Hugh Grant

The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
Scottish archaelogist Angus Flint discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent which he is excavating. Shortly thereafter, Lady Sylvia Marsh returns to Temple House, a nearby mansion, far earlier than expected. At a party in the village, Angus meets Lord James DAmpton, who has just inherited his familys lands, right next to Temple House. Angus learns of the DAmpton Worm, a huge dragon/snake which an earlier DAmpton killed by cutting it in half. (Theres a pretty catchy rock-folk song that tells the DAmpton Worm legend.) As people begin disappearing and acting strangely over the next day or two, the skull is stolen from Angus room, and the watch of a missing person is found in a cavern which was the legendary home of the DAmpton worm. Angus and James discover that there was an ancient cult which worshiped the worm as a god, and theorize that the creature somehow survived its destruction, but was trapped inside the cavern. The remainder of the movie shows Angus, James, and Mary Trent attempting to stop Lady Marsh from freeing the creature…

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