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12Gothic Horror is one of the oldest of the {{horror}} genres. [[DarkerAndEdgier Darker, edgier]] and on the {{Romanticism}} end of RomanticismVersusEnlightenment (in fact, it quite literally emerged alongside the Romantic movement in the late 18th century as a reaction against the values of [[UsefulNotes/TheEnlightenment the Enlightenment]]), it tends to play on both the thrill and the fear of the unknown and places a great importance on atmosphere. It's usually heavily [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolic]], sometimes even dreamlike. In addition to being important to the horror genre, the first ScienceFiction, MysteryFiction, {{Fantasy}}, {{Romance}}, {{Thriller}}, and {{Adventure}} authors drew inspiration from Gothic horror, so it's sometimes considered the parent of all modern genre fiction.
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14Gothic fiction is usually used as a synonym or is the name given to Gothic horror stories that are saturated with the above mentioned scifi, fantasy, romance, mystery, or adventure elements.
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16The name "Gothic" comes from a kind of architecture from TheMiddleAges (christened as such by those who considered it barbaric in comparison to classical architecture, the name coming from the barbarian tribe of the Goths). There were a lot of Gothic ruins lying around Britain, and people in the 18th and 19th centuries developed an interest in them because (a) ruins are always kind of mysterious and melancholy and creepy and (b) they evoked the time period they were built in, which was thought of as a [[TheDungAges barbaric]] time where people believed in (and did) all kinds of weird stuff. For this reason, most early Gothic horror novels were set in that era. They were usually also set in Catholic countries, because the Brits who wrote them [[CreepyCatholicism considered Catholicism sinister]] ([[EvilIsCool yet also kinda cool]]).
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18The renewed interest in Gothic stuff also led to the Gothic Revival movement in architecture, but for the purposes of this article we're not so interested in that.
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20Horace Walpole's ''Literature/TheCastleOfOtranto'', written in 1764, is considered the first Gothic horror novel. Walpole was a big fan of Creator/WilliamShakespeare and proudly declared that [[JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples he borrowed most of the tropes from]] his idol's plays, particularly ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', and ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. Creator/AnnRadcliffe helped popularize the genre, and authors such as Matthew Lewis, Clara Reeve, Eliza Parsons, Eleanor Sleath, and Francis Lathom finished out the eighteenth century Gothic horror writers in Britain. (Other parts of Europe, most notably Germany, saw parallel movements arising around this time as well, with authors such as Creator/ETAHoffmann and Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe putting out works which are often considered at least Gothic-adjacent.) The beginning of the nineteenth century saw Gothic horror being parodied by authors like Creator/JaneAusten, but there were still straight examples provided by authors such as Creator/LordByron and Creator/MaryShelley. By the time the [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian era]] rolled around Gothic horror was beginning to run out of steam, but there were still quite a few people writing it -- in fact, most of the Gothic horror authors and works you've heard of probably come from this era, such as Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, Creator/BramStoker, and the Brontë sisters. A distinct American offshoot of the genre also came into its own in this period, exemplified by writers like Poe and Creator/NathanielHawthorne.
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22There were a few more notable Gothic authors in the early 20th century (Creator/DaphneDuMaurier, for example), but by the 1950s or so, the genre had given way to modern {{Horror}} and [[PsychologicalThriller Psychological Thrillers]], or -- in the U.S. -- the SouthernGothic subgenre. Spearheaded by writers such as Creator/WilliamFaulkner and Eudora Welty and later picked up by the likes of Creator/FlanneryOConnor and Harper Lee, Southern Gothic literature transposes Gothic gloom and terror to the post-Civil War DeepSouth. In Canada, some authors transposed Southern Gothic themes to Toronto and its surrounding region, creating Southern Ontario Gothic.
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24The CosmicHorrorStory is something of a SpiritualSuccessor to Gothic Horror, with the genre's codifier Creator/HPLovecraft explicitly listing several masters of Gothic Horror as major influences. Where Gothic Horror drew upon classical mythology and legend to provide its nightmares, however, Cosmic Horror looked to the modern world itself, and pondered what would happen as man shone a light upon the last refuges of the creatures who once haunted the empty countryside now becoming suburbs, and reached beyond the limits of what he was meant to know. Perhaps HereThereBeDragons, after all?
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26The influence of the Gothic can also be found in the FilmNoir tradition, which carries on the Gothic's themes of secrets coming to light, simmering sexual tension, middle-class distrust for the rich, and a general tone of unease and paranoia, though in a much more cynical and modern environment, and typically eschewing the fantastical elements of the Gothic in favour of the more psychological aspects (although it's [[FantasticNoir not impossible to put those fantastic elements back in]]).
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28[[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal]] and [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer Films]] are responsible for successfully adapting this genre onto the big screen. For modern takes on the genre see GaslampFantasy, NewWeird, and SupernaturalFiction. Compare/contrast also GothicPunk.
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30For an in-depth look go to [[http://web.archive.org/web/20131203014156/http://www.violetbooks.com/ Violet Books]] (unfortunately deceased, but resurrected -- appropriately enough) and the still-active [[http://gaslight-lit.s3-website.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/gaslight/index.htm Gaslight Reading & Discussion Site.]] See also Lovecraft's essay ''[[http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx Supernatural Horror in Literature.]]''
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32For a list of tropes used in the Gothic horror genre see IndexOfGothicHorrorTropes. For advice on writing in this genre, see our SoYouWantTo/WriteAGothicStory guide.
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34!!Authors who wrote partially or entirely in the Gothic fiction genre include:
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40* Horace Walpole (1717–1797). His novel ''Literature/TheCastleOfOtranto'' (1764) makes him the TropeMaker. Also gave us HauntedCastle.
41* Clara Reeve (1729–1807), who wrote ''Literature/TheOldEnglishBaron'' (1778) in direct response to Walpole's ''Otranto''.
42* Eliza Parsons (1739–1811). Better known for her novel ''The Castle Of Wolfenbach'' (1793).
