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Gothic

1987 · 88 min

A feverish, hallucinatory descent into creative madness, blending period drama with surreal horror and dark humour.

Directed by
Ken Russell
Genres
Horror
Starring
Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson
Tagline
Conjure up your deepest, darkest fear... now call that fear to life.
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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Directed by
Ken Russell
Genres
Horror
Starring
Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • obsession
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • art
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror8
Humour3
Realism4
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Ken Russell
Written by
Stephen Volk
Starring
Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr, Timothy Spall, Alec Mango, Andreas Wisniewski, Dexter Fletcher
Music
Thomas Dolby
Cinematography
Mike Southon
Runtime
88 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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