December 17, 2008
Russell tries visual thrills but just ends up with some slightly kinky imagery.
Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson
Lurid, kitschy, over the top--what more does one expect from Ken Russell, director of The Devils, Tommy, and Altered States? Gothic purports to tell the story of a night th...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 14, 2000
Stats: 222 reviews
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October 23, 2008***½ or ****-, I can't quite decide.
An atmospheric, nightmarish and trippy recount of the night when Byron, Shelley & co. gathered together to tell ghost stories. Wonderful music and awesome automatons!
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July 14, 2008The poets Byron and Shelley, along with Mary Shelly and other guests, spend a night drinking laudanum and holding a seance to conjure up their worst nightmares. The non-linear horror story gives Ken Russel a chance to do what he does best--produce lurid, phantasmagorical visions...( read more)
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February 3, 2008a typical Russell head-trip, not for uneasy stomachs, but also not particularly memorable
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August 18, 2007A wild night at a gothic mansion with three famous writers. The events which transpire cast a spell. I didn't really get into any of it.
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November 24, 2009Another bizzare & over-the-top nightmarish ride by Ken Russell, Explores the main characters' psyches in an intriguing way and the film's campy style makes it more enjoyable
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October 25, 2009by Nawia: I heard this Movie is very Bizarre Thats true, this Movie has a Bizzare thingy.
by other Flixster user:Russell tries visual thrills but just ends up with some slightly kinky imagery. True.
Frankly I expected abit more. I was kind a lost at first. An...( read more) -
June 20, 2009Beautiful and haunting, artist license and imagination visually pushed to the extreme, Ken Russell is a splendid storyteller.
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April 18, 2009A story about Mary Shelley and her literary type friends on hallucinogens in an old gothic castle and the intellectual chaos that ensues. Her connection to the infamous tale of Frankenstein isn't the highlight of this movie, but is referenced to in the final moments.
Seemed lik...( read more)
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July 8, 2007Geez Gothic=waycool. Actors playing romantic poets...is beauty truth or truth beauty?? Dark, moody, stormy...'It was like, the end of the world!'
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