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Gothic

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Gothic

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

1987

1h 28m

5.7(192 votes)

Horror

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

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Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

Lord Byron

Julian Sands

Julian Sands

Percy Shelley

Natasha Richardson

Natasha Richardson

Mary Shelley

Myriam Cyr

Myriam Cyr

Claire Clairmont

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Dr. Polidori

Alec Mango

Alec Mango

Murray

Andreas Wisniewski

Andreas Wisniewski

Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher

Rushton

Pascal King

Justine

Tom Hickey

Tom Hickey

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Directed by: Ken Russell
Written by: Stephen Volk
Lord Byron
Produced by: Penny Corke
Robert Fox

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