With roots in the 18th century, this haunted genre’s hallmarks can be found throughout modern horror. Here’s where to start.

Lightning flashes across the sky, illuminating a castle. A ghost calls out the name of a lover who once spurned them. A young woman tries to undo a curse that has plagued her family for centuries. You ...

Gothic fiction is experiencing a revival, if it ever truly died. Originally conceived as a shadowy counterpoint to the Age of Enlightenment’s sunny rationality, Gothic novels have lurked the literary ...

Halloween is finally here. Its a favourite time of year for anyone who loves a good scare. For horror geeks and literary buffs, this is the season whe ...

Farrell O’Gorman’s new book sets for itself an ambitious goal: It defines and illustrates a new paradigm for reading many major fictional narratives both within and outside the canon of American ...

Bill O’Rly celebrates the release of his debut short story collection with “Under a Steel Moon: A Rust Belt Gothic Experience.” ...

Ireland’s tales of the undead and Dublin’s Gothic architecture inspired the creation of the world’s most famous vampire, Bram ...

Gothic horror has roots in literary works that existed long before cinema was created. Pioneered by Horace Walpole with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, it is the daddy of all horror. Like its ...