Gothic (1986)
November 30, 1986Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
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 / Director
Christopher Hobbs
ProductionDesigner
Stephen Volk
Screenplay
Al Clark
Executive Producer
Robert Devereux
Executive Producer
Mary Selway
Casting
Lissa Ruben
Script Supervisor
Bruce White
Sound Mixer
Andy Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mike Dowson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Parker
Focus Puller
John Chandler
Boom Operator
Graham Day
Clapper Loader
Iain Patrick
First Assistant Director
Callum McDougall
Second Assistant Director
Peter Freeman
Third Assistant Director
Meinir Jones-Lewis
Key Hair Stylist
Pat Hay
Key Makeup Artist
Yvonne Coppard
Makeup Artist
Tracey Smith
Hairstylist
Michael Jeffery
Wardrobe Supervisor
Laura Julian
Production Manager
Nick Daubeny
Location Manager
Jane Studd
Assistant Location Manager
Michael Buchanan
Art Direction
Trisha Edwards
Property Buyer
Peter Grant
Property Master
Rodney Pincott
Property Master
Peter Pennell
Dialogue Editor
Clive Coote
Still Photographer
Zakiya Powell
Unit Publicist
Ronaldo Vasconcellos
Production Accountant
Roy Street
Stunt Coordinator
Tony Smart
Stunts
Helen Caldwell
Stunts
Christopher Hobbs
Production Design
Victoria Russell
Costume Design
Kay Gallwey
Costume Design
Michael Bradsell
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 30, 1986
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Content RatingR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Gothic is a 1986 British psychological horror film directed by Ken Russell, starring Gabriel Byrne as Lord Byron, Julian Sands as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley, Myriam Cyr as Claire Clairmont (Mary Shelley's stepsister) and Timothy Spall as Dr. John William Polidori. It features a soundtrack by Thomas Dolby, and marks Richardson's and Cyr's film debut.
The film is a fictionalized retelling of the Shelleys' visit to Lord Byron in Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva, shot in Gaddesden Place. It concerns their competition to write a horror story, which ultimately led to Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein and John Polidori writing "The Vampyre." The same event has also been portrayed in the films Mary Shelley (with Elle Fanning as Mary Shelley), Haunted Summer (1988) (with Alice Krige as Mary Shelley) among others, and alluded to in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) (with Elsa Lanchester as Mary Shelley and the Bride of the Monster).
The film's poster motif is based on Henry Fuseli's 1781 painting The Nightmare, which is also referenced in the film.