Gothic
Gothic

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- 57/100 based on 8,397 votes
  • Released: 1987
  • Runtime: 88 mins
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  • Studio: Virgin Vision
  • Genres: Horror

The story of the night Mary Shelley gave birth to the horror classic FRANKENSTEIN: Disturbed, drug-induced games are played and ghost stories are told one rainy night at the mad Lord Byron's country estate. Personal horrors are revealed, and the madness of the evening runs from sexual fantasy to the fiercest nightmare. Mary finds herself drawn into the sick world of her lover Shelley and stepsister Claire as Byron leads them all down the dark paths of their souls.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Gothic:

Gabriel Byrne
Julian Sands
Natasha Richardson
Myriam Cyr
Timothy Spall
Alec Mango

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The story of the night Mary Shelley gave birth to the horror classic FRANKENSTEIN: Disturbed, drug-induced games are played and ghost stories are told one rainy night at the mad Lord Byron's country estate. Personal horrors are revealed, and the madness of the evening runs from sexual fantasy to the fiercest nightmare. Mary finds herself drawn into the sick world of her lover Shelley and stepsister Claire as Byron leads them all down the dark paths of their souls.

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Movie Gurus - 7/10 by James O'EhleyI had forgotten just how plain weird director Ken Russell can be . . .
ReelTalk Movie Reviews - 6/10 by Donald J. Levit'Gothic' can be taken neither seriously nor with a saving pinch of salt.
User Review - 10/10 by Kim Bweird and underrated....watch with the sound up and all the lights out for the best effect
User Review - 10/10 by Andy FThe (many) people who hate this film almost unanimously misunderstand it. With Ken Russell, a truly rounded biography doesn't simply narrate events from a subject's life, but tells their story the way they themselves might have told it. On its release, many critics expressed disgust at the film's visuals and criticized Russell for portraying Byron, Polidori, and the Shelleys as little more than drug-addled degenerates...ignoring the fact that if they had been contemporary figures, that is exactly how they would've been perceived by the establishment (and it IS how they were perceived by the establishment in their own time). The dialogue and performances are laughably over-the-top, and the sometimes repulsive, always intense visuals are characteristic of the Russell style, but these extravagances suit the subject perfectly. Many of Ken Russell's films could be considered terrible by any reasonable standard, but one mustn't judge Russell's work by any reasonable standard. Specifically, this film tells the story of the birth of not only Mary Shelley's Frankenstein but also John Polidori's The Vampyre. Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) hosts a party at the infamous Villa Diodati for his friend (and rainy-day lover) Percy Shelley (Julian Sands), who brings his fiancée Mary (Natasha Richardson) and her stepsister Clair Clairmont (Miriam Cyr). Also on hand is Dr Polidori (Timothy Spall), to administer the laudanum and glare jealously at Byron and Shelley from the shadows. The group drink laudanum till they hallucinate, they read from the Fantasmagoriana, they play games, they have orgies, and they hold a seance. The seance is where the trouble begins, but Russell argues that without these self-inflicted tortures we would not today be talking about Frankenstein, and the world of letters would be a little less interesting. There's also a great deal of subtext about the changing of the guard from the classical world to the modern world (these people were groundbreaking thinkers as well as artists). Not for everyone (no Russell film is), but if you're game and don't mind a whole lot of excess for its own sake (as this film's subjects surely did), give Gothic a spin!
User Review - 10/10 by Dark Vampirethis is what im talking about. absolutely
User Review - 10/10 by Victor ZProbably one of the most interesting movies I have ever seen. Stylistically it is completely balls to the wall, out of this fucking world. I could expect no less from the same genius who directed my favorite movie of all time, Altered States. All the performances are devastatingly intense, the visuals are effective and completely mind-boggling. it is one of the most bizarre rides you can take - however you need to able to settle with the Shakespearean style dialect, as the movie must take place in the early 1900's. It's dirty, horrific, seductive, trippy, and you'll feel like maybe you're not supposed to be watching it. A new favorite of mine, personally.
User Review - 10/10 by HannahGreat movie for those who like lewed morbitity!! great flick for me!!
User Review - 10/10 by Daniel JHeaven (or hell) is Gabriel Byrne in a long frock coat. A great movie...or did someone spike my gin and tonic with mescaline?
User Review - 10/10 by matthew gjust bloody weird. and being a brit lit teacher- it was made just for me!
User Review - 10/10 by Y BNow THAT's what I call a slumber party!

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