Der Biss der Schlangenfrau

Originaltitel: The Lair of the White Worm

1988
18
1 Std. 33 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,0/10

16.210

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

3.384

416

Amanda Donohoe in Der Biss der Schlangenfrau (1988)

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Dark Comedy Comedy Horror

Als ein Archäologe einen seltsamen Schädel im fremden Land entdeckt, beginnen die Bewohner einer nahegelegenen Stadt zu verschwinden, was zu weiteren unerklärlichen Ereignissen führt.Als ein Archäologe einen seltsamen Schädel im fremden Land entdeckt, beginnen die Bewohner einer nahegelegenen Stadt zu verschwinden, was zu weiteren unerklärlichen Ereignissen führt.Als ein Archäologe einen seltsamen Schädel im fremden Land entdeckt, beginnen die Bewohner einer nahegelegenen Stadt zu verschwinden, was zu weiteren unerklärlichen Ereignissen führt.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,0/10

16.210

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

3.384

416

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 4 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
The skull of the pagan god Dionin used in the movie was constructed by adding sculpted sections to a real cow skull. The original teeth were pulled and replaced with fabricated ones to simulate the serpent look. Two skulls were fabricated for various scenes in the movie.

Patzer
(at around 1h 16 mins) When Angus runs out of breath, the pipes shouldn't have stopped because the bag could hold air long enough for him to catch his breath again.

Zitate
Lady Sylvia Marsh: [snatches a harmonica away from Kevin he played that briefly hypnotized her, catching her off-guard] That's enough of that, Kevin! That sort of music freaks me out.

Verbindungen
Featured in A British Picture (1989)

Soundtracks
The D'Ampton Worm
Arranged and Performed by Emilio Perez Machado and Stephen Powys
Violinist Louise Newman

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Hilarious campy trash full of nudge, nudge, wink, wink smutty humor.

I'm not going to strain my brain trying to work out just what Ken Russell was trying to achieve with 'The Lair Of The White Worm', but he ended up with a semi-classic slice of campy, sleazy trash that is full of nudge, nudge, wink, wink smutty humor. There's absolutely no way anyone could take this one seriously! I haven't read Bram Stoker's novel so I don't know how much the movie has to do with it, but Russell takes EVERY opportunity for to show a phallic symbol or a puerile gag, and that, added to the tongue in cheek performances from the cast (especially Peter Capaldi, Hugh Grant and the delicious Amanda Donohoe), makes this one of the silliest and most entertaining movies you'll ever see. Donohoe is just brilliant, the monster is cheesy, the blatant gags will make you roll your eyes and groan, and there are a few extraordinary Russell touches in the very brief, quasi-psychedelic "visions" experienced by a few of the characters. 'The Lair Of The White Worm' is certainly not for everybody, but there's nothing else quite like it, not even in Russell's very strange ouevre, and if you "get it" it's a complete hoot!