All in all, exeptionally strong character acting by all- Byrne, Sands, Richardson, Cyr, and Spall seem totally in communion, and in their most shall we say, flamboyant element. Surrealism abounds in this film, from the fish flopping about in the bone dry bird bath on Byron's lawn, to each character's own unique hallucinations while reading the ghost story.That is really what Gothic is about, it is a great, albeit intellectual, ghost story. It may not be easy for the average Joe to follow, and that's okay, but many artisitic types may find that they might enjoy a haunted weekend at Lord Byron's little Den of Iniquities.