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Gothic Details

1986

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Starring	Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr
Director	Ken Russell
Genres	Horror

Gothic

An impromptu party on the picturesque shores of Lake Geneva in July 1816 leads to a ghoulish night of terror: a night which will ultimately inspire the writing of two great horror classics: Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' and Dr. Polidori's 'The Vampyre'. Exiles Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) and his macabre companion Dr. Polidori (Timothy Spall), play host to the poet Shelley (Julian Sands), his mistress Mary (Natasha Richardson), and her step-sister Claire (Myriam Cyr). As a violent storm rages outside, after dinner conversation turns to the telling of ghost stories.

Starring	Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr, Timothy Spall, Alec Mango, Dexter Fletcher
Director	Ken Russell
Studio	MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 22 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres	Horror
Language	DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Dubbed	French, German, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired	English, German
Subtitles	DVD: Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish
Released	Production year: 1986 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 19 Jan 2010 To Rent: DVD: 20 Jun 2005
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- June 16, 1816. The Villa Diodati on the shores of Lake Geneva. An illustrious gathering: Lord Byron and his... read more on Time Out
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  For lovers of the Romantic Period
  
  This movie shows the romantic poets in a more human (and perhaps accurate)light than your GCSE homework. Good for people who have done really strange things ... read more »
  
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  - 29 May 2006 at 17:14
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  Insomniac cure
  
  Is Julian Sands the very, very worst British actor ever to have emerged from the Eighties? I thought that might be the case when I saw the otherwise excellent A... read more »
  
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  Hilarious! The effects particularly so. Surely the budget for this film could have located it somewhere not so obviously in the UK rather than the shores of Lac... read more »
  
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  Gothic
  
  I saw it 1st time at the cinema. It has aged well. Daughter found it useful and interesting aid to A level Literacy studies Shelly and Byron.
  
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Redgrave pays tribute to Russell
- WENN Newsdesk
- 29 Nov 2011
Veteran actress Vanessa Redgrave has remembered late director Ken Russell as a "genius" and revealed she still treasures a tribute he wrote following the death of her daughter Natasha Richardson. Tommy director Russell, who passed away on Sunday (27Nov11) aged 84, cast Redgrave in 1971 film The Devils and also went on to work with both of her daughters in other productions. Her youngest daughter Joely Richardson worked with him on TV series Lady Chatterley alongside Sean Bean, while Natasha,... Read more
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  An impromptu party on the picturesque shores of Lake Geneva in July 1816 leads to a ghoulish night of terror: a night which will ultimately inspire the writing of two great horror classics: Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' and Dr. Polidori's 'The Vampyre'. Exiles Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) and his ...