be raped to death either, she just likes the ceremony. |
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Eerily Out-of-Place Object |
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Eerily Out-of-Place Object: Played with. When Angus finds the large snake skull in his backyard archeological dig, the assumption that it's some kind of dinosaur is quickly put down when he points out that the skull dates back from Roman times. |
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Batman Gambit |
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Batman Gambit: Angus and James' preparation to take down Lady Marsh involves research, careful planning, and giant pairs of balls. |
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Good Lips, Evil Jaws |
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Good Lips, Evil Jaws: Lady Marsh's transformation into gaping-jawed reptilian horror. |
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Damsel in Distress |
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During the party there is a sketch, where the worm is trying to eat Eve (who's having a lot of fun) and James cuts it into halves, bravely rescuing his Damsel in Distress. |
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Ambiguous Ending |
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Ambiguous Ending: We have no idea Angus is now infected with the vampiric essence or whether it will have any effect now that Lady Sylvia and the worm itself are dead? Even if he is we don't know if James will be able to overcome him? The door is very definitely left open for a sequel which never happened. |
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Ankle Drag |
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Ankle Drag: Sylvia drags Angus to her sacrifice location. |
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Break the Cutie |
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Break the Cutie: It seems this happens to Eve after her virginity is nearly taken away by Lady Marsh. |
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Reincarnation |
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Reincarnation: Eve was previously incarnated as one of the nuns who was raped and murdered. |
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Body Motifs |
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Body Motifs: As is to be expected when Ken Russell does a film about a giant snake, there is a massive amount of phallic imagery. |
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SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror |
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Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror: This is a pretty balanced movie with scares and laughs often happening at the same time. |
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Snakes Are Sexy |
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Snakes Are Sexy: Combined with a healthy dose of Vampires Are Sex Gods. |
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Curse That Cures |
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Curse That Cures: Angus does not need his glasses after being bitten. |
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Affectionate Gesture to the Head |
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Affectionate Gesture to the Head: Angus pats Mary's head after rescuing her and Eve. |
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Painful Rhyme |
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Painful Rhyme: |
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Brave Scot |
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Brave Scot: Fluffy and nerdy Angus turns out to be one. |
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Folk Horror |
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Folk Horror: Lady Marsh's cult worshipping the Worm is referred to as pre-Christian Paganist, but it's portrayed as part-Lovecraftian, part-Satanic. |
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The Great Serpent |
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The Great Serpent: The titular Worm is a giant snake that slumbers in the Earth, the Worm portrayed as a Lovecraftian God that was once worshipped by the Pagans that lived in Derbyshire before Christianity came to England. Its only surviving worshipper is herself an immortal, vampiric snake woman that can disguise herself as a human, this implied to be in result of her faith. |
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BFS |
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BFS: James D'Ampton grabs hold of a gigantic claymore to repel one of Lady Marsh's vampiric servants. The sword is so large that it effortlessly bisects the woman...and keeps going, bowling James over after he's made a full rotation with it. |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin: As Roger Ebert says in his review, "It has a lair, it has a worm, the worm is white". |
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World of Pun |
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World of Pun: "I'm not going to bite you," says the vampire to her victim. "Slither in," says the hero to a bitten person. "They were like swallowed up," says Mary about disappeared people. And lots of other biting and snake puns. Also, the movie begins with Mary being very dorky and making jokes and puns. |
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Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl |
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Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Mr. Flint, the Archeologist, and Mary making jokes about her father's late cow. |
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Faux Affably Evil |
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Faux Affably Evil: Lady Marsh is very friendly to everyone, but is still a vampire who wants to sacrifice virgins to her snake god. |
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Rich Boredom |
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Rich Boredom: This is James' first year as Lord of the Manor and he "[doesn't] give a damn" about his legacy and seems to lament he doesn't have much to do. He is soon given plenty of responsibility when he has to help fight against Lady Marsh. |
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Big Bad |
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Big Bad: Lady Sylvia Marsh, a reptilian vampiress plotting to summon her dark god. |
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Foreshadowing |
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Foreshadowing: At the start of the film, Mary steps on a long white hose. During the party there is a sketch, where the worm is trying to eat Eve (who's having a lot of fun) and James cuts it into halves, bravely rescuing his Damsel in Distress. Played straight: James does cut an evil creature into halves with a sword. Subverted: Eve is to be eaten by the worm for real, but it's Angus who saves her and kills the monster. |
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The End... Or Is It? |
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The End... Or Is It?: Angus kills Lady Marsh and the White Worm, only to learn that he mistakenly injected an arthritis cure into himself instead of the antivenom that was supposed to prevent him from being vamped. |
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Our Vampires Are Different |
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Our Vampires Are Different: They're Lizard Folk, apparently. The usual weakness toward Christian crosses is also averted as shown when Lady Marsh dissolves a crucifix by spitting acid on it. They can be charmed by listening to rhythmic music, apparently (which isn't how snake charming works, but whatever). They don't drink blood (their fangs are for injecting venom). Oh, and these vampires function in daylight. Lady Marsh at one point is even seen using a sun bed! |
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Campbell Country |
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Campbell Country: D'Ampton is a small town in rural England and also the site of an ancient dragon and his vampire worshippers. |
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Homage |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_a1a1491e |
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Homage: The D'Ampton Worm story is very obviously based in part on the legend of The Lambton Worm. |
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Eye Scream |
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Eye Scream: The aforementioned vampire cop happens to land on a sundial, ripping an eye out of his socket in a particularly gory shot. |
