bonkers horror by Ken Russell, tame compared to some of his films. very loosely based on the Bram Stoker novel and legend of the worm. Huge Grant is in usual upper class self as a descendent of the man who killed the worm in the legend, Peter Capaldi is a hippy archaeologist that digs up what he believes is the skull of a giant worm , when Sylvia Marsh appears(Amanda Donohoe) they believe that there maybe more too the legend, especially when it turns out she is a ageless priestess of Dionin. The film belongs to Donohoe and her performance who goes around killing people (usual virgins) with her huge strap on dildo, let down by some terrible ps1 style cgi. 8/10
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