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Haunted Summer (1988)

R · 1988-12-16 · 1h 46m · EN
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Four lovers explore the heights of passion. And the depths of evil.

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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Lewis John CarlinoWriterIvan PasserDirector

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Philip AnglimPhilip AnglimLord ByronAlice KrigeAlice KrigeMary Wollstonecraft GodwinEric StoltzEric StoltzPercy ShelleyAlex WinterAlex WinterDr. John William PolidoriLaura DernLaura DernClaire ClairmontPeter BerlingPeter BerlingMauriceDonald HodsonDonald HodsonRushtonGiusto Lo PiperoGiusto Lo PiperoBergerAntoinette McLainAntoinette McLainEliseTerry RichardsTerry RichardsFletcher

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What is Haunted Summer about?

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.

How long is Haunted Summer?

Haunted Summer has a runtime of 106 minutes.

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