T here is a long history of turning old folk tales into beautiful horror films. The fantastical vibes of these fairytales are ...

Of the very few “soviet horror films,” Viy, released in 1967 by Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachyov is undeniably a dark ... of gothic use of dread in horror. These aren't the fairy ...

Valentine's Day is on the horizon, but something haunting is brewing in the beauty space. Sure, a red lip is always a classic ...

Tap into a dark, sultry femininity this Valentine’s with gothic whimsy and a floral bouquet of this season’s must-have scents ...

Filmmaker Magnus von Horn discusses his gritty film, now nominated for the best international feature Oscar.

The novel features the supernatural, with a dark secret from the past at its core. Today, 260 years later, gothic is still with us in the form of “contemporary gothic” plays , fiction , films ...

In 1764, Horace Walpole published the first gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, set in a labyrinthine castle surrounded by woods. The novel features the supernatural, with a dark secret from the past ...

Updated January 17th, 2025, by Mara Cowley: Gothic games are not rare to come by these days. Over the years, many developers have worked hard to create games that explore dark gothic themes of ...

But what piqued my interest amongst the jump scares was the actor’s make-up, on-screen—which perfectly embodied the modern-day conception of Victorian-era, gothic ... like a dark under eye ...

Cinematographers break down the cameras, lenses, and looks of the scripted feature films premiering at Sundance in 2025.