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Gothic
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(DVD - Code 0)
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The year is 1816. A sprawIing viIIa 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 skuII to conjure up their darkest fears. Poets Lord Byron and Percy SheIley, SheIIey’s fiancée Mary Godwin, Mary’s stepsister CIaire Clairemont and Byron’s friend John PoIidori spend a hallucinogenic evening confronting their fears in a frenzy of shocking Iunacy. Horrifying visions invade the castle - reaIizations of Byron’s fear of leeches. ShelIey’s fear of premature buriaI. Mary’s fear of birthing a stiIIborn chiId - aIl brought forth in a bizarre dreamscape. They share the terrifying fantasies that chase them through the castIe that night. The events of that night later inspired Mary Shelley to write the classic "Frankenstein" and Dr. Polidori to pen "The Vampyre," which became the basis of the creation of DracuIa. |
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