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Home Ents

Discover the grisly drama of this surgery-based Southern gothic

by Anton Bitel

John Grissmer’s Scalpel, about a psy­cho­path­ic plas­tic sur­geon, has been res­cued from VHS obscurity.
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Home Ents

Discover the classic Gothic chills of this Mario Bava masterpiece

by Anton Bitel

Kill, Baby… Kill! con­tains one of cinema’s ear­li­est evil children.
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Review

The Limehouse Golem

by Anton Bitel

Direc­tor Juan Car­los Med­i­na takes us on a gris­ly tour through Vic­to­ri­an Lon­don in this ter­rif­ic goth­ic chiller.

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In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

How Daphne du Maurier became Hitchcock’s favourite author

by Iris Veysey

Her nov­els ​‘The Birds’ and ​‘Rebec­ca’ pro­vid­ed the per­fect blend of moral com­plex­i­ty and Goth­ic drama.
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Review

Crimson Peak

by David Jenkins

Guiller­mo del Toro’s lux­u­ri­ant Goth­ic romance is the full cin­e­mat­ic package.

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In Retrospect
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Video

Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska talk Crimson Peak

by David Jenkins

The stars reveal what it was like work­ing on Guiller­mo del Toro’s Goth­ic romance.
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Interviews

Guillermo del Toro: ‘I like the Kubrick films that nobody likes’

by David Jenkins

The great Guiller­mo del Toro talks about his mag­nif­i­cent Goth­ic ghost story.
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Review

La Belle et la Bête (1946)

by Glenn Heath Jr

Jean Cocteau’s rav­ish­ing and erot­ic mas­ter­work is restored as part of BFI’s huge sur­vey of Goth­ic cinema.

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In Retrospect