Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Roman Polanski's 1968 satanic pregnancy drama. Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes.
Genre: Gothic
Decaying houses, buried secrets, and dread that seeps up through the floorboards. Gothic fiction is horror’s older, quieter cousin, where atmosphere does the work and the past never stays buried.
GothicBride of Frankenstein (1935)
James Whale's sequel where the resurrected creature demands a mate, leading the doctor back to his laboratory. Bride of Frankenstein is James Whale's 1935 American horror film, sequel to his 1931 Frankenstein, depicting the resurrected Monster's demand that Dr. Henry…
GothicFrankenstein (1931)
Boris Karloff plays the creature stitched together from corpses and animated by a scientist who quickly loses control of his creation. Frankenstein is James Whale's 1931 American horror film adapted from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel and the 1927 Peggy Webling…
GothicBram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Coppola's 1992 maximalist Dracula. Oldman, Ryder, Hopkins, Reeves.
GothicInterview with the Vampire (1994)
Neil Jordan's 1994 Anne Rice adaptation. Cruise as Lestat, Pitt as Louis.
GothicThe Haunting (1963)
Robert Wise's 1963 Shirley Jackson adaptation. Hill House through implication instead of effects.
GothicCrimson Peak (2015)
Guillermo del Toro's 2015 Edwardian gothic. Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain.
GothicRebecca (1940)
Hitchcock's 1940 Daphne du Maurier adaptation. Won Best Picture, Hitchcock's only one.
GothicThe Innocents (1961)
Jack Clayton's 1961 Turn of the Screw adaptation. Deborah Kerr as the governess.
GothicThe Others (2001)
Amenabar's 2001 haunted house with Nicole Kidman. WWII period, light-sensitive children, accumulated dread.
GothicSleepy Hollow (1999)
Sleepy Hollow is Tim Burton's 1999 American gothic horror film loosely adapting Washington Irving's 1820 short story. The Burton directorial approach combines sustained gothic atmospheric content with effective horror execution that the director's earlier comedic productions had not consistently delivered.
GothicBlood, Myth, and the Undying Dark
From Nosferatu's plague-carrier to Judas Iscariot, the vampire has carried every era's deepest fears for over a century. Twenty-two essential films and TV series analyzed for what each one does that no other does — and what writers can steal…