The Castle of Otranto is considered the first supernatural English novel and also the first gothic novel. It describes itself as a translation of an Italian story from the Middle Ages about Manfred, ...

With roots in the 18th century, this haunted genre’s hallmarks can be found throughout modern horror. Here’s where to start. By Emily C. Hughes Emily C. Hughes is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author ...

Lightning flashes across the sky, illuminating a castle. A ghost calls out the name of a lover who once spurned them. A young woman tries to undo a curse that has plagued her family for centuries. You ...

Daniella Di Carlo is a TV & Movie List Writer for Collider. She is a compulsive reader, a mythology buff, and a self-proclaimed professional fangirl. Emerging at the end of the 18th century, Gothic ...