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.
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Gabriel Byrne | Byron |
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Julian Sands | Shelley |
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Natasha Richardson | Mary |
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Myriam Cyr | Claire |
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Timothy Spall | Dr. Polidori |
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Alec Mango | Murray |
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Andreas Wisniewski | Fletcher |
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Dexter Fletcher | Rushton |
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Pascal King | Justine |
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Tom Hickey | Tour Guide |
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Linda Coggin | Turkish Mechanical Woman |
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Kristine Landon-Smith | Mechanical Woman |
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Chris Chappell | Man in Armour |
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Mark Pickard | Young William |
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Kiran Shah | Fuseli Monster |
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Cosey Fanni Tutti | Shelley Fan |
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Kim Tillesly | Shelley Fan |
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Ken Russell | Tourist |
Director | Ken Russell |
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Writer | Stephen Volk, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley | |
Producer | Al Clark, Penny Corke, Robert Devereux, Robert Fox | |
Musician | Thomas Dolby | |
Photography | Mike Southon |