Haunted Summer (1988)
Four lovers explore the heights of passion. And the depths of evil.
106 min
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.
- Release date
- December 16, 1988
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Philip Anglim as Lord Byron
- Laura Dern as Claire Clairmont
- Alice Krige as Mary Godwin
- Eric Stoltz as Percy Shelley
- Alex Winter as John Polidori
- Peter Berling as Maurice
- Donald Hodson as Rushton
- Giusto Lo Piparo as Berger
- Antoinette McLain as Elise
- Terry Richards as Fletcher
Crew
- Ivan Passer · Director
- Anne Edwards · Writer
- Lewis John Carlino · Writer
- Martin Poll · Producer
- Christopher Young · Composer
- Giuseppe Rotunno · Cinematographer
- Cesare D'Amico · Editor
- Rick Fields · Editor
- Jose Villaverde · Casting director
- Stephen B. Grimes · Production designer