Rent Gothic (1987)
2.8 of 5 from 98 ratings
1h 23min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- As a wild storm rages over Lord Byron's literary house party, the poet suggests that his famous guests concoct a ghost story. But after deciding a seance would liven up the evening, they soon conjure up their deepest fears and are plunged into a surreal horror. Is it merely the power of their own intense lust and vivid imaginations that is tormenting them or have they, in fact, raised the dead?
- Actors:
- Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr, Timothy Spall, Alec Mango, Andreas Wisniewski, Dexter Fletcher, Pascal King, Tom Hickey, Linda Coggin, Kristine Landon-Smith, Chris Chappell, Mark Pickard, Kiran Shah
- Directors:
- Ken Russell
- Producers:
- Penny Corke, Robert Fox
- Writers:
- Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Stephen Volk
- Studio:
- MGM
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Hammer Horror, People of the Pictures, Remembering Julian Sands and Frederic Forrest, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/09/2023
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Close Captioned
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Feature commentary by film historian Matthew Melia and Lisi Russell (2018)
- The Fall of the Louse of Usher (2002, 83 mins): Ken Russell returns to gothic themes in this legendarily lurid late video work starring both the director and his wife, Lisi Russell
- A Haunted Evening (2023, 35 mins): Stephen Volk, the writer of Gothic, revisits his earliest feature script
- The Soul of Shelley with Julian Sands (2017, 18 mins): the actor reflects upon the making of 'Gothic'
- Amelia and the Angel (1958, 27 mins): in this charming early Russell short, a young girl, cast as an angel in the school play, is distraught when her brother damages her treasured wings. Pocket money in hand, Amelia traverses London on the hunt for a new pair in time for the play
- The Guardian Lecture: Ken Russell in conversation with Derek Malcolm (1987, 88 mins, audio only): the director reflects upon his career up to the release of 'Gothic'
- Original trailer
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Reviews (2) of Gothic
rubbish - Gothic review by CP Customer
What a load of rubbish this is . Very confusing film to watch and I think who ever wrote and made this they were all on something and tripping. The story was very poor and the acting is dreadfull . I wouldn't waste a rental on this film.
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Disappointing, Empty Surreal Horror. - Gothic review by GI
This surreal horror from Director Ken Russell is a typically off kilter work that doesn't live up to the frightening and depraved image of the film's poster. That scene does occur as a dream sequence but blink and you'll miss it, whereas the rest of the film is a mishmash of dark, haunted house scenes, with sexual tension, much of it with a strong hint of that depravity and body horror. The actual plot surrounds a drug induced night hosted by poet Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) with his guests Percy and Mary Shelley (Julian Sands & Natasha Richardson), Dr Polidori (Timothy Spall) and another young woman Claire (Miriam Cyr). It's a fairly plotless film with Russell possibly over indulging in his own reputation to produce a film that is based allegedly on a real event, one which reputedly gave Mary Shelley the idea for her famous novel, Frankenstein. As a horror film it's all rather unfrightening, somewhat tedious and whilst the cast are earnestly giving it their all its a film lost within itself making for a joyless viewing experience.
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