Gothic Romance: The Art of the Macabre

"I know you never lie to me. I believe you. You're not lying. It's worse than lying. You've forgotten. You've forgotten him as you forget everything. But perhaps I'm wrong to try to handle this myself. The case is one for people who know about those things." -Gregory Anton, 1944
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The newly wed Mrs. de Winter explores Manderley in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940).

An apprehensive confrontation in the Hammer Horror classic, Dracula (1958).

A scene from Roger Corman's Tales of Terror (1962), based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic stories.

Catwoman is up to no good in Tim Burton's Batman Returns (1992).

Sir Thomas Sharpe welcomes Edith to Allerdale Hall in Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak (2015).

Crimson Peak. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Universal Pictures, 2015.