43* William Godwin (1756–1836). His novel ''St. Leon'' (1799) introduced the [[AncientTradition Rosicrucians]] and the idea of forbidden knowledge granting eternal life to the Gothic genre. He was also the father of Mary Shelley, and his ''St. Leon'' was a major inspiration for her ''Frankenstein''.
44* William Beckford (1760–1844). Author of ''Literature/{{Vathek}}'' (1786) and started the subgenre of Orientalist Gothic, set in [[ArabianNightsDays a mythical Orient]] inspired by ''Literature/TheArabianNights''.
45* Creator/AnnRadcliffe (1764–1823). Author of, among others, ''Literature/TheMysteriesOfUdolpho'' (1794) and ''Literature/TheItalian'' (1797). Notably replaced real supernatural events with the ScoobyDooHoax.
46* Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845). Her novel ''The Children Of The Abbey'' (1796) was a best-seller of its time. But she is best remembered for the moodier ''Clermont'' (1798).
47* Carl Friedrich Kahlert (1765–1813), ''alias'' Ludwig Flammenberg. He is better known for the novel ''The Necromancer'' (1794), also known as ''The Tale of the Black Forest''. The work was written in German and translated into English. The translator Peter Teuthold considerably revised the text and even added a chapter of his own. The Teuthold version is still the best known form of the work.
48* Carl Grosse (1768–1847) ''alias'' Marquis de Grosse. Better known for ''Horrid Mysteries'' (1796), the English translation of his novel ''Der Genius'' (''The Guiding Spirit'', 1791-1795).
49* Eleanor Sleath (1770–1847). Married name of Eleanor Carter. Better known for her novel ''The Orphan of the Rhine''(1798).
50* Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810): The first important American Gothic writer, best known for ''Wieland'' (1798).
51* Francis Lathom (1774–1832). His better known work in the genre was ''The Midnight Bell'' (1798). He is also known for ''The Mysterious Freebooter'' (1806), an early work of HistoricalFictionLiterature.
52* Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775–1818). His novel ''Literature/TheMonk'' (1796) gave us the SinisterMinister, who, among other sins, enters into a DealWithTheDevil, as well as introducing the WanderingJew archetype to the genre.
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56* Creator/JamesHogg (1770–1835). Best known for ''Literature/ThePrivateMemoirsAndConfessionsOfAJustifiedSinner'' (1824), which gave us the {{Doppelganger}}. The eponymous Sinner supposedly makes a DealWithTheDevil, but it is never clear if this is true or all in his head. Also makes chilling use of PsychologicalHorror and RashomonStyle.
57* Creator/ETAHoffmann (1776–1822). The most important German author of Gothic fiction. His novel ''The Devil's Elixirs'' (1815) is a classic of the genre. His best known work, however, is the short story "Literature/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing" (1816).
58* Charles Robert Maturin (1782–1824). Author of ''Literature/MelmothTheWanderer'' (1820), a notable use of the NestedStory style to tell a complex tale.
59* Creator/WashingtonIrving (1783–1859): Author of numerous classic tales of terror. Some, like "Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow" (1820), have rational explanations a la Radcliffe. Others, like ''The Devil And Tom Walker'' (1824), are purely supernatural.
60* Eaton Stannard Barrett (1786–1820). Wrote ''The Heroine'' (1813), a notable parody of the genre. Particularly of the ChangelingFantasy plots which had been used by several gothic novels. In these novels, characters of seemingly modest backgrounds often found themselves secret progeny of noble and/or affluent families. Barrett's "heroine", Cherry Wilkinson, is a farmer's daughter and an avid reader of gothic novels. She convinces herself that she is heiress Cherubina de Willoughby and embarks on a series of [[Literature/DonQuixote quixotic]] misadventures.
61* Creator/LordByron (1788–1824). His ByronicHero was a major contribution to Gothic fiction. The type was introduced in the narrative poem ''Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'' (1812-1818). His poem ''The Giaour'' (1813) is one of the earliest depictions of vampires in fiction. The satiric poem ''Literature/DonJuan'' (1818-1824) is not part of the genre, however.
62* Creator/JohnWilliamPolidori (1795–1821). He wrote the first vampire novel, ''Literature/TheVampyre'' (1819). TropeMaker of VampiresAreRich and GenrePopularizer of VampireFiction.
63* Creator/MaryShelley (1797–1851). Her novel ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' (1818) gave us FrankensteinsMonster. She is also considered the first ScienceFiction writer.
64* Creator/NikolaiGogol (1809–1852). Russian horror writer of ''Literature/{{Viy}}'', ''The Nose'', and ''Nevsky Prospekt''.
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68* Creator/EdwardBulwerLytton (1803–1873) of ItWasADarkAndStormyNight fame. He had an actual interest in the occult and the paranormal. He incorporated elements of his study in various tales, most notably ''Zanoni'' (1842). His most enduring work is probably ''The Coming Race'' (1871), combining elements of occultism, gothic horror, and science fiction.
69* Creator/MarieCorelli (1855–1924) had this in some of her novels, notably ''Wormwood'' and ''Vendetta''.
70* Creator/NathanielHawthorne (1804–1864): Intertwined Gothic Horror with the history of New England in such stories and novels as ''Young Goodman Brown'' (1835), ''The House of the Seven Gables'' (1851), etc.
71* Creator/EdgarAllanPoe (1809–1849). One of the most important writers of Gothic fiction; wrote the first GreatDetective [[MysteryFiction Mystery]]. He revisited classic gothic themes in the short stories "Literature/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher" (1839), and "Literature/ThePitAndThePendulum" (1842), among many other classics of the genre. His best known Gothic poem is probably ''Literature/TheRaven'' (1845).
