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Gothic

Gothic

Conjure up your deepest, darkest fear... now call that fear to life.Nov. 30, 1986United Kingdom84 Min.R
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Synopsis

The year is 1816. A sprawling villa in Switzerland is the setting for a stormy night of madness. On this night of the “Haunted Summer,” five famous friends gather around an ancient skull to conjure up their darkest fears. Poets Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, Shelley’s fiancĂ©e Mary Godwin, Mary’s stepsister Claire Clairemont and Byron’s friend John Polidori spend a hallucinogenic evening confronting their fears in a frenzy of shocking lunacy. Horrifying visions invade the castle – realizations of Byron’s fear of leeches, Shelley’s fear of premature burial, Mary’s fear of birthing a stillborn child – all brought forth in a bizarre dreamscape. They share the terrifying fantasies that chase them through the castle that night. The events of that night later inspired Mary Shelley to write the classic “Frankenstein” and Dr. Polidori to pen “The Vampyre,” which became the basis for the creation of Dracula..

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Original title Gothic
IMDb Rating 5.7 7,592 votes
TMDb Rating 5.6 101 votes

Director

Ken Russell
Director

Cast

Natasha Richardson isMary Shelley
Mary Shelley
Myriam Cyr isClaire Clairmont
Claire Clairmont
Timothy Spall isDr. Polidori
Dr. Polidori
Tom Hickey isTour Guide
Tour Guide

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