GOTHIC HORROR

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Book cover for The Bog Wife: A Novel by Kay Chronister. The design features a haunting collage of pale hands and a woman’s face partially covered in soil, set against lush greenery. At the bottom, carnivorous pitcher plants with red and green patterns appear, blending nature with an eerie human presence. The title “The Bog Wife” is in bold, angular white lettering across the center.

The Bog Wife

Kay Chronister

Cover for The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Against a star-speckled night sky, the silhouette of a looming gothic mansion rises with crooked spires and glowing windows. Above it, ghostly white smoke curls into the shape of a screaming phantom, its swirling form spelling out the author’s name in eerie script. The title emerges from the mansion itself in jagged, haunted lettering, evoking dread and the supernatural.”

the turn of the screw

Henry James

Book cover for The Hacienda: A Novel by Isabel Cañas. The artwork shows a woman in a bright red dress standing among agave plants, looking down with a serious expression. Behind her looms the ruins of a crumbling hacienda, with a stormy, ominous sky in the background. The title is displayed in large white block letters across the top, with the author’s name in bold orange at the bottom.

the hacienda

Isabel Canas

Book cover for Dracula by Bram Stoker, Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. The artwork features a dark, shadowy figure with bat-like wings spread wide, blending into a swirling red and pink background filled with flying bats. The title “Dracula” is written in jagged, blood-red letters across the top, while the author’s name appears in the same style near the bottom left. The overall style is gothic and surreal, emphasizing horror and menace.

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Book cover for What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher. The artwork shows a partially decayed white horse rearing against a blood-red background. Its flesh is torn away in places, exposing bones, ribs, and sinew, giving it a grotesque, unsettling appearance. The title is displayed in bold white letters across the horse’s body, with the author’s name at the bottom in stylized white text.

What Feasts at Night

T. Kingfisher

The collected tales and poems of edgar allan poe

Edgar Allen Poe

Book cover for Saint Juniper’s Folly by Alex Crespo. The illustration shows a red, ivy-covered Victorian house glowing with eerie green light. A silhouetted figure stands in the doorway. In the foreground, two characters—one with short hair on the left and one with long curly hair on the right—peer toward the house from the shadows, framed by dark thorny vines. The title is written in large glowing green text across the top.

Saint Juniper's Folly

Alex Crespo

Book cover for The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The artwork shows a solemn woman in dark clothing with her hands clasped, standing in front of a gloomy, old dark house with steep gables and chimneys. The sky is overcast, adding to the eerie, gothic mood. The title appears in bold cream-colored text across the bottom.

the house of the seven gables

Nathaniel Hawthorne

AUDIO & eBOOKS

Book cover for Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Against a green wallpaper-like floral background, a woman in a dark red off-the-shoulder gown sits with her hands folded, holding a small bouquet of wilting yellow flowers. Her face is partly shadowed, creating a moody and gothic atmosphere. The title “Mexican Gothic” is displayed in bold white letters across the center, with the author’s name at the bottom.

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Book cover for My Darling Dreadful Thing: A Novel by Johanna Van Veen. The design features a haunting image of a figure shrouded in a translucent veil, their face barely visible beneath. A crown of dark roses rests on their head, adding to the eerie atmosphere. The title appears in soft green text across the top, while the author’s name is in white at the bottom. The background is entirely black, emphasizing the ghostly figure.

My Darling Dreadful Thing

Johanna Van Veen

Book cover for This Cursed House: A Novel by Del Sandeen. The design is in black and white with bold red lettering for the title and author’s name. At the top, a woman with a solemn expression is framed by a ghostly circular aura. Below, a dark, eerie mansion sits among leafless trees, its windows glowing with yellow light. A raven flies across the stormy sky. Text on the left reads, “Some things are best left buried.”

This cursed house

Del Sandeen

Book cover for Lucy Undying: A Dracula Novel by Kiersten White. The artwork depicts a pale woman with long golden hair, red lips, and bite marks on her neck, wearing a crimson dress. Her expression is haunting as she looks over her shoulder, holding a book. Shadows in her hair form monstrous faces, while black bats emerge from her dress and swirl across the image. The background features glowing red windows, adding to the gothic, eerie atmosphere.