72* Creator/CharlesDickens (1812–1870). He gave us VictorianLondon or at least the Hollywood version of it. He tended to use old Gothic tropes in new ways. Such as secret heirs to prominent families ("Literature/OliverTwist", 1837-1839), and wicked uncles plotting or performing murder (Literature/TheMysteryOfEdwinDrood, 1870). All in an urban environment and graphically depicting the life of the low classes.
73* Creator/JosephSheridanLeFanu (1814–1873). Better known as the author of ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'' (1872). Gave us the OccultDetective and {{Lesbian Vampire}}s.
74* Creator/PaulFeval (1816–1887). Penned ''Literature/TheVampireCountess'' (1856), ''Literature/{{Knightshade}}'' (1860), and ''Literature/VampireCity'' (1875), all of which are classic examples of OurVampiresAreDifferent.
75* George W.M. Reynolds (1814–1879). He wrote the serial novels ''The Mysteries Of London'' (c. 1844-1848), and ''The Mysteries Of The Court Of London'' (1848-1856). He was a pioneer of the "[[UrbanFantasy urban mysteries]]" style of gothic horror. Tales changing the story setting from the haunted castles of the past to the great metropolis of the Industrial Revolution. He luridly depicted the poverty, crime, and violence of London life. Reynolds also wrote three other gothic novels: ''Faust: a Romance of the Secret Tribunals'' (1847), ''Wagner the Wehr-Wolf'' (1846-7), and ''The Necromancer'' (1851-2).
76* James Malcolm Rymer (1814–1884). Helped [[TropeCodifier pave the way for]] the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire with the title character of ''Literature/VarneyTheVampire'' (1847), which is also the TropeCodifier for many commonly used vampire tropes such as fangs, two-hole puncture wounds, and SuperStrength, among others.
77* Creator/CharlotteBronte (1816–1855). Gave us the MadwomanInTheAttic in ''Literature/JaneEyre'' (1847).
78* Creator/EmilyBronte (1818–1848). Author of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' (1847).
79* Creator/WilkieCollins (1824–1889). Author of ''Literature/TheWomanInWhite'' (1859-1860).
80* Mary E Braddon (1835–1915). Writer of sensation novels, which took on Gothic tropes like secret marriages and madwomen but generally left out supernatural elements. Author of ''Literature/LadyAudleysSecret'' (1862), one of the first mystery novels, and a possible forerunner to the FilmNoir genre.
81* Creator/LouisaMayAlcott (1832–1888). While best known for ''Literature/LittleWomen'' (1868-1869), [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]] reasonably successful "sensational" Gothic romances such as ''A Modern Mephistopheles'' (1877) under the pen name of A. M. Barnard, and one called ''A Long Fatal Love Chase'' that everyone in her own lifetime found too scandalous to publish. The latter was written in 1866 and first published in 1995.
82* George Du Maurier (1834–1896). Author of the novel ''Literature/{{Trilby}}'' (1894), which was the TropeNamer and possibly the TropeMaker for TheSvengali. Also the grandfather of Daphne du Maurier, author of ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}''.
83* Creator/{{Ouida}} (1839–1908) had Gothic elements in many of her stories. She even had some tales with [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies zombies]].
84* Creator/AmbroseBierce (1842–1913?). Another precursor to the CosmicHorrorStory. His short story ''Literature/AnOccurrenceAtOwlCreekBridge'' (1890) is a classic case of DyingDream. The lesser known ''An Inhabitant Of Carcosa'' (1886) is an influential use of the EldritchLocation. The mysterious disappearance of this author has also inspired younger storytellers.
85* Creator/HenryJames (1843–1916). Author of ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' (1898).
86* Creator/BramStoker (1847–1912). Gave us ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' (1897) and {{Uberwald}}.
87* Isidore Ducasse (1847–1870), aka Le Comte de Lautréamont, although it was only a pseudonym. Author of the self-consciously outrageous ''Literature/LesChantsDeMaldoror'' (1868), later a canonical text for [[{{Surrealism}} the Surrealist movement]] in France and Belgium.
88* Creator/RobertLouisStevenson (1850–1894) dabbled in this trope. Gave us the JekyllAndHyde trope through ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (1886). Most of his other work, however, is swashbuckling adventure fiction, and his ''other'' most famous book, ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', is probably the definitive work of {{pirate}} fiction.
89* Creator/MaryEleanorWilkinsFreeman (1852–1930): Author of regional Gothic tales like "A Symphony in Lavender" (1883), "The Twelfth Guest" (1893), "Literature/LuellaMiller" (1902), and "The Shadows on the Wall" (1903, adapted as an episode of Series/NightGallery).
90* Creator/OscarWilde (1854–1900). Author of ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'' (1890).
91* Creator/ArthurConanDoyle (1859–1930). Creator of Literature/SherlockHolmes. His novel ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'' (1901-1902) uses classic gothic horror elements, but of course more in the Ann Radcliffe, ScoobyDooHoax style. (On the other hand, he also wrote "Lot No. 249", an early {{Mummy}} tale, in an era when fascination with AncientEgypt was gaining ground.)
92* Creator/ArthurMachen (1863–1947). Author of ''Literature/TheGreatGodPan'' (1894).
93* Creator/RobertWChambers (1865–1933). Paved the way for the emergence of the CosmicHorrorStory with ''Literature/TheKingInYellow'' (1895).
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97* Creator/MontagueRhodesJames (1862–1936). Credited with updating the ghost story for the 20th century. His works often used SealedEvilInACan. His short stories were collected in volumes such as ''Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary'' (1904), and its sequel ''More Ghost Stories'' (1911).
98* Gaston Leroux (1868–1927): author of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' (1909).
99* Creator/EdithWharton (1862–1937): Disciple of Creator/HenryJames. Wrote classic ghost stories, collected in volumes like ''Tales Of Men And Ghosts'' (1910).
100* Creator/AlgernonBlackwood (1869–1951). Influential writer of ghost stories. His better known works are ''The Willows'' (1907) and ''The Wendigo''(1910). Both are influential works in the CosmicHorrorStory genre.
