Gothic Film Recommendations
# Van Helsing
Year: 2004 | Country: CZ
Director: Stephen Sommers
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Shuler Hensley
Synopsis
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
# Corpse Bride
Year: 2005 | Country: GB
Director: Mike Johnson
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Paul Whitehouse
Synopsis
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
# Alice in Wonderland
Year: 1951 | Country: US
Director: Clyde Geronimi
Cast: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna
Synopsis
On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.
# Bram Stoker's Dracula
Year: 1992 | Country: US
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Sadie Frost
Synopsis
In 19th century England, Count Dracula travels to London and meets Mina Harker, a young woman who appears as the reincarnation of his lost love.
# The Nightmare Before Christmas
Year: 1993 | Country: US
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix
Synopsis
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
# Interview with the Vampire
Year: 1994 | Country: US
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater, Stephen Rea
Synopsis
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
# Addams Family Values
Year: 1993 | Country: US
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci
Synopsis
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
# The Addams Family
Year: 1991 | Country: US
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Carel Struycken
Synopsis
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.
# Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Year: 2007 | Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
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Synopsis
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit
# Edward Scissorhands
Year: 1990 | Country: US
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker
Synopsis
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
# