Category: Gothic Horror

[Fantasia 2020] American Southern Gothic Meets Filipino Ghosts in SANZARU

On By C.H. NewellIn Aina Dumlao, Fantasia Festival 2020, Film, Gothic Horror, Justin Arnold, Xia MagnusLeave a comment

American South meets East in this feature film debut from Xia Magnus

The Terror of Modernity: Welsh Industrial Horrors & Sovereign Women in GWEN

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Film, Gothic Horror, Horror, Maxine Peak, William McGregorLeave a comment

William McGregor serves a double dose of history and feminist horror with a tale of the Industrial Revolution in Wales.

“Pretty sight, a lady with a book”: Otherness & Gothic Patriarchy in WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Alexandra Daddario, Crispin Glover, Film, Gothic Horror, Sebastian Stan, Shirley Jackson, Stacie Passon, Taissa FarmigaLeave a comment

Stacie Passon adapts Shirley Jackson with a faithful, powerful retelling that continues to resonate with the social climate of today.

[List] Father Gore’s Favourite Horror Directed by Women

On By C.H. NewellIn Ana Lily Amirpour, Body Horror, Claire Denis, Directed by Women, Film, Gothic Horror, Horror, Jackie Kong, Lucile HadžihalilovićLeave a comment

Horror's not even close to being a man's world. Long live the power of WOMEN!

Capitalism, Colonialism, & Imperialism— Oh, My!: TUMBBAD as an Indian Gothic Fable of Greed

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Dark Fantasy, Film, Gothic Horror, History, Horror, Indian Film, Mythology, Rahi Anil Barve2 Comments

TUMBBAD is a unique piece of cinema that thrills & also proves to be a great sociopolitical allegory about modern India.

Liminal Spaces of Sin: The Borders of Body & Soul in Antti-Jussi Annila’s SAUNA

On By C.H. NewellIn Antti-Jussi Annila, Film, Gothic Horror, Historical Fiction, Horror, Iiro Küttner, WarLeave a comment

SAUNA (2008) is a horrific slice of history that explores how sin destroys those who've lived their lives at war.

PUPPET MASTER II: Pulling On Gothic Strings

On By C.H. NewellIn 1990, David Allen, Fantasy, Film, Gothic Horror, Horror, Puppet Master, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Stop Motion AnimationLeave a comment

PUPPET MASTER II joins the ‘better than the 1st movie’ club alongside other sequels that managed to outdo their predecessors.

KILL LIST: Gothic Nationalism’s Violent Erasure of Modernity

On By C.H. NewellIn Ben Wheatley, Crime, Film, Folk Horror, Gothic Horror, Horror, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Neil MaskellLeave a comment

KILL LIST begins as a crime-thriller, ending as a horrific bit of Gothic terror, and full of relevant modern themes.