101* Creator/WilliamHopeHodgson (1877–1918). Author of ''Literature/TheHouseOnTheBorderland'' (1908), ''Literature/TheNightLand'' (1912), and ''Literature/CarnackiTheGhostFinder'' (1913).
102* Hugh Walpole (1884–1941). Author in several genres. His better known gothic horror tale is ''Portrait of a Man With Red Hair'' (1925) …and yes, he ''is'' the descendant of Horace Walpole, the TropeMaker and author of ''Literature/TheCastleOfOtranto'' as earlier mentioned.
103* Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952). Prolific author of gothic novels, horror tales, and historical novels. Several of her stories were collected posthumously in the collection ''Kecksies And Other Twilight Tales'' (1976). [[http://web.archive.org/web/20131203014156/http://www.violetbooks.com/bowen.html Her own life story]] was pretty horrific as well.
104* Creator/DennisWheatley (1890–1977), author of ''Literature/TheDevilRidesOut''.
105* Guy Endore (1900–1970): Author of the classic werewolf novel, ''The Werewolf Of Paris'' (1933).
106* William Sloane (1906–1974). Author of two classic horror novels, ''To Walk The Night'' (1937) and ''The Edge Of Running Water'' (1939, filmed as ''The Devil Commands'' in 1941 with Creator/BorisKarloff).
107* Creator/DaphneDuMaurier (1908–1989). Granddaughter of the above-mentioned George du Maurier; wrote ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}'' (1938), ''Literature/JamaicaInn'' (1936) and the original short story on which ''Film/TheBirds'' was based.
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111* Creator/AgathaChristie (1890–1976)
112* Creator/HPLovecraft (1890–1937)
113* Creator/WilliamFaulkner (1897–1962)
114* Creator/ShirleyJackson (1916–1965)
115* Creator/RobertBloch (1917–1994)
116* Creator/RayBradbury (1920–2012)
117* Creator/VCAndrews (1923–1986)
118* Creator/FlanneryOConnor (1925–1964)
119* Creator/ToniMorrison (1931–2019)
120* Creator/AnneRice (1941–2021)
121* Creator/MargaretAtwood (1939–)
122* Creator/PeterStraub (1943–2022)
123* Creator/DeanKoontz (1945–)
124* Creator/StephenKing (1947–)
125* Creator/BarbaraGowdy (1950–)
126* Creator/CliveBarker (1952–)
127* Creator/AmyTan (1952–)
128* Creator/KimNewman (1959–)
129* Creator/NeilGaiman (1960–)
130* Creator/JossWhedon (1964–)
131* Creator/JKRowling (1965–)
132* Sarah Waters (1966–). Her novels ''Affinity'' and ''Literature/TheLittleStranger'' are homages to the genre; the latter, in particular, is heavily reminiscent of ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew''.
133* Creator/BillyMartin (1967–)
134* Creator/ClaudiaGray (1970–)[[note]] At least in her early works. [[/note]]
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138!!Non-literary works of (and inspired by) Gothic Horror
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143* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' certainly has the archetypal atmosphere in the Black Swordsman Arc, the Retribution Arc, and in ''The Prototype''. Traces of the genre are found throughout the series, though, since it tends to overlap with DarkFantasy.
144* ''Anime/DeathParade'' has a gloomy and dark aesthetic, haunting sound design, and plenty of visual and thematic symbolism with elements of {{psychological|Horror}} and {{cosmic horror|Story}} as well. It features a CelestialBureaucracy who judge unsuspecting humans, and maintains an overall air of mystery and suspense throughout its short runtime, and it plays on the fear of the unknown with plenty of [[CrypticConversation intentionally vague dialogue]] and constant secrecy. Given the setting, the show has plenty of {{Death|Tropes}} and AfterlifeTropes that are fairly customary for the genre as well, and the overall themes [[RomanticismVersusEnlightenment slowly slide down the scale from enlightenment to romanticism]].
145* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' has gothic horror themes, with heavy emphasis on symbolism, despair and {{Tragic Villain}}s. In contrast, [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the original manga]] (and its TruerToTheText adaptation ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'') is more of a GaslampFantasy {{Thriller}}.
146* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' has a good many tropes representative of the genre, including [[BigFancyHouse old castles and mansions]], [[MadwomanInTheAttic crazy ladies in towers]] ([[spoiler:Lacie and later Alice/the Intention of the Abyss initially appear to play this straight before subverting it, as none of them are actually crazy and are only locked up because of their connection with the Abyss]]), [[GirlInTheTower confinement]] and [[LockedInTheDungeon imprisonment]], {{Evil Twin}}s and [[EvilDoppelganger doubles]] ([[spoiler:Alice and the Will and Jack and Oz, respectively, play with these concepts]]), [[MalevolentMutilation mutilation]] and torture of [[ColdBloodedTorture multiple]] [[MindRape varieties]], otherworldly [[EldritchLocation places]] (the Abyss) and [[EldritchAbomination creatures]] (chains), and [[MadnessTropes insanity]], among others.
147* ''Manga/ShadowsHouse'' has many hallmarks of the genre, having a dark, mysterious atmosphere and taking place in a [[BigFancyHouse shadowy European mansion]] where mysterious beings made of soot are served by children they refer to as "Living Dolls". Main character Emilico and her assigned mistress Kate soon realize that things are not what they seem, and they gradually uncover several dark secrets hidden by the inhabitants of the mansion.
148* ''Literature/{{Shiki}}'' is a pretty blatant contemporary homage to the genre, taking place in a secluded location with vampires and having some serious moral dilemmas and in general questioning the morality of man. In addition, it is also a clear homage to Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/SalemsLot''.
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152* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The comic series and its multiple adaptations are heavily associated with the genre (when they're not indulging in {{camp}}, at least), but this is actually [[NewerThanTheyThink a more recent development]], only really starting in the 1970s at the earliest. Before that, the primary influences were the pulp and noir from the era it originated. Nevertheless, the Batman franchise is now indelibly influenced by Gothic horror, not least in its themes of corruption and madness.
