---
title: 'The Lair of the White Worm (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ken Russell'
released: '1988-09-14'
runtime_minutes: 90
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lair-of-the-white-worm-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095488/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

1988 · 90 min · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 supernatural comedy horror film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell. The film stars Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, and Peter Capaldi. Loosely based on the 1911 Bram Stoker novel of the same name, its plot follows the residents in and around a rural English manor that are tormented by an ancient priestess after the skull of a serpent that she worships is unearthed by an archaeologist.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ken Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-russell)
- **Screenplay:** [Ken Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-russell)
- **Producer:** [Ken Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-russell), [Dan Ireland](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-ireland)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stanislas Syrewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislas-syrewicz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dick Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-bush)
- **Editor:** [Peter Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-davies)

## Cast

- [Paul Brooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-brooke)
- [Amanda Donohoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-donohoe)
- [Peter Capaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-capaldi)
- [Stratford Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/stratford-johns)
- [Gina McKee](https://cinepixo.com/people/gina-mckee)
- [Catherine Oxenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-oxenberg)
- [Hugh Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-grant)
- [Sammi Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/sammi-davis)

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