STEPHEN VOLK

Gothic

Novelisation by Stephen Volk based on his own screenplay
From the film directed by Ken Russell 
(Grafton Books/Virgin Vision Ltd, 1987)
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"To create a ghost story, what is that? But to create a ghost..."

June 16th 1816 at the Villa Diodati. The famous night of inspired imaginations that created monsters.

Or was something real created that night?

Something born out of electricity and laudanum, formed from their most horrible secrets, congealed in jealousy, lust, guilt and visceral terror? Some all-powerful creature that vowed revenge on its creators.

Byron. Shelley. Mary. Polidori. Claire.

Perhaps by morning they would escape the nightmare. If they were alive by morning.

If they were sane. 

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Artwork (after Fuseli) copyright Sebastien Miale:

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  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Feature Films:
    • The Awakening
    • Octane
    • Superstition
    • The Guardian
    • The Kiss
    • Gothic
    • Unproduced Films
  • Short Films:
    • Baby on Board
    • The Deadness of Dad
  • Television:
    • Midwinter of the Spirit
    • Afterlife S2
    • Afterlife S1
    • Cyclops
    • Massage
    • I'll Be Watching You
    • Ghostwatch
    • Unproduced Television
  • Books:
    • The Good Unknown
    • Lies of Tenderness
    • Under a Raven's Wing
    • Coffinmaker's Blues
    • The Dark Masters Trilogy >
      • Leytonstone
      • Whitstable
    • The Little Gift
    • The Parts We Play
    • Monsters in the Heart
    • Vardøger
    • Dark Corners
    • Gothic
  • Short Stories:
  • Plays/Audio:
    • Afterlife: Lost Loved Ones
    • The Chapel of Unrest
    • Don't Go There
    • The Hallowe'en Sessions
    • Answering Spirits
    • Other Plays
  • Contact