Director Ken Russell
Screenplay Stephen Volk
Gothic
Horror1986
Tagline: Conjure up your deepest, darkest fear... now call that fear to life.
Release Date: 1986-11-30
Duration: 84 minutes
Synopsis
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.
Casting
- Gabriel ByrneLord Byron
- Timothy SpallDr. Polidori
- Julian SandsPercy Shelley
- Dexter FletcherRushton
- Natasha RichardsonMary Shelley
- Kiran ShahFuseli Monster
- Andreas WisniewskiFletcher
- Ken RussellTourist
- Tom HickeyTour Guide
- Alec MangoMurray
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