Well peristalsis brings to mind Halo's Blit3d MeshFx code, which you should have somewhere in your 3d samples folder. He calls it the egg tube effect. That is what I would call peristalsis, though maybe what you want is more akin to flagelation, in which case any number of people here should be able to oblige ;)
Peristalis / Wobble Model Effect
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