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Gothic (1986)

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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 6  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.9/10

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Runtime: 90 mins

Synopsis: A richly detailed, delightfully chilling horror tale, centering around romanticism's poetic elite. When Lord Byron, Percy and Mary Shelley, and other assorted artistic guests gather at a secluded mansion, they enjoy a frightfully scary drug-induced evening that ultimately inspires... A richly detailed, delightfully chilling horror tale, centering around romanticism's poetic elite. When Lord Byron, Percy and Mary Shelley, and other assorted artistic guests gather at a secluded mansion, they enjoy a frightfully scary drug-induced evening that ultimately inspires the writing of both Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and Polidori's "The Vampyre." [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr, Timothy Spall

Director: Ken Russell

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 12, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 0
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

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04/30/08
Cole Smithey
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'Gothic' can be taken neither seriously nor with a saving pinch of salt.

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10/17/05
Donald J. Levit
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07/23/05
Emanuel Levy
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05/12/05
Clint Morris
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I had forgotten just how plain weird director Ken Russell can be . . .

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10/15/04
James O'Ehley
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05/04/04
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08/22/03
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05/21/03
Nina Darnton
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A weird and visually memorable film that Russell fans will love and others will find interesting and at least slightly more accessible than most of his other films.

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09/26/02
Brian Webster
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Full-tilt Ken Russell biopic that raises all the right questions about the act of creating art and more

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08/14/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Typical Ken Russell weirdness.

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Scott Weinberg
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