The term gothic was first applied to fiction in the mid-18th century, and to this day conjures brooding atmospheres, crumbling mansions, and tormented characters. Beyond the eerie tropes, it’s a genre ...

Gothic literature has given us some of the medium's all-time best masterpieces, including Jane Eyre and The Strange Case of ...

Whether you are watching a horror classic, such as “The Shining” or “Poltergeist,” or laughing at the over-the-top antics of “Beetlejuice” or the “Ghostbusters,” ghost stories abound during Halloween.

Gothic literature has always thrived on darkness, both literal and metaphorical. From fog-covered moors and shadowy corridors inside crumbling estates, these works traverse humanity, fear, desire, ...

There are books that frighten us with ghosts and castles, and then there are books that unsettle us because they hold up a mirror to the forces we would rather not name. 'The Castle of Otranto', ...