Tag: Gothic Past

“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.

“We should have never come to this house”: Freud’s Uncanny & the Modern Gothic in SINISTER

On By C.H. NewellIn 2012, C. Robert Cargill, Ethan Hawke, Film, Found Footage, Horror, Juliet Rylance, Mystery1 Comment

Scott Derrickson's SINISTER is more than creepy, it's an unsettling collision of the Gothic past and a modern world.