Gothic (1986)

Description

On June 16, 1816, Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) threw a lavish party at his Swiss villa. His guests included Percy Shelley (Julian Sands) and his future wife Mary (Natasha Richardson), Mary's half-sister Claire (Miriam Cyr), and Byron's personal physician Dr. Polidori (Timothy Spall). (Out of this meeting came the inspiration for the novel Frankenstein ). Byron has promised them an evening that they won't soon forget. After taking some hallucinogens, the group makes up some ghost stories and wanders the dark corridors of Byron's home. There they confront living manifestations of their fears - creative, mortal and sexual. Full of shocking yet, mesmerizing images, Gothic will not only firghten, but enchant you.