Gothic (1986)

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• Robert C

  
  Just rewatched this. What could have been a pretty amazing film, falls a bit flat due to some bad editing. But I still love it to spite all of it's flaws.

• Sophie B

  
  I like the original story and if it were done in a more serious and dramatic way (with a fair amount of light-heartedness) this could have been a briliant film. It was simply too weird for my liking although it was made very well. Good acting.

• Cindy I

  
  Crazy-ass movie. Ken Russell is a freak.

• Greg S

  
  The poets Byron and Shelley, along with FRANKENSTEIN author 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,… More
  The poets Byron and Shelley, along with FRANKENSTEIN author 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 (including a woman with eyes in her breasts)--resulting in one of his better films.

• Wahida K

  
  Well this Movie has a messed up Story. A lot of Nudity guaranteed, but there is a less point in the Plot and then the clossing as "Mary Shelleys Frankenstein? I dont deny that I enjoyed it, but I still missed the main thing: what is it all about?

• Arash X

  
  Another 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

• vieras e

  
  ***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! Steer clear of that laudanum, kids! ;)

• Kylie B

  
  Rather surreal fictionalisation of the night Frankenstein was thought up. I particularly liked Timothy Spall as Polidori, and all the creepy-cool automatons. The film plays up Bryon's evil reputation to a slightly ridiculous degree - though Gabriel Byrne seems to enjoy himself… More
  Rather surreal fictionalisation of the night Frankenstein was thought up. I particularly liked Timothy Spall as Polidori, and all the creepy-cool automatons. The film plays up Bryon's evil reputation to a slightly ridiculous degree - though Gabriel Byrne seems to enjoy himself somewhat playing it. It being a Russell film there is the obligatory nudity (male and female).

• _kelly .

  
  a typical Russell head-trip, not for uneasy stomachs, but also not particularly memorable

• Lafe F

  
  A 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.

• Dean M

  
  Director Ken Russell made this worst horror film bag of tricks: insane hallucinations, group sex, scenes of gruesome murders, and much, much more.

• Marcus W

  
  The whole thing reeks of amateur, from the acting to the editing and continuity, and on to the sheer boringness of the whole thing. Unwatchable.

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