
An unforgettable journey through dark and stormy nights, decaying castles, creaky stairways, helpless heroines, ominous caretakers, and sinister intentions in this thirteen-part series that examines the gothic in cinema. The term “gothic” in popular use originated from a form of architecture, but it became a literary genre with the 18th-century gothic novel, in which heroines were terrorized in gothic buildings by malevolent villains. Gothic is now used to describe a wide variety of styles and art forms. In film, gothic combines elements of mystery and the uncanny, layered with undercurrents of romance and passion. In this series we dive into a survey of the greatest gothic films of all time, including films by visionary directors James Whale, Alfred Hitchcock, Tim Burton, Ingmar Bergman, David Lynch, Kathryn Bigelow, and more!