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.