History Film / TheLairOfTheWhiteWorm

* {{Reincarnation}}: Implied for Eve.

* SomethingElseAlsoRises: That pen in D'Ampton's dream. Of course, the entire movie is just gleefully raunchy and there's a ''ton'' of unabashedly sexual symbolism around.

* WeaksauceWeakness: A vampire's natural enemy is the mongoose. It coincides with the snake motif, sure. And yeah, the mongoose ends up getting killed anyway but... still a little silly.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Lady Marsh attempts to sacrifice Eve to the D'Ampton Worm, but after a final confrontation she ends up becoming the Worm's snack via Angus slicing her hand off.]]

* DaylightHorror: The vampires can function during the day. The cop-turned-vampire going after Angus is a clear example.

* MrsRobinson: A very dark example.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: During the party there is a sketch, where the worm is trying to eat Eve (who's having a lot of fun) and James cuts it into halves, bravely rescuing his DamselInDistress.

* DeathBySex: Spending a night with Lady Marsh has a very obvious result.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The D'Ampton Worm is a giant serpent and is worshipped by, and possible created, a race of reptilian vampires.

* RichBoredom: This is James' first year as Lord Of The Manor and he "[doesn't] give a damn" about his legacy and seems to lament he doesn't have much to do. He is soon given plenty of responsibility when he has to help fight against Lady Marsh.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: This is James' first year as Lord Of The Manor and he "[doesn't] give a damn" about his legacy and seems to lament he doesn't have much to do. He is soon given plenty of responsibility when he has to help fight against Lady Marsh.

* AmbiguousEnding: We have no idea Angus is now infected with the vampiric essence or whether it will have any effect now that Lady Sylvia and the worm itself is dead? Even if he is we don't know if James will be able to overcome him? The door is very definitely left open for a sequel which never happened.

* GroinAttack: An oral attack from a vampire even... Ouch!

->It it fell dry upon the road, it milked a dozen cows.''

* WickedCultured: When discussing the death of the Trent girls' parents, Lady Sylvia says [[Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest "To lose one parent is unfortunate, to lose two looks like carelessness"]] and when burning her [[ItMakesSenseInContext Snakes and Ladders board]] in her fireplace she says [[Film/CitizenKane "Rosebud"]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They're LizardFolk, apparently. The usual weakness toward Christian crosses is also averted as shown when Lady Marsh dissolves a crucifix by [[AcidAttack spitting acid]] on it. They can be charmed by listening to rhythmic music, apparently (which isn't how snake charming works, but whatever). They don't drink blood (their fangs are for injecting venom). Oh, and these vampires function in daylight. Lady Marsh at one point is even seen using a sun bed!

''Lair of the White Worm'' is a 1988 horror movie directed by Creator/KenRussell; starring Amanda Donohoe and a young Creator/HughGrant, loosely based on a novel by Creator/BramStoker.

The film begins with Angus Flint (Creator/PeterCapaldi), a Scottish archaeologist, discovering a large reptilian skull in the backyard of English sisters, Mary and Eve Trent. The Trent sisters share with him that their father disappeared in a local legendary cave while on expedition and believe the skull might be connected somehow. This cave was on the property of the D'Ampton family, nobles in the area and the subject of a local legend. Centuries ago, a D'Ampton fought a giant snake in the same cave and killed it by cutting it in half with a sword. This giant snake is referred to in legend (and a rock'n folk song) as the D'Ampton Worm. They soon meet James D'Ampton (Grant), the current heir to the property, and attempt to unravel the mystery.

* LightIsNotGood: The D'Ampton Worm is a gigantic white snake with [[Monochromatic Eyes pale eyes]], and its light body gets positively drenched into the SicklyGreenGlow of the cave during the climax.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They're LizardFolk, apparently. The usual weakness toward Christian crosses is also averted as shown when Lady Marsh dissolves a crucifix by spitting acid on it. They can be charmed by listening to rhythmic music, apparently (which isn't how snake charming works, but whatever). They don't drink blood (their fangs are for injecting venom). Oh, and these vampires function in daylight. Lady Marsh at one point is even seen using a sun bed!