The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 British horror comedy film loosely based on the 1911 Bram Stoker novel of the same name and drawing upon the English legend of the Lambton Worm. The film was written and directed by Ken Russell and stars Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant and Peter Capaldi.
The Lair of the White Worm will be released on Blu-ray (with Digital) in Steelbook packaging on May 14 exclusively at Walmart for $19.96. Other than the packaging, the disc is identical to Lionsgate's Vestron Video release from 2017.
Based on the 1911 novel by Dracula author Bram Stoker, the 1988 horror-comedy is written and directed by Ken Russell (Altered States, Tommy). Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi, Sammi Davis, and Stratford Johns star.
Vance Kelly designed the Steelbook art. Special features are listed below, where you can also see the interior layout.
Special features:
Audio commentary with director Ken Russell
Audio commentary with Lisi Russell, in conversation with film historian Matthew Melia
Worm Food: The Effects of The Lair of the White Worm featurette
Interview with editor Peter Davies
Interview with actress Sammi Davis
Trailers From Hell trailer commentary by producer Dan Ireland
Theatrical trailers
Still gallery
James D’Ampton (Hugh Grant) returns to his country castle in England. Legend has it that James’s distant ancestor once slayed the local dragon — a monstrous white worm with a fondness for the sweet flesh of virgins. The young lord dismisses the legend as folklore, until archaeology student Angus Flint explores James’s property and unearths a massive reptilian skull and a pagan snake god’s ancient site of worship. When James’s virtuous girlfriend, Eve Trent (Catherine Oxenberg), suddenly disappears, James and Angus set out to investigate the foreboding cavern said to be the worm’s lair, where a centuries-old mystery begins to uncoil.
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