That's So Gothic

Our SIXTH Dark Castle film. Where does it rank? Splice (2009) dir. Vincenzo Natali, written by Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant and Doug Taylor. Starring Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody, and Delphine Chanéac. Off-topic chat: Amanda: That's So Gothic presents Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Spotify) Chance: Shock (Tubi) That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first Thursd...

Signs (2002) dir. M. Night Shyamalan, written by Shyamalan. Starring Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Abigail Breslin, and Kieran Culkin. Off-topic chat: Amanda: A Cat in Paris (Kanopy) Chance: Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Nintendo Switch) That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first Thursday every month, sometimes more! Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancel...

Bugonia, according to Wikipedia, "was a folk practice in the ancient Mediterranean region based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow's carcass." Bugonia (2025) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, written by Will Tracy, based on Save the Green Planet!, starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Alicia Silverstone, and Aidan Delbis. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Box Full of Darkness b...

We recorded this one before Deep Blue Sea and modifying our Gothic elements, but we hope you still enjoy it! Eileen (2023) dir. William Oldroyd, written by Otessa Moshfegh and Luke Goebel. Starring Anne Hathaway, Thomasin McKenzie, the always great Marin Ireland, and queen Siobhan Fallon Hogan. Off-topic chat: Amanda: The Following starring Kevin Bacon and the always great Marin Ireland (Tubi) Cha...

Death is the ultimate stranger. The Dark and the Wicked (2020) written and directed by Bryan Bertino. Starring Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., and Xander Berkeley, three-time That's So Gothic star. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Hamnet dir. Chloe Zhao (Theater) Chance: My Kid Could Paint That (Tubi) That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Foll...

Deepest bluest, our hats are like sharks' fins. Deep Blue Sea (1999) dir. Renny Harlin, written by Duncan Kennedy, starring, Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, LL Cool J, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson. Off-topic chat: Chance: The YouTube Effect dir. Alex Winter ( Kanopy ) That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Foll...

In this episode, we learn that The Lost Daughter is NOT The Eternal Daughter . (We actually watched The Eternal Daughter after this but found it so boring we won't be doing an episode on it, and if we have to watch one more movie where Tilda Swinton plays more than one character, we will haunt her to the end of time.) The Lost Daughter (2021) written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, based on...

Otra pelicula española! Volver (2006) written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, y Yohana Cobo Off-topic chat: Amanda: The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi. Chance: Megan 2.0 That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Aman...

Not the mama! Goodnight Mommy (2015) written and directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. Starring Susanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz, and Lukas Schwarz. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan Chance: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and A...

The Ma Cinematic Universe is the only MCU that matters. Ma (2019) dir. Tate Taylor written by Scotty Landes. Starring Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, Missi Pyle, Luke Evans, and Diana Silvers. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan (srlsy) Chance: Pistachio Halva Rice Krispies Treats (NYT Cooking) That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and th...

Is this a prequel to Chimp Crazy? Pacific Heights (1990) dir. John Schlesinger, written by Daniel Pine. Starring Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton, Matthew Modine, and Laurie Metcalf. Off-topic chat: Chance: I Think We're Alone Now (Tubi) That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterbox...

That's so Mia Goth-ic is back, baby! Marrowbone (2011) written and directed by Sergio G. Sánchez. Starring George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy , Charlie Heaton and Mia Goth. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng (book on Libby, the Library app) That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow Ch...

If you suffered a traumatic event, would you a) go to therapy b) spend $7 million and make a fantasy movie about it and charge the public to see it? Guess which one Francis Ford Coppola chose! Twixt, aka B'Twixt Now & Sunrise (2011) written, directed, and produced by Francis Ford Coppola (in his dreams--literally!) Starring Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, Ben Chaplin and Alden Ehrenreich...

You know it's Satanic when there's Latin involved. Event Horizon (1997) dir. by Paul (not Thomas) Anderson, written by Philip Eisner. Starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, JACK NOSEWORTHY, Jason Isaacs, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard T. Jones and many more. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn (book) Chance: Whore (1991) dir. by Ken Russel (Blu-Ray). That&...

Honestly, not a bad vacation. Speak No Evil (2024) written and directed by James Watkins, based on the Danish film of the same (English) name by Christian Tafdrup. Starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie "Tully" Davis, and Scoot McNairy. Off-topic chat: Chance: Fanatical (2024) on Hulu. FAKE TEGAN #FEGAN is really TEGAN. Amanda: Miniminuteman on YouTube That's So Gothic tries to release epi...

Misery (1990) directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman, based on the book of the same name by Stephen King. Starring Kathy Bates, James Caan, and Misery the Pig. Off-topic chat:Amanda: Walton Goggins's Architectural Digest tour Chance: Spy X Family manga That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow...

"Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known?" The Phantom of the Opera (2004) written and directed by Joel Schmacher, based on The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. Starring Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson, Minnie Driver, and Miranda Richardson. Off-topic chat: Amanda: Capote, 2005 Molly: The Lighthouse Witches...

"She was struck dumb at birth by a thunderclap!" Nothing But Trouble (1991) written and directed by Dan Aykroyd. Starring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy, and Dan Aykroyd, with special appearance by Digital Underground and Tupac Shakur. Information about the filming location from https://www.thennowmovielocations.com/2021/12/nothing-but-trouble.html That's So Gothic tries to release episodes o...

Nosferatu? More like Nosfera-POO! This and other intelligent observances on this episode of That's So Gothic. Nosferatu (2024) written and directed by Robert Eggers based on FW Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), Werner Herzog's Nosferatu (1979) and Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula (1992) with nary an original thought. Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafo...

Birth grew up to be Babygirl. Birth (2004) dir. Jonathan Glazer, written by Glazer, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Milo Addica. Starring Nicole Kidman, Danny Huston, Cameron Bright, Peter Stormare, Anne Heche, and Lauren Bacall. Off-topic chat: Amanda - Powerwash Simulator on Windows, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Chance - Carry-On on Netflix. That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the firs...

If Marriage Story were written by HP Lovecraft. Possesion (1981) written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski. Starring Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, and Heinz Bennent. Off-topic chat: Amanda - The Creep Tapes (2024) on Shudder. Chance - Sonny Boy by Al Pacino, audiobook narrated by the author. That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmai...

Christmas arrives early this year with Luke Wilson in gray sweatpants! The Family Stone (2003) written and directed by Thomas Bezucha, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Coach (Craig T. Nelson), Claire Danes, Dermot Mulroney, and more. Off-topic chat: Amanda - Oddity (2024) on Shudder and DVD. Chance - Rise of the Golden Idol on Netflix Games That's So Gothic...

Happy Macy's Day! We are celebrating with a re-cast of the best (only?) Thanksgiving gothic: The House of Yes, starring Parker Posey. We'll be back in December with the most HORRIFYING Christmas gothic yet.

Slam in the back of our Dragula. House of 1000 Corpses (2003) written and directed by Robert Zombie, starring Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Karen Black, Rainn Wilson/Dwight Schrute, Chris Hardwick, Bill Mosely, Walton Goggins, and more. Off-topic chat: Amanda - Jackass on Paramount+ Chance - Martha on Netflix That's So Gothic tries to release episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Em...

To one of our co-hosts, who grew up an only-child gay boy in the South, there's nothing scarier than 1) living with a roommate and 2) BOOBS. Single White Female (1992) dir. Barbet Schroeder, written by Don Roos from a book by John Lutz. Starring Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Jessica Lundy (Mrs. Stupid!) Off-topic chat: Amanda - We Used to Live Here , a...