Gothic style, the main features are towering, gloomy, strange, mysterious, horrible, etc. The main representative elements include bats, roses, lonely castles, crows, crosses, blood, black cats and so on. In 1921, a Swede named Christensen made a film called “Witchcraft Through The Ages”. In this movie, the dark elements of paganism, death, witchcraft, etc. became the theme of the film for the first time. Here are some of the more classic Gothic style movies, recommended for everyone.
Frankenstein:
The mad scientist Frankenstein created Frankenstein Adam with different corpses but lost the trust of the other. Adam was attacked by horrible demons after he buried Frankenstein. At the crucial moment, he was rescued by a group of mysterious warriors who were little-known nocturnal dragons race and have long fought against the terrible purgatory demon.
Wolf:
This film is about another classic image in Gothic theme: the “Human Wolf”. In terms of influence and artistic achievement, “Wolf” has surpassed all previous films of the same kind. It can be said that the success of “Wolf” makes the image of Human Wolf truly become a typical image in the gallery of human cinema art.
Queen Of The Damned:
The vampire Lestat wakes up from a long sleep, he is not willing to go into the darkness, so he became a rock singer under the public. An accident, Lestat saved the librarian Jesse, whose identity was discovered by Jesse. Lestat used his singing to awaken the legendary vampire queen Akasha, who slept for thousands of years. But he did not think of that the ultimate goal of Akasha was to make the world a purgatory and rule with him all humanity. At the same time Jesse also fell in love with Lestat, how will Lestat choose?
This is a movie with the theme of classic vampires, but in this film, it is integrated into the characteristics of street culture and black culture. The vampire also gets rid of the identity of the white male aristocrats But using the face of black women to show people. The whole film is bright and the music is strong. It can be said that this is a black street version of the vampire story.
Kaena: The Prophecy:
Is the world’s first Gothic animated feature film with wide influence. The film absorbs the sci-fi elements commonly used in Hollywood and preserves the French understanding of Gothic culture. In particular, the image of the evil alien life in the film, demon, noble, dangerous, dark, in line with the characteristics of the typical image in Gothic culture.
Van Helsing:
In the 19th century, in the deep mountains of western Romania, there is a mysterious city full of legends: Transylvania. That’s a world that is upside down of right and wrong. Whenever the sun sets, when evil spreads, the devil ran out of the deepest part of the nightmare. After centuries, in the never-ending battle with mankind, the devil is also testing they viability.