153* Many of Creator/MarvelComics' horror series in the 60s to 80s were strongly influenced by gothic horror and carried many of the genre's hallmarks, from themes of corruption and madness to usage of folklore and mythology for inspiration to the eerie atmosphere of mounting dread mixed with romanticism. Amongst their more notable outputs of this variety include ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'', ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight'', and ''ComicBook/TheFrankensteinMonster''.
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157* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is heavily inspired by the genre in both aesthetic and theme, and can be seen as a LighterAndSofter, "family-friendly" take on it. Not only does much of the story take place in a dark, gloomy castle, but its story features heavy elements of transgression (in the Beast's refusal to give SacredHospitality for petty reasons), doubling (in his similarities to and differences from Gaston) and liminality (him being a mixture of animal and man).
158* ''WesternAnimation/BlackfordManor'' is an animated short about Josette Gray, a maid who comes to work for the mysterious Lord Montague, [[spoiler:who may be a werewolf]].
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163* Creator/GuillermoDelToro's films ''Film/TheDevilsBackbone'' and ''Film/CrimsonPeak'' are both gothic ghost tales, set in a remote orphanage in 1930s Spain and a decaying mansion in Edwardian England, respectively. His other films consistently draw influence from classic gothic fiction as well even if they occupy various other genres themselves.
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165* ''Film/TheBlackRoom'' (1935) is not typically labeled as Gothic (probably due to its dearth of supernatural elements), but actually contains a lot of Gothic elements, starting with a dark [[TheProphecy prophecy]]-slash-family {{curse}} of {{fratricide}} and a classical Gothic villain in Baron Gregor (Creator/BorisKarloff), who is driven by his sexual desires to transgress against human and divine laws. Vis-a-vis the Tyrant, we also have the pure and innocent Maiden Thea, whom he abducts and manipulates into marriage; the "doubling" motif with Gregor's GoodTwin Anton, whom he [[KillAndReplace murders to steal his identity]]; and even a {{revenge}}-from-beyond-the-grave plot, when Gregor falls onto a knife still clutched in Anton's dead hands, fulfilling the prophecy of the ''younger'' brother killing the older.
166* ''Film/BlackSunday'''s style, cinematography and story all hearken back to older Gothic horror films of the 1930s.
167* ''Film/TheBrood'' is Creator/DavidCronenberg's take on Gothic Horror, updated to a late 1970s institutional setting, with a dangerous psychiatric method unearthing deadly secrets and emotional trauma being physically expressed as BodyHorror, and a remote patients' retreat location standing in for the requisite haunted castle. A good example of the Southern Ontario Gothic subcategory described above.
168* ''Film/ACureForWellness'' is a modern take on the genre, particularly drawing influence on ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' with a young urban professional traveling to an imposing, Germanic castle [[spoiler:where he encounters a monstrous immortal aristocrat who engages in a form of vampirism]].
169* ''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers'' is an AffectionateParody of Gothic Horror and vampire movies, particularly those in the Film/HammerHorror tradition.
170* ''Film/{{Gaslight}}'' is more of a thriller than a horror movie, but it involves a woman being driven mad while in a spacious London manor.
171* ''Giorgino'' (1994) features a town with a dark secret, a gloomy mansion, a haunted forest, an old creepy asylum and lots of other things in a similar vein.
172* The ''Film/HammerHorror'' canon is a series of Gothic horror movies made by the British company Hammer Film Productions between the 1950s and the early '70s. They were influential enough for "Hammer horror" to become a distinct subgenre label that was also applied to entirely unrelated, but similar productions.
173* ''Film/InFabric'' is an homage to 1970s Gothic Horror. The witch-like staff of the mysterious department store enhance this aesthetic.
174* ''Film/TheInnocents'' -- an adaptation of ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' -- is set entirely in an elegant country mansion (aside from a brief interview scene at the start). Although it is a ghost story, there is enough ambiguity to suggest that Miss Giddens could be driven mad by the vastness of the house. She often only sees the ghost at a distance, reaffirming that anything could be hidden in such a large house.
175* ''Film/TheInvitation2022'' is a 2020s take on the genre. The film revolves around a young woman (American) travelling to a foreign land (England) where the people around her behave in strange and sinister ways. It takes place primarily in an old, spooky castle-like mansion with dark secrets and past tragedy. The heroine develops romantic feelings for a TallDarkAndHandsome stranger who may not be all he seems. There are supernatural occurrences, such as the heroine having ghostly visions [[spoiler:and the revelation her love interest and several members of her extended family are vampires]]. The climax even features the heroine running for her life in an old-fashioned white gown, invoking some classic Gothic imagery.
176* Of all the possible films, ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' goes in this route in the climax. [[spoiler:The third act is set in an opulent Edwardian English estate on a dark and stormy night, with the characters being stalked by a bloodthirsty creature which is a product of freakish genetic mad science and slinks around on all fours in the shadows like a nightmarish werewolf or vampire.]]
177* ''Film/KillBabyKill'' revolves around a vengeful ghost of a little girl, who torments the small, desolate village of Karmingam. Additionally, we have a haunted manor, an evil aristocrat, a village witch, and a whole bunch of corpses.
178* 2020's ''Film/LetHimGo'' plays on this, by having a plot set in the mid-1960's where a couple journeys into the hills and valleys of North Dakota to confront a family living in an off-grid, dilapidated residence, with a mother and her child (the couple's grandson) being held against their will after her new husband moved them there. The climax of the film takes place during the middle of the night in the mansion, as one of the characters to rescue the mother and her child.
179* ''Film/TheManWithTwoBrains'' is a modern-day take on and an AffectionateParody of Gothic Horror.
180* ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}'' (1922) is often listed as the UrExample of the Gothic horror film genre, being a (loose) adaptation of Bram Stoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''. In some ways, ''Nosferatu'' is ''more'' gothic than ''Dracula'', since it drops the book's themes of Victorian modernity (steam-powered travel, blood transfusion) in favour of an earlier 19th Century, almost fairytale atmosphere.
181* ''Film/TheOthers'' is about a haunted castle and has many gothic themes.
182* ''Film/PhantasmIVOblivion'' has many scenes with gothic imagery like a cemetery, a mortuary, a dry and crooked desert tree, lots of abandoned places and buildings. There is also the main character who likes to chill in dark places with a lit candelabra by his side and there is a Dr. Jekyll-like scientist with a bunch of secrets.
183* ''Film/TheReflectingSkin'' puts a midwestern spin on gothic fiction by setting a tale of serial killers, lust, and madness amongst amber waves of grain and rotting barns.
184* The ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' movies of the early 20th century did not ''all'' belong to the Gothic subgenre, but their most prominent early specimen, namely the 1931 ''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}'' and ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}'' laid the foundations of the then- and now-contemporary Gothic film expression. The ur-trifecta of 1931 Gothic horror films is rounded off by ''[[Film/DrJekyllAndMrHyde1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'', which was produced by Paramount and therefore isn't part of the Universal Monsters franchise.
185* ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'' uses a Hollywood mansion to this effect. It houses two {{White Dwarf Starlet}}s -- one is confined to a wheelchair and the other is a recluse, and the horror comes from how the latter can torture her sister emotionally. The film was going to be shot in colour, but the lead actress Creator/BetteDavis pushed for it to be done in black and white to help with the Gothic image.
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189* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'': Deeply flawed characters in an insane asylum run by people abusing both religion and science to their most inhumane extremes with occasional visits by enigmatic beings beyond human comprehension pretty much fits the bill.
190* ''Series/DarkShadows'', the {{Trope Maker|s}} for the {{Supernatural Soap Opera}}, is famous for using every Gothic trope in the book. It had everything from witches, vampires, a werewolf, a FrankensteinsMonster, ghosts, {{Captain Ersatz}}es of Dorian Gray and Jekyll and Hyde, and even an EldritchAbomination.
191* One of the more popular and influential eras of ''Series/DoctorWho'' -- specifically, [[Recap/DoctorWho Seasons 12, 13 and 14]], featuring Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe as producer, Creator/RobertHolmes as script editor and Creator/TomBaker as the lead.
192* ''Series/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher2023'' is a modernized amalgamation of several Creator/EdgarAllanPoe stories and tells of a corrupt and wealthy family which is targeted by a supernatural killer.
193* ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' is a strange cross between this and a PoliceProcedural.
194* ''Series/TheHauntingOfBlyManor'', which is a retelling of ''The Turn of the Screw'', as well as being an adaptation of another Henry James story, ''The Romance of Certain Old Clothe''s. An American ''au pair'' with a DarkAndTroubledPast takes a job at an old English country manor, caring for two young children who have experienced their fair share of trauma and exhibit disturbing behaviors. The house is definitely haunted in this adaptation (in ''The Turn of the Screw'' things are kept more [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]]), although the story also places a lot of emphasis on romantic drama and family tragedy; one character actually states in-universe that the series is more a love story than a ghost story, and Gothic fiction frequently blends the two.
195* ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse2018'', a reimagining of Shirley Jackson's [[Literature/TheHauntingOfHillHouse novel]], about a family who moved to a haunted Gothic-style mansion and subsequently had their lives torn apart by the horrifying events that transpired there. The series places as much emphasis on family drama as it does ghosts.
196* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'' is a Gothic romance which centers around [[DestructiveRomance the twisted love story]] between two vampires.
197* ''Series/PennyDreadful'' is set in 1891 UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain and weaves together various {{Public Domain Character}}s from classic horror literature in a story about the supernatural.
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201* The song "Go Away" by Music/StrawberrySwitchblade is a short story in the form of a song with a couple of gothic twists and brooding sound.
202* The song "Pale Spectre" performed by Blouse is a cover of a song by The Wake, the latter being more upbeat while having a gothic theme. Blouse made it all-gothic.
203* The music video for "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" by Music/SheenaEaston features a FrankensteinsMonster pretty clearly based off Creator/BorisKarloff, a {{Dracula}} recalling Creator/BelaLugosi, a floating hand and a [[TheIgor Igor]].
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207* The ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth'' supplement ''Cold Hands, Dark Hearts'' adds the Gothic setting to the game... except it's all {{Animesque}}, resulting in a mix of Japanese bakemono and oni with Western vampires and sorcerers.
208* ''TabletopGame/BladesInTheDark'' has classic Gothic horror as one of its inspirations, being set in a haunted Victorian-era city where it's AlwaysNight, ghosts, vampires, and demons roam free, and technological progress causes more harm than good.
209* Pacesetter's game ''Chill''.
210* ''TabletopGame/ChuubosMarvelousWishGrantingEngine'': Much of the atmosphere of Horizon is based on this, what with vampires, ghosts and undead horrors being very common, as well as Gothic ruins, cemeteries and the like. Due to this the region is the preferred location of Gothic-genre games. And ''then'' there's the Halloween World in the Halloween Special.
211* While Gothic themes had been baked into ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' from the very beginning[[note]]with both ''Series/DarkShadows'' and ''Film/TheBlackRoom'' being among Dave Arneson's key inspirations for his ''TabletopGame/{{Blackmoor}}'' campaign[[/note]], ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' (1983) was the first outright Gothic horror adventure module. It saw the PlayerParty trapped in a haunted castle smack in the middle of {{Uberwald}}, which is lorded over by an ancient TragicVillain vampire named Count Strahd von Zarovitch. The module was so popular, it was eventually expanded into an entire setting, consisting of mostly independent dark realms surrounding equally larger-than-life romanticized villains. The original module has since been rebooted as ''TabletopGame/CurseOfStrahd''.
