Gothic

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Gothic

R,

1986,

1h 27m,

Horror/

LGBTQ+

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60%

15 Reviews

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49%

5,000+ Ratings

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15 Reviews

49%

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On a warm summer night in 1816 at the Swiss lakeside château of Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne), the poet and his guests -- Percy Bysshe Shelley (Julian Sands) ; his fiancée, Mary Wollstonecraft (Natasha Richardson) ; her half-sister, Claire (Myriam Cyr) ; and his private doctor John Polidori (Timothy Spall) -- spend the evening sharing ghost stories while under the influence of experimental compounds provided by the doctor. As the night goes on, reality and the horrific tales begin to commingle.

Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Sep 15, 2023

Russell’s exuberant style is perfectly suited to a libertine story which finds entirely visual means for showing the complex, often grotesque workings of an author’s imagination. It is a reflexive orgy of future horrors.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Sep 18, 2023

4/5

…one of the best films from a lauded British director…Gothic has appeal for literary and horror fans, and its critique of male excess is one that still feels pertinent today…

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

Sep 10, 2021

It's a fortuitous gathering of creative minds, expressed via Russell's vision (and Thomas Dolby's gloriously anachronistic score) as a fever dream, a séance, a nightmare, a seduction and an exorcism - and it is glorious.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Oct 3, 2011

C+

I'll take my Byron and Shelley straight.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Apr 30, 2008

4/5

Donald J. Levit

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Oct 17, 2005

'Gothic' can be taken neither seriously nor with a saving pinch of salt.

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George R

Oct 12, 2017

Worst movie I have ever partially seen.

Luke M

Jan 26, 2017

Disappointing affair on an 1816 gathering at a resort that resulted in the creation of Frankenstein and Dracula (Vampyre) by five people who experience hallucinations one night there. Hard to tell what is going on. Like all films that relies heavily on characters fading in and out of reality, never delivers on potential.

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Ken Russell

Director

Gabriel Byrne

Byron

Julian Sands

Shelley

Natasha Richardson

Mary Shelley

Myriam Cyr

Claire Clairmont

Timothy Spall

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Synopsis

On a warm summer night in 1816 at the Swiss lakeside château of Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne), the poet and his guests -- Percy Bysshe Shelley (Julian Sands) ; his fiancée, Mary Wollstonecraft (Natasha Richardson) ; her half-sister, Claire (Myriam Cyr) ; and his private doctor John Polidori (Timothy Spall) -- spend the evening sharing ghost stories while under the influence of experimental compounds provided by the doctor. As the night goes on, reality and the horrific tales begin to commingle.

Director: Ken Russell
Production Co: Virgin Vision
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.1K
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Surround

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