Now S(cr)eaming: New Gothic Film + Series Releases for Fall
Spooky season’s 20 most anticipated dark releases, from late-summer through Christmas
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
As the nights grow longer, few things sound better than curling up on the couch with something dark on screen, or surrendering an evening to a spooky cinema field trip. And this season, we are spoiled.
Gothic classics have already enjoyed a banner year with Frankenstein and Dracula in the rear-view, while A-list talent continues to descend on horror alongside a particularly exciting crop of arthouse releases. With Practical Magic 2 marking our next trip to the theatre and a gloriously gruesome calendar stretching through Christmas, consider your fall viewing schedule booked.
From the Festival Archives: Where Iconic Dark Cinema Made Its Debut
20 films that left the festival circuit destined for cult status
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
There’s a special kind of thrill in seeing a band in a tiny venue before the rest of the world catches on. Film festivals offer cinephiles their own version of that feeling. Every year, audiences take their seats without knowing that the film about to begin could become a future classic—or that the actor on screen might be giving the performance everyone will soon be talking about. Looking back through festival history makes those first screenings even more fascinating.
These 20 films arrived on the circuit before finding a much larger audience and earning their place in the dark cinema canon.
Insatiable Cravings: 20 Films About Excess & Obsession
Love. Power. Wealth. Beauty. Status. Some appetites grow stronger once they're fed.
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
Hunger comes in many forms. Sometimes it's for success, sometimes it's for status and sometimes it's for another person entirely. These films and series examine the consequences of gluttony, following characters whose relentless pursuit of "more" ultimately becomes their greatest downfall.
Hide Under the Covers: A Goth-Coded Psychological Thriller Watchlist
Fourteen films designed to unsettle the mind
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
National Cuddle Up Day (January 6) does not necessarily require sweetness. It asks for closeness, lowered lights and something unsettling enough to make you pull the blankets higher.
Psychological thrillers thrive in this space.
They trade jump scares for tension, spectacle for intimacy, comfort for proximity; these are films that crawl under the skin slowly.