#goth horror

[gothyween]

ー 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞🕯️⚰️

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[mysharona1987]

[gothic-thriller-dawn]

The Crow {1994}

[lunar-witches]

Baby you’re a haunted house

[dahmerskitchen]

“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

[samd1o1]

I think this describes the dynamic well enough (well enough for a dumb meme anyway)

[yoursghouly]

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[prismatic-skies]

So, while going through old files of old artwork that is unfinished because I either lost inspiration and stopped or I just completely hated what my brain come up with, I came across some pieces that I drew, painted, photographed, and/or distorted heavily in Photoshop, that I thought might be cool for my new melt creation that I am calling, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡.

I’m loving this vibe 🖤

[larsbeelzebub]

The Count - Ink on a page from Bram Stoker’s Dracula - 2023

[s1urpjuic3]

Wait

So I have this idea for this analog horror story cs I was watching Hilda

(Yes, the kids show on Neflix, yes, I'm grown who gon stop me?)

and I was like, what if theirs an entity that even most forest creature don't know about? Maybe written in the POV of an unreliable narrator? Or some sort of betrayal from something or someone the main character wouldn't expect?

I was thinking about this because I was scared shitless of the goblins when I first watched the show and I was SOoo confused as to how she didn't gaf that they neck was super long and they eyes was super small with that big ahh body.

[la-belle-laide]

IT FINALLY HAPPENED! Y'all, you can now pre-order my first book! It's called Carnelian, it's being published by Inked In Gray press, and it ships on Sept 23rd. There is some really RAD MERCH along with the pre-order if you get the whole package, like goth-style notebooks, stickers, etc. And more to come!

When Jesse Westchurch finds out he’s dying, the last thing he expects is his old college roommate, Lucy Callahan, to climb through the second-story window of his quaint Long Island house and turn him into a vampire.

Millennial vampires are killing the killing industry by refusing to sacrifice humans, so Jesse doesn’t even have to drink blood. The ancient vampire government, Carnelian, offers distilled blood pills. But they come at a price: you work for them, you get your supply of pills. Sure, sometimes the work is dangerous, but they are sparing innocent lives.

The truth comes to light when Jesse figures out that Lucy and his sister, Ciceline, are Carnelian’s most skilled assassins, forced to pay off a century of debt for their blood pills.

When their latest hit on a murderous politician puts Jesse and his doting sister, Stella, in danger, their only refuge is an underground “blood club” run by Lucy’s found family, a group of hardcore Gen X vampires. Jesse has to find a way to expose Carnelian’s darkest secrets and obtain the pills they need to survive, or lose the family (both by blood and by choice) he has just finished putting back together.

[gothyween]

𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 🖤🥀

𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔: 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑𝒔://𝒑𝒊𝒏.𝒊𝒕/𝟖𝑽𝒀𝒗𝒙𝟓𝟏

[lennyinlordran]

Thoughts on Ravenloft and Cristian Influence in the Gothic Horror Genre

I want to briefly note that Gothic-Horror isn't innately Christian, However, Christian Mythology and Ideals are baked into it's themes and archetypes, and the way this affects Gothic-Horror in settings that are overtly not Christian is interesting.

Also, here a "Cristian Setting" refers to one where the christian god is confirmed-- indirectly or otherwise-- to exist, is the "top deity" and still all-loving. IE, Shin Megami Tensei isn't.

Ravenloft is interesting because it's a campaign setting in D&D lore, meaning that it's openly polytheist.

In Ravenloft, A pair of fairly interesting concepts exist, namely, Dark Lords and the Dark Powers.

A critical Piece of the Gothic-Horror Genre is a Transgression, A specific act in word or deed that opposes the "natural order", causing a character to be Corrupt/Evil/Sinful/Tragic, etc.

For example, Dracula forsakes god, Dr.Frankenstein creates the Monster, etc.

In Ravenloft Lore, a Dark Lord is essentially a character who performs a transgression, whereas the "Dark Powers" are essentially whatever punishes/curses them to their torment.

For example, Dracula can Never Reunite with his Lover, Frankenstein's Monster kills him, etc.

So, the Dark Powers are essentially a Pantheon of tormentors designed to enforce the rules of a Gothic Horror Story, IE, transgression against the natural order, tragic villains who curse themselves, etc. In Gothic Fiction proper, this role is usually assigned to god.

So, Are the Dark Powers Angels of an unseen analogue to the Cristian God, or am I tripping?

[moonage-daydreamy]

let's see if I can keep up and participate in dracula daily throughout the year

[extremefrogrefrigerator]

good job gang

fucked up vampire who sucks COCKS instead of blood. ha ha. I Will Just Say Anything On This Website

[bebs-art-gallery]

Art by Matteo Moni