Lucy Undying

Kiersten White

Book cover for The Toll by Cherie Priest. The artwork shows a worn wooden bridge leading into a dark, moss-draped forest. The title is printed in large distressed letters above the trees, with the tagline ‘Southern Gothic Horror with a Contemporary Twist.’ A quote from Chuck Wendig at the bottom calls Priest ‘our new queen of darkness.’”

The Toll

Cherie Priest

Book cover for Gothic Tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, edited by Darryl Jones. The design features a blood-red background patterned with black silhouettes of crows in various poses—flying, perched, and spreading wings. The title is in large white text at the center, with the author and editor’s names below.

Gothic Tales

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Darryl Jones

Book cover for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. The illustration shows the Headless Horseman riding a rearing black horse under a full moon, wearing a flowing red cape while holding a jack-o-lantern. Bare, twisted tree branches frame the scene against a dark, eerie landscape

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving

Poster for The Phantom of the Opera. The design features a simple black background with the title in elegant white-and-blue lettering at the top. There is a red rose. At the bottom, a single white half-mask—the Phantom’s iconic disguise—rests alone, symbolizing mystery and drama.”

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

STREAMING VIDEOS

Poster for the film The VVitch: A New-England Folktale. The artwork shows the silhouette of a woman walking into a dark forest under a glowing full moon. Bare, twisted trees frame her path, creating an ominous, haunting atmosphere. The title “The VVitch” appears in white gothic lettering at the bottom, with the subtitle “A New-England Folktale.”

The VVitch

Robert Eggers

Poster for The Awakening. The tagline reads “Sometimes dead does not mean gone.” Against a misty, eerie forest backdrop, a solemn woman stands in dark clothing at the bottom center. Cast names—Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, and Imelda Staunton—are listed at the top.

The Awakening

Nick Murphy

Poster for The Lighthouse. The black-and-white design features close-up portraits of two weathered men in maritime uniforms, one with a scruffy beard (left) and the other with a mustache (right). Between them, a tall lighthouse rises into a cloudy, stormy sky with seagulls flying around it. The title “The Lighthouse” is centered in bold white letters.

The lighthouse

Robert Eggers

Poster for Nosferatu. A stark black-and-white image shows the shadowy silhouette of a hunched vampire with elongated fingers creeping up a staircase. The background is grainy and pale, enhancing the eerie atmosphere. The title ‘Nosferatu’ appears at the bottom in tall, yellow gothic lettering

1922 Nosferatu

F. W. Murnau

Poster for The Cursed. Against a blood-red sunset sky, a figure with long, matted hair crouches in a field, their body grotesquely pierced and entangled by dark, root-like vines. The title appears in pale, distressed lettering on the left.

The cursed

Sean Ellis

Promotional poster for PBS’s The Woman in White. Three characters stand in the foreground: a young man with curly blond hair in a vest and shirt, a woman with long blond hair in a white dress, and a stern-looking woman with brown hair in a cream coat and maroon scarf. Faded in the background is a pale woman in a white bonnet and cloak crouching near a gravestone. The title The Woman in White is centered across the image in glowing white letters.

the woman in white

Carl Tibbetts

Poster for The Hands of Orlac. A frightened woman in a purple hat and coat clutches a pale, wide-eyed man in a dark suit. Behind them, a shadowy figure in a hat looms in a stone corridor. The title ‘Hands of Orlac’ is written in jagged red letters across the right side.”

Hands of Orlac

Robert Wiene

Poster for Black Death. A grim-looking knight in chainmail and armor, played by Sean Bean, stands in the foreground holding a sword. Behind him, a plague-ravaged village burns while hooded figures and a plague-stricken woman loom in the smoky, stormy background. The title Black Death appears in bold white gothic text across the center-right.

Black Death

Christopher Smith

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