Gothic Cinema & Horance Walpole

References

Books 
Jonathan Rigby (2000). English Gothic a century of horror cinema. Surrey: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. 12-18.

Websites
Justin Tadlock. (2015). Gothic Fiction and Its Revelations. Available: http://justintadlock.com/writing/gothic-fiction-and-its-revelations. Last accessed 26 of Jan 2015.

John Mullan. (2012). The Origins Of The Gothic. Available: http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-origins-of-the-gothic. Last accessed 26 of Jan 2015.

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Gothic 

http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-origins-of-the-gothic

Gothic fiction is a genre of literature that combines horror and romance, it is very fascinating and excited which makes the reader want to turn the page. Gothic is linked with literature but also architecture and this was because there was a backlash from the builders which led to the buildings to transform their simplicity into different shapes and designs which made them 'Gothic' and over the top. 
Gothic is supposed to make the audience feel extreme emotion as each writer tries to shock the audience by making the story into an interesting puzzle and then revealing the secret which gives the audience a thrill and leaves then in awe and seeking for more. Horace Walpole used the word 'Gothic' in a novel called ' A Gothic Story' which was published in 1764.  The Novel is about the Prince of Otranto who falls in love with a woman who had marries his son. Walpole made his own house at Strawberry Hill into a 'Gothic' looking building and from then 'Gothic' became popular and people related elements of mystery and scary old buildings. 

Some of the most famous Gothic Novelists are Horance Walpole who wrote the Castle of Otranto, 1764.
 Anne Radcliffe - The Mystiers of Udolpho, 1794.

Oscar Wilde- The picture of Dorian Gray, 1890.

Bram Stoker - Dracula 1897.

All of their aim was to give their reader a supernatural thrill and create a quest for atmosphere, they explore the theme of human mind and how it changes, develops, decays and mutates. 
English Gothic writers also related Gothic to the medieval times especially in Italy where it was especially famous to the point where they taught their kids all about the Gothic. However the Gothic transformed from being about space and then evolved to having fears of the body. The villains in Gothic Novels were corrupt monks however Charles Dickens transplanted them to modern Britain changing the Gothic to our current concerns such as problems of the poor and the their living environment under the theme of Gothic Horror/terror.

The key motifs in Gothic Horror :   
 Strange places
 Clashing time periods especially in the Great Expectations
 Power and constraint
 A world of doubt
 Terror versus horror
 Sexual power
 The uncanny 
 The sublime
 Crisis
 The supernatural and the real

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'Gothic fiction gained popularity between 1765 and 1820' with further eruptions in the Victorian era- 1890. The boom in the genre of Gothic horror in the film industry in 1954-1975. Cinema balanced out the text book and filmography. Gothic genre became especially popular in England after 'The Curse of Frankenstein'. 
One of my favourite films was the sequel to 'Frankenstein', ' The Revenge Of Frankenstein'. The Make Up artist for the film was Phil Leaky who was a British make up artist who focused on special effects.

Michele Burke who is one of my favourite special effects make up artists worked on Bram Stokers Dracula, she has won 2 oscars and has been nominated for 6.