https://moviemog.com/videos/watch/ab2ec73c-2b62-47c8-8c92-40c86b3cb0e0 Available On: DVDFirst broadcast on Channel 4 in 1986, Zastrozzi was written and directed by champion of the avant-garde David Hopkins, and features riveting early screen roles for Tilda Swinton and Mark McGann. This atmospheric four-part drama is a contemporary retelling of Percy Bysshe Shelley's chilling gothic horror novel, a precursor in image, character and theme to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The original characters are transported from 19th-century Germany and Italy into present-day England in a vivid exploration of the wicked depths of human nature, and the failed frameworks of society, religion and romance. In a heady tale of revenge and obsession, the outlaw Zastrozzi (Geoff Francis), assisted by courtesan Matilda (Hilary Trott), abducts his half-brother Verezzi (McGann) and torments him into believing his lover Julia (Swinton) has been murdered. His campaign of vicious psychological abuse signals a grisly bloodbath of greed, envy, betrayal, retribution and eternal damnation. An imaginative, provocative and timeless examination of demonic manipulation and soul-sapping vulnerability. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:31:36 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://moviemog.com https://moviemog.com/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://moviemog.com/videos/watch/ab2ec73c-2b62-47c8-8c92-40c86b3cb0e0 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://moviemog.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.