A little over two centuries before Guillermo del Toro's 2025 film adaptation of Frankenstein starring Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth came to the big screen, Mary Shelley set her mind to writing a ghost ...

With elements ranging from crumbling castles and ghostly visions to tortured characters and eerie atmospheres, Gothic horror has been giving readers spine-tingling thrills since the eighteenth century ...

Gothic literature has given us some of the medium's all-time best masterpieces, including Jane Eyre and The Strange Case of ...

In Kerry Cullen’s uncanny debut, “House of Beth,” a queer 20-something finds that “straight” life comes with serious strings (and spirits) attached. By Jenny Wu Our columnist reviews “Strange Houses” ...

Whether you are watching a horror classic, such as “The Shining” or “Poltergeist,” or laughing at the over-the-top antics of “Beetlejuice” or the “Ghostbusters,” ghost stories abound during Halloween.

The monsters under your bed are subject to peer review. Since 2018, the University of Wales Press has published the Horror Studies series, a collection of academic writings on the horror genre.

Jasneet Singh is a writer who finally has a platform to indulge in long rants about small moments on TV and film in overwhelming detail. With a literature background, she is drawn to the narrative ...

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The term gothic was first applied to fiction in the mid-18th century, and to this day conjures brooding atmospheres, crumbling mansions, and tormented characters. Beyond the eerie tropes, it’s a genre ...