It’s a sordid tale of the modern American South, and it’s another piece of evidence that Southern Gothic is alive and well in the contemporary imagination. 16 of 20 'Ozark' ...

Four or five times on a weekday my best friend Spam Risk calls. I know he’s my best friend because he calls so often. But when I see he’s calling, I don’t pick up the phone. You’d think ...

Broadway San Diego has revealed its 48th Season. This season brings a lineup of Award-winning productions, cherished classics ...

Joan Aiken’s neo-Gothic; Joseph Roth’s family epic.

Chihaya’s version of bibliophobia grew out of the fear of one book in particular—the monograph that her career demanded and ...

The Gothic genre employs themes of degradation, horror, emotionalism over objectivity, and the supernatural to elicit wonder, suspense, and terror in audiences. From ...

Short reviews of recent releases.

Recurring dreams may feature taking a test the dreamer didn’t study for, having to make a speech or being attacked. Here’s why our sleeping brain comes back to these unpleasant dreams again ...

While werewolf movies may not hold quite the same cultural reverence or popularity as other paranormal entities, there are still some great examples out there that define the genre. With Leigh ...

Virginia Feito gets inside the twisted, bloodthirsty, and often comical head of a killer-posing-as-a-governess in the new book "Victorian Psycho." ...

The world of fashion has always been a playground for creative expression, and androgynous style stands as one of its most ...

Doing his own camerawork, the director gleefully enriches the haunted-house genre with a simple but ingenious device.