Charquis Ross
Micah Jordan
Shay Hudson
Kevin Jean-Bart
Deven Chapman
 a subculture
 The term "Gothic" often applied to buildings
 began at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th.
 fantastic tales dealing with horror, despair, the grotesque and other “dark”
subjects
 named for the apparent influence of the dark gothic architecture of the period
on the genre
 "medievalness”
 Horace Walpole, whose The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first true gothic novel, was
obsessed with gothic architecture, and built his own house in that style (as did Stephen
King)
 Prominent features:
 terror (both psychological and physical)
 mystery
 the supernatural
 ghosts
 haunted houses and Gothic architecture
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(e.g. castles)
 darkness
 death and decay
 madness
 secrets
hereditary curses.
An atmosphere of mystery and suspense.
Omens, portents, visions.
An ancient prophecy.
High, even overwrought emotion.
An ancient prophecy.
The metonymy of gloom and horror.
Gothic spawned a plethora of side genres, merging into a
wider definition of ‘horror film' including monster
movies and slasher films, anything dealing with the
supernatural or nightmarish fears.
 Vampyr
 The Horror of Dracula
 Frankenstein
 The Wolf Man
 Phantom of the Opera
 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
 The earliest horror films were Gothic in style - meaning that they were
usually set in spooky old mansions, castles, or fog-shrouded, dark and
shadowy locations.
 The main characters have included: demented madmen, devils, unfriendly
ghosts, monsters, demons, zombies, evil spirits, arch fiends, Satanic villains,
and the diabolical presence of evil.
 The first horror movie, only about two minutes long, was made by Georges
Melies, titled Le Manoir Du Diable in 1896.