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Horror

Gothic

- Conjure up your deepest, darkest fear... now call that fear to life.

Living on an estate on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron is visited by Percy and Mary Shelley. Together with Byron's lover Claire Clairmont, and aided by hallucinogenic substances, they devise an evening of ghoulish tales. However, when confronted by horrors, ostensibly of their own creation, it becomes difficult to tell apparition from reality.

Release Date : 1986-11-30

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Virgin Vision

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Gabriel Byrne

Character Name : Lord Byron

Original Name : Gabriel Byrne

Gender : Male

Julian Sands

Character Name : Percy Shelley

Original Name : Julian Sands

Gender : Male

Natasha Richardson

Character Name : Mary Shelley

Original Name : Natasha Richardson

Gender : Female

Myriam Cyr

Character Name : Claire Clairmont

Original Name : Myriam Cyr

Gender : Female

Timothy Spall

Character Name : Dr. Polidori

Original Name : Timothy Spall

Gender : Male

Alec Mango

Character Name : Murray

Original Name : Alec Mango

Gender : Male

Andreas Wisniewski

Character Name : Fletcher

Original Name : Andreas Wisniewski

Gender : Male

Dexter Fletcher

Character Name : Rushton

Original Name : Dexter Fletcher

Gender : Male

Pascal King

Character Name : Justine

Original Name : Pascal King

Gender : Female

Tom Hickey

Character Name : Tour Guide

Original Name : Tom Hickey

Gender : Male

Linda Coggin

Character Name : Turkish Mechanical Woman

Original Name : Linda Coggin

Gender : Male

Kristine Landon-Smith

Character Name : Mechanical Woman

Original Name : Kristine Landon-Smith

Gender : Male

Chris Chappell

Character Name : Man in Armour

Original Name : Chris Chappell

Gender : Male

Mark Pickard

Character Name : Young William

Original Name : Mark Pickard

Gender : Male

Kiran Shah

Character Name : Fuseli Monster

Original Name : Kiran Shah

Gender : Male

Christine Newby

Character Name : Shelley Fan

Original Name : Christine Newby

Gender : Male

Kim Tillesly

Character Name : Shelley Fan

Original Name : Kim Tillesly

Gender : Male

Ken Russell

Character Name : Tourist

Original Name : Ken Russell

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

***Looks great, sounds good, but a load of dull, pretentious, perverse dreck*** The writer of Frankenstein (Natasha Richardson), her beau (Julian Sands) and half-sister (Myriam Cyr) visit the mad, bad recluse Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) at his lavish estate on Lake Geneva in Switzerland. There they meet Byron’s equally bizarre physician friend (Timothy Spall) and spend the stormy night of June 16, 1816, in hallucinatory revelry, including a challenge to write a spooky story, which gave birth to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and John William Polidori’s “The Vampyre,” the first published modern vampire story. The premise of “Gothic” (1986) is great, the first act is interesting and the short epilogue is effective. Unfortunately, the hour in between is meandering, hedonistic, perverse, outrageously overdone and utterly tedious. I can handle the unsavory elements (and expected them) as long as the story is compelling, but that’s not the case. It’s basically a string of coked-up theatrics and perversions in an attractively gothic setting. Speaking of attractive, one of the few consolations is the jaw-dropping Natasha Richardson in her prime. She was Liam Neeson’s wife from 1994 until her death in 2009 from a skiing accident. If you want to see a gothic flick set in the 1800s that’s actually decent, check out “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992). For a movie that treads similar terrain that’s really good and in some ways great see “Marie Antoinette” (2006). “Gothic” is trash by comparison and fittingly bombed at the box office. Sometimes director Ken Russell’s unique projects work, like “Altered States” (1980), but not this. The film runs 1 hour, 27 minutes, and was shot at Gaddesden Place & Wrotham Park in Herfordshire, England. Thomas Dolby wrote the score, his first and last. GRADE: C-/D+