 The psychological fear that Dameia confronts along with the worm is sexual in nature, because the monster graphically rapes her as it kills her.The scene as it was released contained enough nudity from the buxom O'Connell (and a body-double used for various shots) and was sexually explicit enough to achieve cult status for the movie and the actress.According to R. J. Kizer on the 2010 Shout!