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Summary

Directed by cult favourite Ken Russell, the Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story in, Gothic, released on Blu-ray 18th October 2023 from BFI.

Cast

Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Timothy Spall, Dexter Fletcher

Director

Ken Russell

Producer

Penny Corke, Robert Fox

Distributor

BFI

Run time

1 hour 28 minutes

Release date

18/09/2023

Hash Tag

#Gothic

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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 séance 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?

Directed by cult favourite Ken Russell (The Devils) and starring Gabriel Byrne (Hereditary), Julian Sands (A Room With a View), Natasha Richardson (The Comfort of Strangers) and Timothy Spall (Mr Turner, Gothic delves into the erotic and terrifying night on the shores of Lake Geneva that ultimately gave birth to Mary Shelley's classic horror story Frankenstein.

Gothic is released on Blu-ray 18th October 2023 from BFI.

Special Features

Presented in High Definition
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 Sound 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, at the time of Gothic
Original trailer
First pressing limited to 3,000 copies - Illustrated booklet featuring new essays by Ellen Cheshire, Jon Dear, and Matthew Melia and full film credits

Please note - Disc special features are subject to change, may differ from format to format and/or may differ from region to region.

Timothy Spall

Early Man, Finding Your Feet, Early Man, The Party, Denial, The Enfield Haunting, Love Punch, The Rise, Room On The Broom, Blandings: Series 1, Love Bite, Sofia, Comes A Bright Day, The Syndicate, Wake Wood, The Fattest Man In Britain, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Chicken Run, Topsy-Turvy, The Changeover, Stanley A Man Of Variety, Summer of Rockets, Mrs Lowry & Son, Dream Demon, Topsy-Turvy: The Criterion Collection, The Sheltering Sky, Secrets and Lies: The Criterion Collection, The Last Bus, Spencer, It Snows in Benidorm, Vanilla Sky, Murder Most Horrid: Series 1, The Sixth Commandment

Ken Russell

Lair of the White Worm, Crimes Of Passion

Dexter Fletcher

Eat Locals, The Coven, In Your Dreams, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels : The Directors Cut, Sherlock Gnomes, Terminal, Double Date, Topsy-Turvy: The Criterion Collection, Doom, Stardust

Gabriel Byrne

Carrie Pilby, Louder Than Bombs, The 33, Vampire Academy, Quirke, Vikings: Season 1, I, Anna, Secret State, In Treatment: Season 3, Perrier's Bounty, Defence Of The Realm, The Assassin, End of Days, Stigmata, The Usual Suspects: Special Edition, Vanity Fair, Hereditary, ZeroZeroZero, Played

Julian Sands

The Killing Fields: 30th Anniversary Edition, Benediction, Naked Lunch: Limited Edition, The Medallion

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