Gothic (1987)

Name: Gothic
Director: Ken Russell
Genre: Horror
Released: 1987-02-27
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr

Horror

Director: Ken Russell

Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr

Runtime88 min

RatingR

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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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Ken Russell's 1987 horror film Gothic has received a mixed critical reception, with some praising its visually striking and hallucinatory style while others finding it overly indulgent. The film has not received any major awards recognition, but it has an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 57%, indicating a somewhat divided audience response.

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Gothic is a 1986 British psychological horror film directed by Ken Russell, starring Gabriel Byrne as Lord Byron, Julian Sands as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley, Myriam Cyr as Claire Clairmont and Timothy Spall as Dr. John William Polidori. It features a soundtrack by Thomas Dolby, and marks Richardson and Cyr's film debut.