Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1986-11-30) |
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| Awards: | 2 wins & 2 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $916,172 |
| Screen: | Stephen Volk, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| Productions: | Virgin Vision |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 5168: Gabriel Byrne - Lord Byron
- 6104: Julian Sands - Percy Shelley
- 20162: Natasha Richardson - Mary Shelley
- 30611: Myriam Cyr - Claire Clairmont
- 9191: Timothy Spall - Dr. Polidori
- 94271: Alec Mango - Murray
- 10673: Andreas Wisniewski - Fletcher
Crews
- 32327: Ken Russell - Director - Directing
- 110833: Stephen Volk - Screenplay - Writing
- 3102160: Christopher Hobbs - Production Design - Art
- 32265: Victoria Russell - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 3102163: Kay Gallwey - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 23865: Michael Bradsell - Editor - Editing
- 2487069: Penny Corke - Producer - Production
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***Looks great, sounds good, but a load of dull, pretentious, perverse dreck*** The writer of Frankenstein (Natasha Richardson), her beau (Julian Sands) and half-sister (Myriam Cyr) visit the mad, bad recluse Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) at his lavish estate on Lake Geneva in Switze ....
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