As a wild storm rages over lord byron's literary house party, the poet suggests that his famous guests concoct a ghost story'. '.strtoupper('b')ut after deciding a séance would liven up the evening, they soon conjure up their deepest fears and are plunged into a surreal horror'. '.strtoupper('i')s 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.presented in high definitionfeature commentary by film historian matthew melia and lisi russell 2018interview with stephen volk 2023, tk mins the writer of gothic revisits his earliest feature scriptthe sound of shelley with julian sands 2017, 18 mins the actor reflects upon the making of gothicamelia 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'. '.strtoupper('p')ocket money in hand, amelia traverses london on the hunt for a new pair in time for the playthe guardian lecture ken russell in conversation with derek malcolm 1987, 89 mins, audio only the director reflects upon his career, at the time of gothicgalleryoriginal trailerother extras tbcfirst pressing only illustrated booklet featuring new essays by ellen cheshire and jon dear and full film credits