212* ''TabletopGame/{{Gloom}}'' is an AffectionateParody of Victorian literature, but especially of Gothic horror.
213* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has the plane of Innistrad which is heavily influenced by many Gothic horror tropes with vampires, werewolves, zombies, and a host of other monsters preying on the humans unfortunate enough to live there. The only thing keeping them at bay is the magic of the Church of Avacyn... which has been slowly getting weaker thanks to Avacyn's disappearance.
214* ''TabletopGame/MyLifeWithMaster'' puts the players in the shoes of [[TheIgor the eponymous Master's minions]] as they struggle to preserve the slivers of rationality and humanity -- or jump head-first off the slippery slope. The nature and character of the "Master" are entirely up to the players, but s/he naturally gravitates towards an unholy fusion of [[AManOfWealthAndTaste Dracula]] and [[MadScientist Dr. Frankenstein]].
215* ''[[TabletopGame/OrbisAerdenReignOfTheAccursed Orbis Aerden: Reign of the Accursed]]'' is set in the fictional world of Aerden. The players take the role of Godspawn: monstrous descendants of a fallen god who operate a secret society very similar to ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade''. The setting has many gothic tones and despite being at about the 19th century -- steam power and electricity are still unknown, most people live in the large gothic cities, and the wilderness around them is still largely unexplored.
216* ''TabletopGame/ATouchOfEvil'' is an {{Adventure Board Game|s}} set in a secluded village of Shadowbrook in the early 19th century, where player-controlled heroes battle classic Gothic villains like vampires, ghosts, and reanimated monsters.
217* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', the entire faction of Vampire Counts is very much based on this trope.
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221* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' features a dark, decaying, and (kinda) haunted castle, a {{Haunted Hero|ine}}, a mysterious, morally ambiguous, (kinda) vampiric Baron, as well as lots of madness and curses.
222* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' starts off as a {{Reconstruction}} of Gothic horror, with the player character being thrown into the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent blood-obsessed]] Victorian city of Yharnam to fight [[NotUsingTheZedWord Beasts]], which are Yharnamites claimed by a [[ThePlague plague outbreak]] of lycanthropy that turns them into [[AnimalisticAbomination what werewolves would look like if they got a healthy dose of Chernobyl radiation]]. All of this is pretty effective at making those [[DeadHorseTrope moldy old Victorian horror tropes]] suddenly scary again. Midway through the game, though, you [[CosmicHorrorReveal dive head-first]] into outright LovecraftLite territory. And while it is often said that the Gothic is merely a RedHerring to distract from the game's Lovecraftian nature, it is ultimately more of creative blend of these two -- and many others -- flavors of horror (cf. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6_0rr1IG8 this video]] examining the essential Gothic themes in ''Bloodborne'').
223* ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Castlevania'' below, inherits most of its Gothic trappings, but is rooted in medieval demonology instead of vampire lore.
224* ''VideoGame/BloodyHellHotel'' has players take control of a vampire turning their dilapidated estate in to a hotel catering to 19th-century humans while battling the monsters in the crypt below.
225* The ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series is saturated with Gothic imagery, from having Count Dracula himself as the recurring BigBad, to being set in giant castles haunted by classic Gothic monsters like skeletons, vampires, and AnimatedArmor.
226* ''VideoGame/CliveBarkersUndying'' is set in a creepy house on the moors, inhabited by a cursed family.
227* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' takes place entirely on old estate grounds, ruins, and woodlands that evoke the classic Gothic horror environment, coupling it with aspects of {{Cosmic Horror|Story}}: the player's heroes do battle with zombie and undead, as well as corrupted wildlife, twisted plant life and fungi, demonic pig-men, and monstrous humanoid fish-people, as well as facing the deformed and twisted cultists of the titular Darkest Dungeon. The ''Crimson Court'' expansion takes it even further into the realms of Gothic horror, with vampires being the main enemy, although these vampires are akin to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent blood-sucking insects who wear the trappings and thin demeanor of nobility to cover up their depraved cruelty and ravenous hunger]].
228* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' has a very Gothic atmosphere, set in a remote town whose CreepyCathedral has become a literal {{Hellgate}}, through which a lone hero must enter the underground dungeons to defeat the outpouring demons and undead. ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' and ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' continue the trend, although also expanding it to other environments as well.
229* ''VideoGame/ElPasoElsewhere'' stars an OccultDetective who is preventing a ritual by his ex-girlfriend, Draculae, the lord of the vampires. He also battles various other gothic horror staples such as werewolves, AnimatedArmor, and WightInAWeddingDress. Some of the levels take place in a graveyard or haunted mansion.
230* ''VideoGame/{{Harvest}}'' is a mod for ''Amnesia'' above, likewise set in a dark, decaying, and haunted castle, albeit without any vampires.
231* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' is essentially a Gothic horror game -- a young, delicate heroine ventures/flees through an incredibly elaborate castle inhabited only by Frankensteinian servants and sexually abusive vampires whose motivations are vague but clearly malicious. Keeping her fear to manageable levels is actually a game mechanic.
232* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne1'' is not itself a Gothic horror, but the eponymous protagonist's PrivateEyeMonologue is saturated with Gothic imagery.
233* Creator/HideoKojima's [[AuthorAppeal love]] of Film/HammerHorror movies caused him to incorporate prominent gothic elements in ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', despite it being largely RealRobotGenre. Both Psycho Mantis and Gray Fox's storylines in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' are gothic horror (Mantis is mutilated, masked, was traumatised by the destruction of his Russian village, and possesses women; Gray Fox is a technologically revived corpse likened to a "ghost"), and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' feature a vampire and a ghost, respectively.
234* ''VideoGame/{{Mythos}}'' is a love letter to the Gothic horror films of the early 20th century, revolving around the mysteries of London's dreaded Harborough Asylum -- a place rumored to be full of ghosts, zombies and other nasties.
