Gothic Romance That Your Soul Will Love

Fans of rebellious genre of Gothic romance knows how beautifully the stories are created. Gothic romance shows the repressed emotions of society. It represents the topics that are not so openly talked in films that are sexuality, fear of death & ghosts that are emotions trapped in time.

Here's a list you can binge watch for getting familiar with the genre:-

1.From hell
Starring:-
Johnny Depp
Heather Graham
Ian Holm
Robbie Coltrane
Mary Kelly and a small group of London prostitutes are snagged into a high society conspiracy when their friend Ann Crook is kidnapped followed by murder of another woman, Martha Tabram. It becomes apparent that they are being huntedone by one as prostitutes are murdered and mutilated post-mortem. The murders are investigated by Inspector Frederick Abberline. He is often aided by his psychic "visions." His colleague, Sergeant Peter Godley, tries to grasp his friend's weird theories. The story follows what phenomenon is behind these gruesome murders & what happens when Frederick & Mary falls in love.

2. Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Starring:-
Gary Oldman
Winona Ryder
Anthony Hopkins
Keanu Reeves
In 1462, Dracula, finds his wife Elisabeta dead by having committed suicide after receiving a false message of his death. Dracula enraged & betrayed by God declaring that he will rise from the grave to avenge Elisabeta with all the powers of darkness. In 1897, newly qualified solicitor Jonathan takes the Transylvanian Count Dracula as a client. Jonathan travels to Transylvania to arrange Dracula's real estate acquisitions in London where Dracula discovers a picture of his fiancée Mina and believes that she is the reincarnation of Elisabeta. The story then shows how Dracula meets Mina and what is stored in future for our 3 characters.

3. Sleepy hollows

Starring:-
Johnny Depp
Christina Ricci
Miranda Richardson
Michael Gambon
Casper Van Dien
Jeffrey Jones
Christopher Walken/Ray Park
In 1799, police constable Ichabod Crane is dispatched to the Sleepy Hollow, which has been suffering from series of brutal decapitations. Ichabod learns that locals believe the killer is the undead apparition of a headless Horseman from the American Revolutionary War who rides a black steed in search of his missing head. The story follows what truths our officer finds behind these murders.

4. Crimson peak

Starring:-
Mia Wasikowska
Jessica Chastain
Tom Hiddleston

Edith Cushing, the young writer & daughter of wealthy businessman Carter Cushing,meets Sir Thomas Sharpe, an English baronet who has come to the United States with his sister, Lucille, to seek investors.Thomas and Edith become romantically involved, both Edith's father and her childhood friend, Dr. Alan McMichael, disapprove. After Mr. Cushing is brutally murdered, Edith and Thomas marry and return to England. Edith finds a ghostly presence in house & even her husband and his sister are a little cold towards her. The story follows what truths Edith finds out and what is in her future.

5. Dark shadows

Starring:-
Johnny Depp
Eva Green
Bella Heathcote
Alexia Osborne
Michelle Pfeiffer
Helena Bonham Carter

Barnabas Collins falls in love withhis servant, Angelique, secretly a witch. She murders his parents with dark magic and curses Barnabas. Under the spell, his fiancée Josette falls from a cliff & dies. Barnabas throws himself after her but survives, due to cursed to eternal suffering as a vampire. The town buries him alive.

In 1972, Maggie, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Josette, travels to Collinwood to fill the position of governess under the name Victoria Winters. A construction crew unwittingly frees Barnabas from his tomb and makes his way to Collinwood, perplexed by the modern-day technology and fashion. The story then shows how our characters becomes involved in adventures & curses.