English noble links skull, dragon legend, vampiress. 30th Anniversary Edition Year 1988 Video Release 2003-08-19 Genre Horror MPAA Rating R Color Color Runtime 90 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Hugh Grant, Amanda Donohoe, and Catherine Oxenberg star in this mix of heart-stopping horror and campy humor. James D'Ampton Grant returns to his country castle in England. Legend has it that James's distant ancestor once slayed the local dragon a monstrous white worm with a fondness for the sweet flesh of virgins. The young lord dismisses the legend as folklore, until archaeology student Angus Flint explores James's property and unearths a massive reptilian skull and a pagan snake god's ancient site of worship. When James's virtuous girlfriend, Eve Trent Oxenberg , suddenly disappears, James and Angus set out to investigate the foreboding cavern said to be the worm's lair, where a centuries-old mystery begins to uncoil. Director Ken Russell Cast Ken Russell; Amanda Donohoe; Hugh Grant; Catherine Oxenberg; Peter Capaldi; Sammi Davis; Stratford Johns; Paul Brooke; Christopher Gable