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1987, Movie, R, 90 mins

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At a Swiss villa on the night of June 16, 1816, Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne); Percy Bysshe Shelley (Julian Sands); his 19-year-old mistress, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (soon to be Shelley) (Natasha Richardson); her half-sister, Claire Clairmont; and Byron's personal physician, Dr. John Polidori, gathered to invent ghost stories. That evening, two classics of gothic horror literature were born: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Polidori's The Vampyre, the latter an influential pr... read more leave a comment
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This story goes into the circumstance of the night that Mary Shelley wrote the story of Dr Frankenstein at Lord Byron's Swiss estate. The guests use hallucinogens and play bizarre games resulting in tales of horror.
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Length: 01:27:00
Posted: 8/7/2009
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The story is embellished from events which allegedly took place at the Swiss villa of Lord Byron on the night of June 16, 1816. Byron's guests include poet Percy Shelley and his future wife Mary; Mary's half-sister Claire and Byron's leech-happy personal physician Dr. John Polidori. Byron promises them a night of horror like only a mad poet can deliver - after partaking of laudanum and other hallucinogens, the guests tell ghost stories while exploring the dark corridors of his home. From here, Russell dives headlong into madness, discarding plot structure in favor of fever-dream set pieces in which the guests confront living manifestations of their own fears and insecurities - creative, mortal and sexual, among others.
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Length: 01:27:00
Posted: 1/25/2008
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The story is embellished from events which allegedly took place at the Swiss villa of Lord Byron on the night of June 16, 1816. Byron's guests include poet Percy Shelley and his future wife Mary; Mary's half-sister Claire and Byron's leech-happy personal physician Dr. John Polidori. Byron promises them a night of horror like only a mad poet can deliver - after partaking of laudanum and other hallucinogens, the guests tell ghost stories while exploring the dark corridors of his home. From here, Russell dives headlong into madness, discarding plot structure in favor of fever-dream set pieces in which the guests confront living manifestations of their own fears and insecurities - creative, mortal and sexual, among others.
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Length: 01:27:00
Posted: 1/25/2008
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The year is 1816. A sprawling villa in Switzerland is the setting for a stormy night of madness. On this night of the "Haunted Summer," five famous friends gather around an ancient skull to conjure up their darkest fears.
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Posted: 12/6/2007
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Year: 1987
Rated R

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Cast
Gabriel Byrne: Lord Byron
Julian Sands: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Natasha Richardson: Mary Godwin
Myriam Cyr: Claire Clairmont
Timothy Spall: Dr. John Polidori
Andreas Wisniewski: Fletcher

 

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