gothic tale
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concept
A gothic tale is a narrative that blends horror, mystery, and romanticism within dark, often supernatural settings to explore fear, transgression, and the uncanny.
Aliases (12)
- Gothic novel ×11
- Gothic fiction work ×8
- fiction genre ×3
- gothic film ×3
- ghost story ×2
- subgenre of Gothic fiction ×2
- Gothic fiction subgenre ×1
- Gothic horror novel ×1
- Gothic verse drama ×1
- gothic fantasy film ×1
- gothic romance film ×1
- romantic horror film ×1
Instances (36)
- The Castle of Otranto ("Gothic novel")
- The Spectre Bridegroom ("Gothic fiction work")
- Southern Gothic ("fiction genre")
- The Mysterious Mother ("Gothic verse drama")
- Crimson Peak ("gothic romance film")
- Rebecca (1940 film) ("gothic film")
- The Tell-Tale Heart ("Gothic fiction work")
- The Fall of the House of Usher ("Gothic fiction work")
- The Masque of the Red Death ("Gothic fiction work")
- The Pit and the Pendulum ("Gothic fiction work")
- The Black Cat ("Gothic fiction work")
- The Cask of Amontillado ("Gothic fiction work")
- "Notre-Dame de Paris" (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) ("Gothic novel")
- The House of the Seven Gables ("Gothic novel")
- A Sicilian Romance ("Gothic novel")
- The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne ("Gothic novel")
- Gaston de Blondeville ("Gothic novel")
- Female Gothic ("Gothic fiction subgenre")
- Urban Gothic ("subgenre of Gothic fiction")
- The Monk ("Gothic novel")
- Dracula ("Gothic horror novel")
- Jane Eyre ("Gothic novel")
- The Mysteries of Udolpho ("Gothic novel")
- Clara Reeve ("Gothic novel")
- Let the Right One In ("romantic horror film")
- The Romance of the Forest ("Gothic novel")
- The Turn of the Screw ("ghost story")
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- The Ghost in the Mill ("ghost story")
- The Adventure of the German Student ("Gothic fiction work")
- Edward Scissorhands ("gothic fantasy film")
- The Pale Blue Eye ("gothic film")
- Dark Shadows (2012 film) ("gothic film")
- Gothic literature ("fiction genre")
- Robin Hood novels ("fiction genre")