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Post by Belladonna on Aug 8, 2008 7:24:28 GMT -5
I'm reading like crazy - enjoying The Monk at the moment - but I'd love to watch some films in the Gothic genre, if there are any. Has anybody any suggestions?
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Post by Lily Munster on Aug 8, 2008 12:28:52 GMT -5
Someone posted this list somewhere else, so I hope it's ok to copy this and paste it here.... if not then, oh well, I did anyway. 1. Rebecca--1940--directed by Alfred Hitchcock 2. The Uninvited--1940something--Brother and sister buy a haunted house. Fun, scary Gothic 3. Dragonwyck--1940something--starring Gene Tierney who move to her cousin's mysterious mansion 4. The Innocents--1960something--GREAT adaptation of "The Turn of the Screw" starring Deborah Kerr as the governess for two charismatic/demonic children. 5. The Haunting--1960something--starring Julie Harris. Adapted from Shirley Jackson's novel about a woman in a haunted house investigation. 6. The Legend of Hell House--1970something--More of a horror film than others listed, but still a classic Gothic haunted house tale 7. The Changeling--1980something--Elegant, old fashioned Gothic haunted house tale 8. Haunted--1990something--set in the 1920's, Aidan Quin stars as a ghost hunter in this elegant film 9. Jane Eyre--most recent version I've also heard about a film called 'Gothic', which is about Mary Shelley when she first started writing Frankenstein... but I think it's supposed to be some kind of horror, or maybe just creepy. I haven't seen it so I don't really know. Then there's modern stuff, which probably isn't exactly like gothic literature... but they have some aspects I think. Like... Sleepy Hollow Corpse Bride Beetlejuice Interview with the Vampire House on Haunted Hill (The original, with Vincent Price) Ghost Ship The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) - I've only read about it so there's a good chance that it's not actually how I think it is... but it sounded cool
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Post by Drazuki on Aug 8, 2008 12:42:43 GMT -5
And you can prolly find some Japanese anime or films on it. They have the whole Gothic Lolita as a subculture. The only I can think of at the moment is Le Portrait de Petit Cossette.....and Rozen Maiden, but that's more creepy China dolls.
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Post by Lily Munster on Aug 8, 2008 18:44:56 GMT -5
Yeah, what about things like 'A Tale of Two Sisters', which is a Korean horror? I didn't list it at first, but it might have several aspects. Also, maybe the anime 'Monster Princess'? It's not as serious as a lot of things, but it has a huge mansion and supernatural stuff and I think romance.
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Post by Belladonna on Aug 8, 2008 21:31:07 GMT -5
Fantastic! Thank you so much. I love those old black and white movies; they're always full of atmosphere.
I've seen Corpse Bride - loved it - and Sleepy Hollow (both of them starring Johnny Depp), and I think I saw a copy of A Tale of Two Sisters in the video library. If the staff can also find Portrait de Petit Cossette and Rozen Maiden, I will be seriously impressed!
I can feel a fun weekend coming up!
Thank you for all the suggestions.
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Post by bloodstone on Sept 14, 2008 0:53:27 GMT -5
The 1992 Dracula with Winona Rider, Keanu Reeves and Sir Anthony Hopkins seems to fit the bill as a Gothic Film, even though it's cliche. I think if you look through most of Tim Burtons work (Edward Scissorhands jumps into my mind) you will find a wealth of neo-gothic material to get you inspired... at the very least it will get you into a dark, broody mood.
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Post by Dede on Sept 16, 2008 21:44:25 GMT -5
There's also Nosferatu, which is ridiculously old, cheesy and quite obviously a rip-off of Dracula. However, it's a classic, and entertaining to watch anyway
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Post by projichan on Sept 25, 2008 19:09:22 GMT -5
Nosferatu definitely works, besides the fact that the Nosferatu film came out before any Dracula film. as a matter of fact, it was one of the first silent films ever made. Even if the character was based on Dracula, the movie was not a rip off of the dracula films.
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Post by hodudududuh on Sept 25, 2008 21:55:43 GMT -5
Nosferatu definitely works, besides the fact that the Nosferatu film came out before any Dracula film. as a matter of fact, it was one of the first silent films ever made. Even if the character was based on Dracula, the movie was not a rip off of the dracula films. Not at all. Actually... of all the movies listed here, I think it and the original Dracula are the only two I've actually seen. I'm really not a movie person. That having been said, though, those two are wonderful films and absolutely fit the gothic genre.
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Post by Dede on Sept 26, 2008 21:48:49 GMT -5
Even if the character was based on Dracula, the movie was not a rip off of the dracula films. Oh, I didn't meant that it was ripping off Dracula films (probably should have used a different word, rather than 'rip off') I just meant that it was basically an unauthorized adaptation of the novel Dracula (because the studio couldn't get the rights to the novel)
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Post by salem666 on Sept 21, 2012 21:11:31 GMT -5
Some good cult classics would be Donnie Darko and Harold and Maude.
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