235* ''VideoGame/QuakeI'' is the TropeCodifier of this for the FPS genre. Featuring Lovecraftian dungeons and castles set within [[AnotherDimension haunted dimensions]], and has unique weapons such as fully automatic guns that fire nails instead of bullets.
236* ''[[VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness]]'' took the ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series to the Gothic setting, albeit mixing it with [[LovecraftLite Lovecraftian elements]]. While the ultimate evil in this installment is an unknowable EldritchAbomination from beyond, its narrative focus is much more on the families of [[{{Ruritania}} Mordavia]] [[UntrustingCommunity living in isolation and fear]] of dark magic unleashed by [[SinsOfOurFathers their ancestors' transgressions]] in pursuit of {{immortality}}. The [[PrecursorHeroes greatest heroes]] of Mordavia (at least until the PlayerCharacter arrives) are [[MortalityGreyArea trapped between life]] [[UnfinishedBusiness and death]], unable to help their people ''or'' to move on. The main "villain" is a {{tragic|Villain}} and [[SympathyForTheDevil sympathetic figure]] who combines traits of both the [[ByronicHero Tyrant]][[note]]charisma, sex appeal, manipulative nature, dark powers, a mad passion to transgress natural boundaries in pursuit of personal liberty, and blindness to the costs of said transgression[[/note]] and the [[TheIngenue Maiden]][[note]]raised in the men's world, she turned to dark magic to prove herself to the patriarchy, but was cast out by it and later turned into a vampire by the previous Tyrant against her will; her motivation to summon the Dark One is to restore the freedom of day-walking that she was robbed of, while her kidnapping of Tanya was out of a desire for a family that she could no longer have; finally, she falls in love with the Hero and gives her life to save his in the end[[/note]]... and that's just scratching the surface of the treasure trove of Gothic themes and motifs found in this game.
237* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'', in a stark contrast to the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series' usual Zombie Survival genre, takes place in a desolate Romanian village surrounded by four ancient castles, and the enemies fought are mostly [[WolfMan Lycans]] and ancient husks walking around wielding medieval weapons. While the five main bosses are all empowered by the same pseudo-scientific mold that was the source of the zombies in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'', it was spread to them by someone with more advanced knowledge of it than the creators of Evelyn, resulting in them sharing traits with classical Gothic monsters.
238** Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters are, most obviously, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]]. While the daughters are out for just your flesh, Dimitrescu specifically drinks blood [[spoiler:because she was hemophiliac before the mold turned her into what she is]], and has a special taste for the blood of virgins. Her castle is also the most gothic environment in the game (as in the architectural style, not the genre), and her boss fight even contains a stealth shout-out to ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''. Dracula, in case you didn't know, means [[spoiler:Son of the Dragon]].
239** Angie and Beneviento parallels both the creepy, possessed dolls, and ghosts in general. The main gimmick of her area are evil dolls, while she herself is a noblewoman clad in a black shawl that covers her face and is a [[spoiler:MasterOfIllusion]].
240** Moreau is the hardest to place, since he seems to draw inspiration from multiple different sources. Aesthetically, he's based on the malformed hunchback, but the fairy tale in the beginning associates him with the Fish King, and the watery area he's found in seems to draw parallels with Merfolk. He also has more ghouls under his command than the rest.
241*** The Slavic ''utopiec'' (plural form: ''utopce'') would be the closest classification for Salvatore - ''utopce'' are Slavic water [[DemonOfHumanOrigin demons of human origin]] that [[WasOnceAMan were once humans unlucky enough to drown]]. ''Utopce'', according to the folk tales, were either ChaoticEvil or ChaoticNeutral, depending on the region. Seeing one or a small group of these demons leaving their habitat was considered to be a lucky omen.
242** Heisenberg, while not being one himself, is in command of the [[WolfMan Lycans]]. He combines this with Frankenstein-influences, considering his experiments with reanimating the dead through mechanics, and visually he seems inspired by the popular image of Dr. Van Helsing, though he shares little else in common with the good doctor.
243** The final boss, Lady Miranda, mainly draws her design from ravens and CreepyCrows, but her six wings also makes her resemble the biblical Seraphim, which would make her a FallenAngel, a.k.a. a demon. Fitting, considering that she originated the four others.
244* ''VideoGame/ShadeWrathOfAngels'' have you playing as a soldier investigating the netherworlds in order to locate your missing brother, starting in a small town in the European outskirts. Much of the setting is based off this genre, with zombie-infested castles and monster-filled moors abound.
245* ''Videogame/Vampyr2018'' is set in 1918 London during [[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishFlu the Spanish flu pandemic]], and the protagonist is a genius doctor who is involuntarily transformed into a vampire.
246* ''VideoGame/AVampyreStory'' is a parody/deconstruction of the feminine Gothic fiction (exemplified by ''Literature/TheMysteriesOfUdolpho'' and ''Literature/JaneEyre''): the protagonist Mona is a 19 years-old opera starlet who is seduced by an ancient vampire, locked up in his castle, and turned undead herself. However, the vampire is nowhere close to a brooding ByronicHero but is actually rather pathetic and [[spoiler:gets killed off early in the story, returning as a ghost]], while Mona is largely uninterested in romance and just wants to resume her opera career, refusing to accept that she has been turned into an immortal bloodsucker and to generally be terrified of anything.
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250* ''Webcomic/BloodStain'' is a comedy masquerading as Gothic horror. The tropes common to the genre are playfully subverted. [[http://www.blackshipbooks.com/blood-stain-a-fresh-new-take-on-gothic-horror/ In a review of the work]], L.J. Phillips remarks how Elliot, while being DamselInDistress and UnreliableNarrator common to works of the genre, confronts not fantastic monsters but instead from the [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome burdens of maintaining a job]].
251* ''Webcomic/StarcrossedRavenloft'' takes place in the eponymous ''D&D'' setting, carrying over most of its key tropes.
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255* ''WebVideo/UnwantedHouseguest'' has all the trappings of this.
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