Gothic (1986)

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LynchianNightmare — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 04:46 PM)

Gothic (1986)
It's a Ken Russell's bizarre, surreal, nightmarish film based on a true meeting of writers in Lord Byron's property, that supposedly inspired John Polidori to write The Vampyre and Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein. I liked it a lot. 7/10 from me.

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AlamoScout210 — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 05:11 PM)

yeah i watched it back in 86, think I'm finally waking up, haven't slept that good in a long time
btwhow does it end?

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LynchianNightmare — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 05:20 PM)

btwhow does it end?
With a big orgy in the cellar, involving people of different colors, sexual orientations, cultures and religions, and even some hideous creatures that live in the mansion, while they all sing together a satanic chant that invokes Yog-Sothoth from the darkness.
Actually it ends with the girl having the concept to Frankenstein.

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Scarecrow-88 — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 06:12 PM)

Yep, it was quite mad.
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pop-actor — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 06:35 PM)

I have it, can't wait the day they restore the film itself - It's a bad quality on any dvd format
Always rememberDon't be a sucker.

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Scarecrow-88 — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 06:42 PM)

I'm figuring it will eventually when a retrospective of Russell's work gets some attention.
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masuka-fan — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 06:59 PM)

Love it. I'm not a fan of Russell but this and Salome are the exceptions.

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smerd_70 — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 07:38 PM)

Fantastic film. Been a long time fan. Own the Thomas Dolby soundtrack on LP.
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WeAintFoundShin — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 07:41 PM)

The VHS cover always weirded me out.
In high school I finally rented it and watched it with a friend.
Kind of nice atmosphere, but I haven't watched it in the ten+ years since.

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jessicafischerqueen — 9 years ago(October 17, 2016 01:43 AM)

I liked it too. Julian Sands as Percy Shelley amirite. My favorite line is when he yells
BUT GOD IS ALREADY DEAD!

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PinkFlamingo83 — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 09:48 AM)

I have seen it twice, I own a copy from the original DVD and it has good quality on it. Very intense, surreal, dark, erotic, bizarre. I liked all of the performances and I give it overall a 7/10. One of those rare obscure gems to be discovered and appreciated.
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Exar-Sama — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 05:03 PM)

Yeah! Gotta love Ken Russell 7/10