This is the trailer of I Am Legend, a 2007 American post-apocalyptic movie. Here, watch it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKMEAXyPkg Now, let’s begin. Just by viewing the trailer, it is clear that this movie can be considered gothic. A terrible virus had killed all of New York City’s inhabitants except for Robert Neville, a brilliant scientist who has... Continue Reading →
Matilda
(1) Do you remember this smarty-pants with supernatural powers? Matilda was one of my favourite childhood movies, that’s for sure. You may wonder how the heck this children’s movie is related to gothic. It turns out that this movie contains many gothic motifs. Here are a just a few of them: 1. Ancestral curse (2)... Continue Reading →
You Are Never Safe
You Are Never Safe is a homemade iMovie trailer featuring my favourite subject, my cat, in a gothic(ish) story. The gothic motifs used include the monster, the damsel in distress, terror and obscurity, and some kind of excess in the fact that the whole concept is ridiculous and not scary at all, which could also... Continue Reading →
Creepy Coraline
Ah, Coraline! You remember watching this movie as a kid: it traumatized you and forever scared your little innocent heart. In fact, I think you were struck by the gloominess of this movie. It was weird, somber, and almost depressing. From a child’s perspective, let me show you why this movie was so frightful and... Continue Reading →
Great Gothic Giggle 