Haunted Summer

Haunted Summer

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1988-12-16

Authors Lord Byron, Mary Shelley (née Godwin) and Percy Shelley get together for some philosophical discussions, but the situation soon deteriorates into mind games, drugs, and sex. It is a fictionalization of the summer that Lord Byron and the Shelleys, together with Lord Byron's ex-lover Claire Clairmont and his Doctor John Polidori, spent in the isolated Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva. It is there they devise a contest to adduce the best horror story to kill the dullness of summer. It is also there that one of the world's most famous books was given life—Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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Haunted Summer

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Authors Lord Byron, Mary Shelley (née Godwin) and Percy Shelley get together for some philosophical discussions, but the situation soon deteriorates into mind games, drugs, and sex. It is a fictionalization of the summer that Lord Byron and the Shelleys, together with Lord Byron's ex-lover Claire Clairmont and his Doctor John Polidori, spent in the isolated Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva. It is there they devise a contest to adduce the best horror story to kill the dullness of summer. It is also there that one of the world's most famous books was given life—Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Released

1988-12-16

Runtime

106

Director

Ivan Passer

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Drama

Romance

Language

English

Production

The Cannon Group

Golan-Globus Productions

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    Philip Anglim

    Philip Anglim
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    Alice Krige

    Alice Krige
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    Eric Stoltz

    Eric Stoltz
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    Alex Winter

    Alex Winter
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    Laura Dern

    Laura Dern
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    Peter Berling

    Peter Berling
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    Donald Hodson

    Donald Hodson
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    Giusto Lo Pipero

    Giusto Lo Pipero
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    Antoinette McLain

    Antoinette McLain
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    Terry Richards

    Terry Richards