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| The Lair of the White Worm / int_ad1db87c |
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Oh, Crap! |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_ad1db87c |
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Oh, Crap!: Angus when he realizes that the antivenom he used to protect himself in the final battle was actually arthritis medication, due to a mistake by the local hospital. |
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| The Lair of the White Worm / int_af4d6174 |
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Setting Update |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_af4d6174 |
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Setting Update: The original novel took place during the Victorian Era but the movie takes place in The '80s, the decade that the movie was made. |
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| The Lair of the White Worm / int_b1191cb2 |
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I Ate WHAT?! |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_b1191cb2 |
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I Ate WHAT?!: Angus tries pickled earthworm (a local specialty) before he realizes what it is. He doesn't take it well. |
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| The Lair of the White Worm / int_c09dbbbb |
type |
Weaksauce Weakness |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_c09dbbbb |
comment |
Weaksauce Weakness: A vampire's natural enemy is the mongoose. It coincides with the snake motif, sure. And yeah, the mongoose ends up getting killed anyway but... still a little silly. Also, playing the bagpipes puts them in a trance briefly. Unless they have earplugs, of course. |
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The Lair of the White Worm / int_c09dbbbb |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_c3478f1d |
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Badass Bookworm |
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Badass Bookworm: Angus is pretty nerdy but isn't afraid to fight vampires and giant snakes. |
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Human Sacrifice |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_c66cb5a9 |
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Human Sacrifice: The D'Ampton Worm needs one in order to come back. It's preferable that the human is a virgin. |
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The Lair of the White Worm / int_c66cb5a9 |
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type |
Feed It a Bomb |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_cb1f5db5 |
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Feed It a Bomb: Angus disposes of the D'Ampton Worm by feeding it with a hand grenade. |
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| The Lair of the White Worm / int_cdd835ce |
type |
Dude, Not Funny! |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_cdd835ce |
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Dude, Not Funny!: James' reaction to Sylvia's The Importance of Being Earnest reference. |
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| The Lair of the White Worm / int_d0c13631 |
type |
Mrs. Robinson |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_d0c13631 |
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Mrs. Robinson: Lady Sylvia is very dark example, seducing a young hitchhiker before taking him back to her residence and killing him. |
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The Lair of the White Worm / int_d0c13631 |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_d397657d |
type |
Hoist by His Own Petard |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_d397657d |
comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: Lady Marsh attempts to feed Eve to the D'Ampton Worm, but after a final confrontation she ends up becoming the Worm's snack via Angus slicing her hand off. |
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Unwilling Suspension |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_d3c6cf4f |
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Unwilling Suspension: Eve bound hand and foot in her undies during the films climax. |
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Our Dragons Are Different |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_d88e125e |
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Our Dragons Are Different: The D'Ampton Worm is a giant serpent and is worshipped by, and possibly created, a race of reptilian vampires. |
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Something Else Also Rises |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_dae0cfd5 |
comment |
Something Else Also Rises: In D'Ampton's dream, he holds a pen over his lap and tilts it upwards. Of course, the entire movie is just gleefully raunchy and there's a ton of unabashedly sexual symbolism around. |
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Sexy Stewardess |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_dae7053d |
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Sexy Stewardess: The lord's dream is not innocent. |
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Cat Fight |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_dceccabf |
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Cat Fight: James has a dream about Lady Marsh and Eve as wrestling flight attendants. |
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Camp |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_e540d1e6 |
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Camp: Quite intentional. |
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Light Is Not Good |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_e543a655 |
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Light Is Not Good: The D'Ampton Worm is a gigantic white snake with pale eyes, and its light body gets positively drenched into the Sickly Green Glow of the cave during the climax. |
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Nature Abhors a Virgin |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_e6d0ea39 |
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Nature Abhors a Virgin: Lady Marsh mocks the idea of virginity and is delighted in sacrificing virgins to her snake god. |
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| The Lair of the White Worm / int_eae41a |
type |
The Vamp |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_eae41a |
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The Vamp: Lady Marsh... in more ways than one. |
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Groin Attack |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_eaf5a1ac |
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Groin Attack: The poor guy Lady Marsh bathes gets it. An oral attack from a vampire even... Ouch! |
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The Lair of the White Worm / int_eaf5a1ac |
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type |
Bound and Gagged |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_eb28ab57 |
comment |
Bound and Gagged: Eve and Mary at the climax of the film. |
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The Lair of the White Worm / int_eb28ab57 |
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type |
Monster Progenitor |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_eb467486 |
comment |
Monster Progenitor: It's implied that the D'Ampton Worm spawned the snake-like vampires shown in this film. It's also possible that Lady Marsh was one of the first or possibly the first. |
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The X of Y |
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The X of Y: The Lair of the White Worm. |
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The Lair of the White Worm / int_eb8856 |
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type |
Snake Charmer |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_f66813c9 |
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Snake Charmer: The vampires are Snake People who can be charmed by bagpipes. |
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type |
Mushroom Samba |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_f7d4f121 |
comment |
Mushroom Samba: Touching the acid left behind by Lady Marsh makes people hallucinate briefly. |
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The Lair of the White Worm / int_f7d4f121 |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_f909b185 |
type |
Lesbian Vampire |
| The Lair of the White Worm / int_f909b185 |
comment |
Lesbian Vampire: Lady Marsh has sex with men but that seems to be a means to an end when it comes to feeding. She takes a more particular liking to Eve. |
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The Lair of the White Worm |