text: In the basement, the three discover Claire nude and covered in mud. Byron attempts to hold the séance there, but Mary refuses. During the event, Mary crushes the skull, and attempts to stab Byron with a shard. Percy stops her, and begins kissing Byron passionately. As she flees through the home, Mary witnesses an apparition of her son, William, in a coffin, followed by a vision of her suffering a miscarriage. In the madness, she attempts to throw herself off a balcony, but is stopped by Percy. Mary awakens the following morning and joins Byron, Percy, and Claire in the garden.
  In the contemporary era, tourists visit the Villa. A voice-over informs that Mary's son, William, died three years after that night in June 1816, followed by Percy's drowning in 1822; Byron would die two years after Percy, and Polidori committed suicide in London. From Mary's previous experience of miscarriage came the desire to raise her child from the dead, which led to her writing Frankenstein. From Polidori's homosexuality, suicidal thoughts, and fascination with vampires came the story "The Vampyre."
  Cast
  Gabriel Byrne as Lord Byron
  Julian Sands as Percy Bysshe Shelley
  Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley
  Myriam Cyr as Claire Clairmont
  Timothy Spall as Dr. John William Polidori
  Alec Mango as Murray
  Andreas Wisniewski as Fletcher
  Dexter Fletcher as Ruston
  Tom Hickey as Tour Guide