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57% Critic Match
Gothic
“Conjure up your deepest, darkest fear... now call that fear to life.”
5.7 / 10• 1987• 1h 28m•R• English
Horror
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Gabriel Byrne
Lord Byron
Lead
Julian Sands
Percy Shelley
Natasha Richardson
Mary Shelley
Myriam Cyr
Claire Clairmont
Timothy Spall
Dr. Polidori
Alec Mango
Murray
Andreas Wisniewski
Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher
Rushton
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ken Russell's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Gothic is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
