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Gothic
UNITED KINGDOM · 1986

Gothic

Ken Russell
gothic horror artistic creation drug-induced hallucinations reality vs illusion literary figures
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Synopsis

Living on an estate on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron is visited by Percy and Mary Shelley. Together with Byron's lover Claire Clairmont, and aided by hallucinogenic substances, they devise an evening of ghoulish tales. However, when confronted by horrors, ostensibly of their own creation, it becomes difficult to tell apparition from reality.

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