the filmmaker be clearly on drug . that the only explanation i have . how else do you explain this travesty of a jane austen adaptation . northanger abbey be a parody of a gothic novel . but this film be make a if it be a gothic novel . the bizarre music and dream sequence to me suggest drug induce hallucination rather than a naive and innocent girl with an overactive imagination and a catherine of the novel be . the actress who play catherine just stand around bug eye all the time . peter firth look at least 10 year too old to play henry and he actually seem a bit on the gay side to me . i do not see the attraction between him and catherine . john thorpe portrayal be rather odd but isabella actually wasn not that bad . but nothing could save this piece of crap movie . one more thing this film invent a character not in the book and a french friend of general tilney and the marchioness . why exactly they add her be beyond me . must have be the drug . she be scary look beyond belief and with white foundation and red lip and black line randomly paint on her face ( dimple . ) . you would think this would at least be entertain in a so bad it good quality but unfortunately and it not . it just bad .