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Gothic

Period & History • Fantasy, History, Horror, R

Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) promises his guests a night of horror only a mad poet can deliver and after partaking in hallucinogens, the guests tell ghost stories while exploring the dark corridors of his home - and of their minds. If any director is suited to retelling the wild night that conjured the creation of Frankenstein, it's British cinema's enfant terrible of exuberant flamboyance, Ken Russell, who doesn't disappoint with this highly stylised and chilling origin story of gothic horror.

Tags
Byron, George Gordon (1788-1824), Shelley, Mary (1797-1851), Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)
Cast
Gabriel Byrne Lord Byron
Julian Sands Percy Bysshe Shelley
Natasha Richardson Mary Godwin
Myriam Cyr Claire
Timothy Spall Dr. John Polidori
Crew
Ken Russell director

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