Gabriel Byrne,
Julian Sands,
Natasha Richardson,
Myriam Cyr,
Timothy Spall
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Director Ken Russell applies his trademark excess to this surreal, experimental examination of the creative dementia which shaped Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein. The story is embellished f... read more
DVD Release Date: March 14, 2000
Stats: 266 reviews
Just rewatched this.
What could have been a pretty amazing film, falls a bit flat due to some bad editing.
But I still love it to spite all of it's flaws.
I like the original story and if it were done in a more serious and dramatic way (with a fair amount of light-heartedness) this could have been a briliant film. It was simply too weird for my liking although it was made very well. Good acting.
The poets Byron and Shelley, along with FRANKENSTEIN author Mary Shelly and other guests, spend a night drinking laudanum and holding a seance to conjure up their worst nightmares. The non-linear horror story gives Ken Russel a chance to do what he does best--produce lurid, phan... read more
Well this Movie has a messed up Story. A lot of Nudity guaranteed, but there is a less point in the Plot and then the clossing as "Mary Shelleys Frankenstein?
I dont deny that I enjoyed it, but I still missed the main thing: what is it all about?
Another bizzare & over-the-top nightmarish ride by Ken Russell, Explores the main characters' psyches in an intriguing way and the film's campy style makes it more enjoyable
***½ or ****-, I can't quite decide.
An atmospheric, nightmarish and trippy recount of the night when Byron, Shelley & co. gathered together to tell ghost stories. Wonderful music and awesome automatons!
Steer clear of that laudanum, kids! ;)
Rather surreal fictionalisation of the night Frankenstein was thought up. I particularly liked Timothy Spall as Polidori, and all the creepy-cool automatons. The film plays up Bryon's evil reputation to a slightly ridiculous degree - though Gabriel Byrne seems to enjoy himself so... read more
a typical Russell head-trip, not for uneasy stomachs, but also not particularly memorable
A wild night at a gothic mansion with three famous writers. The events which transpire cast a spell. I didn't really get into any of it.
'Gothic' can be taken neither seriously nor with a saving pinch of salt. Full Review
There's no sleeping tonight
I had forgotten just how plain weird director Ken Russell can be . . . Full Review
A weird and visually memorable film that Russell fans will love and others will find interesting and at least slightly more accessible than most of his other films. Full Review
Full-tilt Ken Russell biopic that raises all the right questions about the act of creating art and more
Typical Ken Russell weirdness.
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