Gothic (1986 film)

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Gothic (1986 film) is a surreal 1986 British horror movie directed by Ken Russell that fictionalizes the infamous 1816 gathering of Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and others, during which the idea for Frankenstein is said to have been conceived.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British horror film
film
basedOn 1816 gathering at Villa Diodati
life of Lord Byron
life of Mary Shelley
life of Percy Bysshe Shelley
cinematographyBy Mike Southon NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts creation of Frankenstein idea
director Ken Russell NERFINISHED
distributor Virgin Films NERFINISHED
editedBy Peter Davies NERFINISHED
filmingLocation England NERFINISHED
genre horror film
psychological horror film
surreal film
hasTheme artistic inspiration
madness
sexual repression
supernatural terror
inspiredBy Gothic fiction
Romantic literature
language English
mainCharacter Claire Clairmont NERFINISHED
John William Polidori NERFINISHED
Lord Byron NERFINISHED
Mary Shelley NERFINISHED
Percy Bysshe Shelley NERFINISHED
musicBy Thomas Dolby NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus hallucinatory night of ghost stories
partOf Ken Russell filmography
portrays Claire Clairmont NERFINISHED
John William Polidori NERFINISHED
Lord Byron NERFINISHED
Mary Shelley NERFINISHED
Percy Bysshe Shelley NERFINISHED
producer Virgin Films NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1986-06-20
releaseYear 1986
runtime approximately 87 minutes
screenwriter Stephen Volk NERFINISHED
settingLocation Lake Geneva NERFINISHED
Villa Diodati NERFINISHED
settingTime 1816
subject origin of the novel Frankenstein

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Natasha Richardson notableWork Gothic (1986 film)