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´ 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, unearths a massive reptilian skull and the ancient worship site of a pagan snake god on James´ property.

When James´ virtuous girlfriend, Eve (Oxenburg), suddenly disappears, he and Angus set out to investigate the foreboding cavern said to be the worm´s lair, where a centuries-old mystery begins to uncoil.