Editing Ken Russell (section)

===Vestron Pictures===
Russell directed ''[[Gothic (film)|Gothic]]'' (1986) with [[Gabriel Byrne]], about the night [[Mary Shelley]] told the tale of [[Frankenstein]]. It was a hit on video for [[Vestron Pictures]], who signed Russell to a three-picture contract.<ref name="Ireland">[http://trailersfromhell.com/blog/2012/04/01/dan-ireland-on-salomes-last-dance/ Dan Ireland on ''Salome's Last Dance''] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130205014535/http://trailersfromhell.com/blog/2012/04/01/dan-ireland-on-salomes-last-dance/ |date=5 February 2013 }} at [[Trailers From Hell]]</ref>

Russell did one of the segments for ''[[Aria (1987 film)|Aria]]'' (1987), and for British TV made ''[[Ken Russell's ABC of British Music]]'' (1988) and ''A British Picture'' (1989).

For the Vestron deal, he directed ''[[Salome's Last Dance]]'' (1988), a loosely adapted esoteric tribute to [[Oscar Wilde]]'s controversial play ''[[Salome (play)|Salome]]'', which was banned on the 19th century London stage. The cult movie defines Russell's adult themed romance with the ''Theatre of The Poor'' and was also notable for the screen presence of [[Imogen Millais-Scott]] as Salome.

He made another two pictures for Vestron: ''[[The Lair of the White Worm (film)|The Lair of the White Worm]]'' (1988) with [[Amanda Donohoe]] and [[Hugh Grant]], based on a novella by [[Bram Stoker]], and ''[[The Rainbow (1989 film)|The Rainbow]]'' (1989), another D. H. Lawrence adaptation, which also happens to be the prequel to ''[[Women in Love (film)|Women in Love]]''. [[Glenda Jackson]] played the mother of her character in the previous film.

Russell directed the opera ''[[Mefistofele]]'' (1989).