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Under other circumstances, I’d think this was Ken having a larf, but it’s a real person, one of Russell’s regular cronies. Viewers should thus permit themselves a snigger when the name of the cinematographer comes up – Dick Bush. It’s a huge, vaginal cave, which our heroes (and heroines) will later penetrate, and sets the tone for the entire movie. Read this way, the opening shot is of an enormous twat – and I don’t mean Hugh Grant. Snakes, garden hoses, cigarette holders, E-type Jaguars, pens – no Freudian opportunity is passed up. He ties it to folklore by bringing in the Dampton Worm, a genuine legend, and addresses all his usual obsessions: religion (and nuns in particular), class, and so much sexual symbolism it seems that every other scene has a phallic object in it. But who better to film a book written by a certifiable loony than Ken Russell? And fortunately, his version is a great deal more entertaining. I did, and would suggest a Shaun Hutson book instead. It’s available via Project Gutenberg, should any reader wish to wade through all 55,000 words of it. Lair of the White Worm was written shortly before his death in 1912, and represents a compelling argument for euthanasia. This is especially true towards the end of his life, when he was suffering from nephritis, and spent a lot of his time doped up to his eyeballs. While Stoker wrote a lot of books, he’s best known for Dracula – largely because the rest are pretty dire. However, there was a fair bit of loopiness inherent in the source material, Bram Stoker’s last novel. While the others have their Incredibly Bad merits – particularly Salome, which includes future cabinet minister Glenda Jackson as well as Wolf from Gladiators – it is to Lair that we must turn to see Russell’s loopiness taking flight in its most fully-fledged form.
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In the late 1980’s, Russell teamed up with Vestron to make a series of cheap quickies, of which Lair of the White Worm was the second, following on from Gothic, with Salome’s Last Dance and The Rainbow to follow. 6.Star: Hugh Grant, Amanda Donohoe, Peter Capaldi, Sammi Davis
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The pre-show entertainment this week will consist of Chapter Four of the Bela Lugosi serial The Return of Chandi, “The Evil Eye,” and the Betty Boop cartoon “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You.” Those start about 7:40 p.m., so be early. Oh, yeah, one more thing-Ken Russell is personally terrified of snakes. In fact, the scene where Sammi Davis and Peter Capaldi walk home at night was illuminated by light from Ken’s kitchen window. The film gets close to being a backyard sort of production in its off-handedness. He also provides the voice of the constable with the flat tire on other end of the walkie-talkie conversation. Ken and his then wife Vivian can be seen walking past in an early scene (Ken cries out, “Hello, Mary!” to Sammi Davis). Two Russell regulars-Christopher Gable and Imogen Clair-show up in minor roles.
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For Russell fans, it’s full of in-jokes and references to other films. It can be a simple tale of valiant knights attempting to save ladies fair from the clutches of the monstrous villainess and her equally monstrous monster. It works on a deeper level if you want to go there.
The Lair of the White Worm works as horror film/horror-film spoof.
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