Absolutely amazing

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Well written and acted. Its probably more of a mystery with supernatural theme than horror, until the end. Very sexy performance by Amanda Donahoe too which made it all the more worth watching. A fun trip back to the 80's with snakes. Stop reading, go watch.

Director and Cult Favorite Ken Russell is on the loose, so scurry away the Children and Enjoy this Guilty Pleasure. Fans of Russell need no convincing of His unbridled Talent and willingness to be seen as a Maverick and routinely Pokes Fun at Himself and Critics with Gleeful Abandon.No one makes Films quite like Him and therein lies the Appeal. This is a full blown, Sex-Fest with Mysterious Overtones and over the top Glitz. It's quite a Visual Treat and includes familiar Hallucinogenic Hubris with the usual Religious Bashing for that the Director is well known.The Movie is Tons of Fun and if You are a Prude please move on and allow the Artistic Freedom to Flourish and Flourish it does. The Film is Never Boring and moves like a Reptile from one Slithering Scene to another with its Charms.The Cast is as Oddball as the Film with Hugh Grant and Amanda Donahue delivering. The SFX are done on the Cheap and Cheap hardly ever Looks this Good. There are some Stunning Locations and the Lair of the White Worm is a Gargantuan Cave dwelling that is as Impressive as it is Ominous.A Campy, Cult, and Captivating Exercise in Sex, Symbolism, and Sleaze that is an Unforgettable Experience. In fact, most of Ken Russell's Movies are Unforgettable.

The Lair of the White Worm is principally geared for those between the ages of 13 and 40. It is a horror movie with the worm being the monster. If you don't like snake movies, don't watch. If you don't like British movies, don't watch. The film is best enjoyed either on rainy afternoons or late at night -- other films are better for prime time. The film moves along at an okay pace, a little slow. Hugh Grant is less than amazing in this film, however, the acting in this film is truly atrocious. The storyline is okay. It is a decent horror film. There is no real blood and guts, at least not much at all. But, the movie is entertaining and provides a good movie to watch with friends if you would like or a perfect movie for teen get-togethers. Enjoy.

Scottish archaeologist Angus Flint (Peter Capaldi) discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent that he is excavating. Shortly thereafter, Lady Sylvia Marsh (Amanda Donohoe) returns to Temple House, a nearby mansion, far earlier than expected.Reviews on the film are mixed, though generally positive. Roger Ebert gave it two stars out of four and called it "a respectable B-grade monster movie". Variety called it "a rollicking, terrifying, post-psychedelic headtrip".I do find it interesting that Ebert says, "Every one of Russell's films has been an exercise in wretched excess. Sometimes it works. Russell loves the bizarre, the Gothic, the overwrought, the perverse." He follows that up by saying this is the exception. Indeed, one must agree.Russell is also known for his phallic imagery, and that does not fail here. Aside from the snakes (a stretch) and a very pointy airplane, the villain even ritualistically employs a false phallus. Nothing subtle about that.