The Lair of the White Worm

Or maybe they are snakes.

We'll figure it out because we're diving into Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm, where the mythology is weird, the tone is all over the place, and subtlety is nowhere to be found.

Is this a cult classic or completely

off the rails? I'm Shani.

And I'm Ryan.

And this is Slashback Cinema.

Brian, have you ever heard of this movie, The Lair of the White Worm?

This movie, perhaps it was the VHS cover that was lodged in my teenage brain for all these years.

Uh, there's a lot of snakes.

We saw Lair of the White Worm, so you know what that means.

Now it's time for How Did This Get Made.

We're gonna have a good time, celebrate some failure, not just be a hater, 'cause you know you wonder, how did this get made? Let's wallow in the mediocrity of subpar art.

Perhaps we'll find the answer to the question, how did this get made?

Hello, people of Earth, and welcome to How Did This Get Made? I am Paul Scheer, and today we are kicking off spooky season with the 1988 cult horror film, The Lair of the White Worm.

The plot of this one, uh, tricky.

[laughs]

And we've already done the descent.

So I was doing some research, and I found this movie called The Lair of the White Worm, which I knew almost nothing about, but I saw that it was also written by Bram Stoker.

I've learned to correctly pronounce it since we did the episode.

Okay.

Before we go check on the girls, let's go get some food.

It was like so random, but I want to follow that.

I want to see Lair of the White Worm 2, Peter Capaldi and Hugh Grant eat at a restaurant, right? Like my dinner with Andre, but my dinner with Hugh Grant and Peter Capaldi.

they have great chemistry yeah it's true i think there's

I found a movie that is definitively described as a comedy horror, which you know I love, and also is a story by Bram Stoker, which I felt like- is a great way to wrap up the season.

So we are going to be watching the lair of the white worm to finish season three.

Come on.

What is this? Ken Russell, vampires, snakes underground.

maybe the pit

no at any rate it's it's a more modern one i'm gonna look you

look it up we're gonna go to the end of the show here next week lair of the white worm i could not be happier if i tried that is a fantastic pull ryan i'm so happy to hear that that movie is a blast And, and I am so looking forward to it.

Cause it's also, I think no one's seen it.

Um, well, I'll tell you what, and probably the direction, you know, be- because of that.

But, um, the vampire, vampire teeth reminded me of Lair of the White Worm.

That's about the-

Uh-huh.

But yeah, embrace the...

this trajectory, go to The Devils, go to Tommy, go to Litsomania, then go to Altered States, then go to The Lair of the White Worm.

These are just, I mean, you could say what you said about Ken Russell for each of those films.

It's just, it's part of what we are about and I think you need to embrace it.