Gothic horror is a genre that finds its roots in literature long before the invention of film.
Lily starts experiencing strange events, including hearing noises and hallucinations.
On the surface,I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the Houseis ahaunted house horror movie.
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Things start well, and the children befriend local teenager Allie (Taylor-Joy).
After Rose’s death, a malevolent spirit starts haunting the house.
Moreover, the characters are very complex and nuanced.
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Merricat is a very peculiar character who practices magic to protect her family.
Florence eventually agrees, thinking she can easily debunk the case but experiences events she cannot explain.
Taking place in a boys' boarding school post-World War I,The Awakeningnails the gothic horror atmosphere.
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6’The Orphanage' (2007)
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A. Bayonamade his debut in horror withThe Orphanage, which was produced byhorror maestroGuillermo del Toro.
Strange things start happening in the house, but Laura dismisses them until Simon disappears.
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The Orphanageprioritizes the perspective of children.
On their first night, they are attacked by intruders, and Vera has a hard time moving on.
Incident in a Ghostlandheavilyexplores the theme of entrapment, a pillar of gothic horror.
Prospero decides to lock himself in a castle alongside his aristocratic friends to wait the plague out.
The Tomb of Ligeiamixes gothic horror with romance.
The movie is characterized by its central themes of death and obsession while adding supernatural elements.
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Ligeia’s presence is felt throughout the movie, whether through physical depictions or unexplainable events in the abbey.
It starsDaniel Radcliffeand follows Arthur Kipps, a lawyer struggling with the death of his wife during childbirth.
Although far from perfect,The Woman in Blackis guaranteed to terrifyIts audience.
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