Top Ten Gothic Movies Thread

[Sanguis Aevum]

Two that spring to mind...

Dark City
REPO!

[HallowedGround]

I would consider The Matrix and Blade Runner as cyberpunk movies than gothic. Like the settings in William Gibson's novels. I mean, if you list those two as gothic movies, you might as well add Johnny Mnemonic to the list.

Originally Posted by betty-mourque

i´ve collect b movies and this stuff, Elvira (great comedian)
and and the fall of the house usher are great movies!

I was thinking about Elvira and her movie "Mistress of the Dark"
While Elvira played a part in introducing me to horror movies when I was a small one, I'm just not sure if I would add to the "Top Ten Gothic Movies" list.

As for me, two movies hasn't been mentioned yet:
- Vampyr
- Haxan

Also, I would throw in Tim Burton's Batman(gothic-like setting) and White Zombie.

[gothgrl22]

nosferatu
dracula bela lugosi
plan 9 from outerspace
elvira mistress of the dark
freaks

[Cassandra13]

my list:
Sweeney Todd
Dracula
any Vincent Price movie
The Labyrinth

[kitteehcat]

Here is a list, in no particular order, of the movies I find most representative of the Goth/Gothic image (...)

. Beetlejuice (1988)
. Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari (1920)
. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
. The Addams Family (1991) - The Addams Family Values (1993)
. From Hell : Jack The Ripper (2001)
. Coraline (2009)
. The Elephant Man (1980)
. Nosferatu (1922)
. What Dreams May Come (1998)
. Les Vampires (1915)
. Dracula (1931)

[Catch]

Okay, the Hunger is obvious. Here are some ideas

Van Helsing (2004)
Powder (1995)
City of Lost Children (1995)
Hellboy (2004)
Witch Board (1986)
The Spell (1977)
House of Usher (1960)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Gothic (1986)
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

[Tam Li Hua]

- Dark City [watch the director's cut, -not- the theatrical.]
- Gypsy 83 [which I didn't particularly like, but it -does- have to do with goths.]
- The Hunger

I can't think of anything else right now.

[Melly]

What about 9? I think that counts. (not Nine with Daniel Day-Lewis, that's something else entirely)

[dead_poets_rising]

For me, at least (in no particular order)

Nightmare Before Christmas
Edward Scissorhands
Alice in Wonderland (the Tim Burton version)
Sweeney Todd
Coraline
The Labyrinth
Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
9 (the animated thing)
Powder
The Addams Family movie

[Razeal18]

Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia

Wait, how the fuck is Harold and Maude goth?

"The self-destructive and needy wealthy teenager Harold is obsessed by death and spends his leisure time attending funerals, watching the demolishing of buildings, visiting junkyards, simulating suicides trying to get attention from his indifferent, snobbish and egocentric mother, and having sessions with his psychologist"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/plotsummary

it qualifies

[Razeal18]

powder
city of lost children
addams fmily
nightmare B4xmas
Repo!
the matrix
edward scissor hands
sweeney todd
From hell
Saw series

theses are in no particular order just the ones i think deserve the top ten spots

[ape descendant]

Dune
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Kontrol
Kiki's Delivery Service

[MsKikiLaRue]

In No Particular Order
-Kiki's Delivery Service
-Labyrinth
-The Dark Crystal
-Dracula
-Nightmare Before Christmas
-Ghost World
-I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay
-Army Of Darkness
-Amelie
-Donnie Darko


I know there are MANY More, But those were the first ones to pop into my head.

[Jake]

Sleepy Hollow
Sweeney Todd
Interview with a Vampire
Edward Scissorhands
Whats Eating Gilbert Grape
Dracula.

Hell thats all i can think of.

[Swest]

Here's five films I almost can't believe haven't been mentioned...

The Innocents
The Night of the Hunter
To Kill a Mockingbird
Black Sunday
Wise Blood

[OnyxBat]

1. Sweeny Todd (<3 Johny Depp!!!!!, sorry had to do that)
2. Interview with a Vampire
3. Queen of the Damned
4. Dracula
5. Sleepy Hollow
6. Van Helsing
7. Sherlock Homes
8. The Crow
whoops! More than five.

[OnyxBat]

Originally Posted by Cassandra13

The Labyrinth

Is that the movie that was made in Spain?

[crystalb]

I think when it comes to Gothic movies, Paul Morrissey is a very interesting director. Three of his films I like..(in order of my appreciation)

"the Castle of Blood"
"Blood for Dracula"
"Flesh for Frankenstein"

!Have fun!

[ericslilcrow]

@ malice: How can u say The Crow suck. It is a gothic cult classic. THere in no movie that can top it.

[Still Jack]

Malice is right.

[Morning-Frost]

I just stumbled upon this movie called Gypsy 83 on youtube and thought it was pretty good.

[Spookycreep]

How about the film Dark City staring Kiefer Sulherland and Jennifer connelly. Definately goth.

[TheManWhoWouldBeDead]

Why do so many of you consider the Bela Lugosi version of Dracula good, let alone on a top 10 list of any kind?

Personally, I think the movie is shit. Coppola's version is infinitely better. Bela Lugosi was wooden, the atmosphere was goofy, and the action boring. I could barely get through it. And I'm not just saying that because the movie's old, or because it's nothing like the book. Boris Karloff's Frankenstein is old, and doesn't adhere to the plot of the book at all, but it's an entertaining and interesting film. Lugosi's Dracula just... sucked. I wonder, if Bauhaus hadn't ever come out with "Bela Lugosi's Dead" would anyone like the 1931 version of Dracula?

[Saya]

Its good because it is so campy, and because of Bela. He's extremely endearing in that film and I kind of suspect that as the only interesting character in the movie, he probably helped the idea of "vampires are actually cool and perhaps not monsters" that plagues vampire literature and movies nowadays.

[TheManWhoWouldBeDead]

Originally Posted by Saya

Its good because it is so campy, and because of Bela. He's extremely endearing in that film and I kind of suspect that as the only interesting character in the movie, he probably helped the idea of "vampires are actually cool and perhaps not monsters" that plagues vampire literature and movies nowadays.

So then, we can blame goth-beloved Bela for the current Twilight craze, derided by so many goths. Now THAT is amusing.