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Gothic
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Gothic

1987 · 88 min Horror
5.7 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: Ken Russell

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

🎭 Cast

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

Lord Byron

Julian Sands

Julian Sands

Percy Shelley

Natasha Richardson

Natasha Richardson

Mary Shelley

Myriam Cyr

Myriam Cyr

Claire Clairmont

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Dr. Polidori

Alec Mango

Alec Mango

Murray

Andreas Wisniewski

Andreas Wisniewski

Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher

Rushton

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Pascal King

Justine

Tom Hickey

Tom Hickey

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