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21 October 1988 (USA)
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Plot:
Scottish archaelogist Angus Flint discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent which he is excavating...
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Awards:
1 win
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3 nominations
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(4 articles)
A Bit On The Side (Short Film)
(From LateFilmFull. 6 November 2009, 3:28 AM, PST)
Free Flick of the Day: Salome's Last Dance
(From Cinematical. 3 November 2009, 3:44 PM, PST)
(From LateFilmFull. 6 November 2009, 3:28 AM, PST)
Free Flick of the Day: Salome's Last Dance
(From Cinematical. 3 November 2009, 3:44 PM, PST)
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A truly warped and brilliant comic-horror movie!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Amanda Donohoe | ... | Lady Sylvia Marsh |
 | Hugh Grant | ... | Lord James D'Ampton |
 | Catherine Oxenberg | ... | Eve Trent |
 | Peter Capaldi | ... | Angus Flint |
 | Sammi Davis | ... | Mary Trent |
| Stratford Johns | ... | Peters |
| Paul Brooke | ... | P.C. Erny |
| Imogen Claire | ... | Dorothy Trent |
| Chris Pitt | ... | Kevin |
| Gina McKee | ... | Nurse Gladwell |
| Christopher Gable | ... | Joe Trent |
| Lloyd Peters | ... | Jesus Christ |
| Miranda Coe | ... | Maids / Nuns |
| Linzi Drew | ... | Maids / Nuns |
| Caron Anne Kelly | ... | Maids / Nuns |
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93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Belgium:16 (video rating) |
Australia:R |
France:-12 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:18 |
South Korea:18 |
Italy:VM14
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When PC Erny talks on the police radio, the voice on the other end is director Ken Russell.
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: Angus's fingers are not moving on the chanter of the bagpipes while he is luring P.C. Erny around the sundial.
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Quotes:
Lady Sylvia Marsh:
[as Lady Marsh places the game of Snakes and Ladders into the fireplace] Rosebud!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Comic Relief Does University Challenge (2005) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
The D'Ampton Worm
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This is an excellent film that puts the fun back into Horror Films. Ken Russel uses only the title and basic plot outline of Bram Stoker's underrated novel and goes over the top with everything. The result is the most outrageous, outlandish, funny and just damm wierd horror film in years. Sure it's not in the slightest bit scary, but how can you argue with Hugh Grant hopping round the set like a hyperactive bunny, Amanda Donohoe biting a boy scout where it hurts the most and maidens being sacrificed to a giant worm? Fast paced lunacy and mayhem is the name of the game here in a film that should please everyone able to suspend their logic for 90 minutes. I loved it. My rating - 8 out of 10.