Simmering tension, foggy moors, candlelit corridors, hidden secrets, yearning emotion…gothic fiction has always been ...

Commentary: My favorite version of the Frankenstein monster lives here. It boasts a stacked cast, strong writing and a deep ...

Film adaptations of gothic novels often do more than retell or reimagine the story — they immerse audiences in the atmosphere and emotional and psychological complexity that define the genre. From the ...

I thought it would be fun to compose a list of gothic literature books to share with anyone who wants to dive into this genre ...

Gothic fiction is experiencing a revival, if it ever truly died. Originally conceived as a shadowy counterpoint to the Age of Enlightenment’s sunny rationality, Gothic novels have lurked the literary ...

Gothicism is a genre of literature often underestimated in its importance. It was the gothic that gave rise to such subgenres as science fiction and horror, which stand among the most popular of ...

In the 13 stories by du Maurier, there is always space for a laugh, a scare, and an active imagination that can run through this genre.

Gothic horror has roots in literary works that existed long before cinema was created. Pioneered by Horace Walpole with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, it is the daddy of all horror. Like its ...

When you think “gothic,” you think about dark, foreboding, mysterious. In literature, it is all of those things. Dr. Heidi Backes says it is often constructed to tell a tale about the underlying ...