Being a Ken Russell film you'd expect it to be strange but visually stunning, and in this way it certainly succeeds.
Angus Flint (Peter Capaldi) finds a fossil whilst excavating at a convent run by two sisters Mary and Kate. Angus meets James (Hugh Grant), a local Lord of the Manor. A pocket watch is found belonging to one of the girls fathers. Also appearing in the story is the seductive Lady Sylvia (Amanda Donohoe), as a strange vampiric being. The fossil is actually of a serpent and Lady Sylvia is connected to it. Good prevails I think.
Visually interesting as you would expect from a Ken Russell film, it's the performances that count. Donohoe is excellent as the femme fatale, Grant is great as the English gent (something he would become famous for, but Capaldi steals the film with s brilliant performance as Angus. Greater things would occur for Peter later in his career.
Angus Flint (Peter Capaldi) finds a fossil whilst excavating at a convent run by two sisters Mary and Kate. Angus meets James (Hugh Grant), a local Lord of the Manor. A pocket watch is found belonging to one of the girls fathers. Also appearing in the story is the seductive Lady Sylvia (Amanda Donohoe), as a strange vampiric being. The fossil is actually of a serpent and Lady Sylvia is connected to it. Good prevails I think.
Visually interesting as you would expect from a Ken Russell film, it's the performances that count. Donohoe is excellent as the femme fatale, Grant is great as the English gent (something he would become famous for, but Capaldi steals the film with s brilliant performance as Angus. Greater things would occur for Peter later in his career.