God this is such a great movie. There's a giant monster worm. It's weird, blasphemous, deeply horny folk horror that doesn't take itself too seriously. Surreal. Peter Capaldi cuts a snake-man in half with a longsword. - ThreadSky

slimyswampghost.bsky.social • 41 days ago

God this is such a great movie. There's a giant monster worm. It's weird, blasphemous, deeply horny folk horror that doesn't take itself too seriously. Surreal. Peter Capaldi cuts a snake-man in half with a longsword.

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LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (1988, Amazon, #film)

A magnificently bonkers work from a post-sanity Ken Russell about a creature of myth and the infernally sexy vamp who keeps feeding it virgins. Horny, incompetent, sloppy, bizarre, *fun*.

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Comments

hingetherabbit.bsky.social•41 days ago

The second act pretty much sums up Peter Capaldi's run in Doctor Who. Got to stop a monster, going in playing an instrument , with a live mongoose straped to his leg.

soundfackery.bsky.social•40 days ago

I did a resent rewatch and it was quite a lark. First time since it came out on VHS.

skullingway.bsky.social•41 days ago

It truly whips

thomcote.bsky.social•41 days ago

Capaldi's bagpipe scene is an all timer

coprophagousrictus.bsky.social•41 days ago

I really need to plan a double-feature of this and The Devils.

garrtoons.bsky.social•41 days ago

I love that type of silly horror that is very aware of what it is.

maximoverdrive.bsky.social•41 days ago

A phallus in every frame

lhardingwrites.bsky.social•41 days ago

As someone who has worn a sporran, certain scenes leave me asking eye-watering questions.

fledindiana.bsky.social•41 days ago

I'm all for watching whatever media at whatever age, and this is one of two movies where, upon rewatch, I went "maybe I WAS too young to see this..." It gets into your subconscious if you're not prepared for it!

nickchester.bsky.social•41 days ago

Just re-watched this a few weeks back and it still holds up as a strange, funny thing, with some really interesting effects. I also watched it a few days after Heretic and it was fun watching baby Hugh on screen.