#gothic women in horror

[neojojobot]

GOTHIC WOMEN IN HORROR

[talesfromthecrypts]

I get so frustrated by "yeah make vampires scary again" stuff every time a vampire movie has a "monster" vampire (Nosferatu, Voyage of the Demeter, etc). It reeks of an attitude that thinks all horror is about something being ugly and horrifying on the outside. If you can't see the horror in Interview With the Vampire, or a Jean Rollin film, or The Hunger, or Carmilla, or the vampire sections of Baldur's Gate because they are attractive that is absolutely an issue on your end. There is such a rich well of themes to dig into with horror and vampires, especially where sex and romance are concerned, but people are so desperate to separate romance and horror. The despair of being frozen as a child even while your mind matures, the loneliness of an eternity alone, the terror of eternal hunger that can't be sated, the awful seduction by something beautiful but monstrous. Trying to turn vampires into just any other monster doesn't make them more horrifying, its just a more kind of overt horror that can only be done so many times and is often covered better by other monsters.

[j0celynh0rr0r]

Burn them all

[gor3whore69]

[120daysofsodomm]

cr : PailletMaena

[garlandedspirits]

Marguerite Gance in The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

[behindthescreamz]

“Barrera ends our conversation optimistically, remarking that she has no regrets over the events of the last few months, only immense gratitude, as she prepares for the release of her next film, Your Monster, a horror romance directed by Caroline Lindy. ‘I don’t regret anything. I’m very appreciative of all the support that I’ve gotten from my team, my friends, and my family. And from many people in the world who have shown me love and support. When I get stopped on the street now, it’s not because I’m recognised for being in a film; it’s mostly someone thanking me for speaking up for Palestine. It’s super weird, but it’s nice. It fills my heart. I’m just so, so grateful.’”

read the rest of melissa’s interview on www.polyesterzine.com !!!

[ladamarossa]

The First Omen (2024)

[maeowl]

"Her eyes were open, no cadaverous smell exhaled from the coffin. The limbs were perfectly flexible, the flesh elastic; and the leaden coffin floated with blood, in which to a depth of seven inches, the body lay immersed" (Carmilla, page 148) (prints here)

[night-orcid]

[eroticlamb]

Naughty Zombies performing live, circa early 2000s 🦇

[yoursghouly]

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[weirdlookindog]

Il mulino delle donne di pietra (1960)

[j0celynh0rr0r]

[gor3whore69]

[melomancy]

Kate Bush in ‘The Wedding List’ (1979)