This is a mid 80s British Horror film, appearing the same sort of time Lifeforce was made, and dated by the fact that Amanda Donohoe as the posh leading lady flashes a CD Player as a sign of her status. Based on a Bram Stoker novel of the same title, it thus takes a gothic setting and injects yuppie-nalia into the mix.
It's a silly film in many ways, featuring a young pre fame Hugh Grant and Peter Capaldi, but the whole film is dominated by Amanda Donohoe.
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| These specs win all the prizes of ever |
Ludicrously oversexed, prone to showing hitchhikers round her mansion in bra, panties and thigh high boots, as well as the lady of the manor she is the priestess of an ancient snake worshipping cult, devoted to feeding young virgins to the Dionin, a snake slash dragon creature in the anglo saxon tradition.
There is a storyline, concerning archaeologist Capaldi's investigations in the vicinity of Donohoe's huge pied-a-terre, but it's a Ken Russel movie and thus always likely to throw plot aside in favour of lurid visuals and gratuitous nudity. The special effects around the Dionin creature itself are terrible, but there are some fantastic make up jobs lavished upon Ms Donohoe, and her OTT IN CAPITALS performance makes it an entertaining watch.
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| How has she lured this spotty hitchhiker to his doom? |
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