- Country: UK
- Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Release: 1987-04-10
- Director: Ken Russell
- Writers: Stephen Volk
- Language: English
- Stars: Gabriel Byrne , Julian Sands , Natasha Richardson , Myriam Cyr , Timothy Spall , Alec Mango , Andreas Wisniewski , Dexter Fletcher , Pascal King , Tom Hickey
- Runtime: 87 min
- Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations
- AKA: Gothic (Italy) , Gothic (Mexico) , Gotik (Serbia) , Gothic - Poetas e Fantasmas (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Gothic (Turkey) , Gothic: Yövieraat (Finland) , Gothic , Gothic (Spain) , Gothic (Australia) , Gotyk (Poland) , Yövieraat (Finland) , Gothic (Argentina) , Gothic (United Kingdom) , Gothique (Canada) , ゴシック (Japan) , Gothic (United States of America) , Gothic (Germany) , Gótika, avagy a szellem éjszakája (Hungary) , Готика (Bulgaria) , Gothic (Canada) , Gótico (Brazil) , Готика , Gothic (France, French Republic) , Gothic (Greece)
- Plot:
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 fiancée 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..
- IMDB:tt0091142
Ken Russell
Director
Gabriel Byrne
Lord Byron
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
Pascal King
Justine
Tom Hickey
Tour Guide
Linda Coggin
Turkish Mechanical Woman
Kristine Landon-Smith
Mechanical Woman
Chris Chappell
Man in Armour
Mark Pickard
Young William
Kiran Shah
Fuseli Monster
Christine Newby
Shelley Fan
Kim Tillesly
Shelley Fan
Ken Russell
Tourist