[31 Days of Halloween – Day 12] Enduring Gothic Racism in Nia DaCosta’s CANDYMAN

On 10/12/202110/10/2021 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

Another day of 31 Days of Halloween, another forbidden name. This time? Candyman, Candyman... dare I? Not this time.

[Fantasia 2021] Short Films: INCARNATION / LA INQUILINA

On 08/11/202108/19/2021 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

In these two shorts, the past meets the present, in surprising, funny, and terrifying ways.

[Fantasia 2019] DREADOUT: Video Game Creeps Confront a Gothic Indonesian Past

On 07/19/201908/02/2019 By C.H. NewellIn Adventure, Caitlin Halderman, Fantasy, Film, Folklore, Horror, Mystery, Video Games1 Comment

Kimo Stamboel's video game adaptation is a creepy thrill ride, just as much as it is a confrontation of the present and a Gothic Indonesian past.

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

On 02/19/201904/29/2019 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.

WE GO ON: Traumatic Fears & the Urban Gothic

On 10/18/201710/16/2017 By C.H. NewellIn Andy Mitton, Annette O'Toole, Clark Freeman, Drama, Film, Jesse Holland, Supernatural Horror, ThrillerLeave a comment

An urban Gothic about Miles (Clark Freeman), a traumatised man searching for a proof of life after death. At any cost.