That's So Gothic

The most beheadings per (de-)capita in any movie -- but none of them end up in a box! Candyman (1999) dir. Tim Burton. Script by Andrew Kevin Walker, based on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving. Starring Jxxxxy Dxxp, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken, Michael Gambon (Dumbledore #2) and a slew of other interchangeable white British men. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the fi...

Look in the mirror and say his name five times! Candyman (1992) dir. Bernard Rose. Script by Bernard Rose, based on "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker. Starring Virginia Madsen (Dune, Sideways), Tony Todd (Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, Candyman: Day of the Dead, Candyman 2022) and Kasi Lemmons (director of Harriet and Eve's Bayou). That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday...

Getting paid tons of money to care for a doll named Brahms is the worst babysitting gig ever. Or maybe it's the best?  The Boy (2016) dir. William Brent Bell, director of Orphan: First Kill (2022). Script by Stacey Menear. Starring Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead), Rupert Evans (The Man in High Castle) and James Russell as [redacted], a man who doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.  That's...

Need a Halloween costume? Grab some yellow converse, rough up an old wedding dress, and arm yourself with blanks. Dirs. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Script by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. Starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, and Andie MacDowell.  New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatsso...

Princess Diana is a real-life Gothic heroine. Dir. Pablo Larraín. Written by Steven Knight. Cinematography Claire Mathon. Starring Kristin Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, and Sean Harris.  New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Guitar " by Javolenus 2014 - Licensed unde...

Dakota Johnson joins the Markos Dance Academy to show off her jumps (meh) and her NFTs (woo). Dir. Luca Guadignino. Written by David Kajganich. Starring Dakota Johnson, Mia Goth, Tilda Swinton, and Lutz Ebersdorf.  New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic Guitar " by Javolenus 2...

Your mind is in Suspiria. It's like the darkness is the light. Suspiria. Am I scaring you tonight? Ain't used to what you like. Suspiria. Suspiria. Bum-bum-be-dum-bum-bum-be-dum-bum. Dir. Dario Argento. Written by Argento and Daria Nicolodi. Starring Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Joan Bennet, and Alida Valli.  New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com....

Harry Potter escapes the house of horrors that JK Rowling built and finds himself in another manse haunted by a woman who kills children. Dir. James Watkins. Written by Jane Goldman. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, and Janet McTeer. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music " Gothic G...

Gothic films must have four key elements: a girl, a guy, a house, and a haunt. "House" has a girl, a girl, a girl, a girl, a girl, a girl, a girl, a literally haunted house that eats people, and a crazy cat. Dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi. Written by Chiho Katsura. Starring Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Yōko Minamida, and Kiyohiko Ozaki.  New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email...

Gothic films must have five key elements: a girl, a guy, a house, a haunt, and Mia Wasikowska. Crimson Peak has all five! Dir. Guillermo del Toro. Written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Loki, Jessica Chastain, and Charlie Hunnam.  Hosts Chance Lee and Amanda McAvoy. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us http...

Wentworth Miller broke out of prison (and the closet) to write Stoker, a horny coming of age story about an 18-year-old girl. But is it Gothic? Dir. Park Chan-Wook. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Alden Ehrenreich, and cameo by Harmony Korine (Spring Break forevah!) Hosts Chance Lee and Amanda McAvoy. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Em...

Mia Wasikowska invented the Gothic in 2011 with Jane Eyre, dir. Cary Joji Fukunawa, adapted by Moira Buffini (playwright), starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, and Sally Hawkins. Hosts Chance Lee and Amanda McAvoy. New episodes on the first and third Thursday every month.  Email sogothicpod@gmail.com. Follow us https://letterboxd.com/thatssogothic Closing music...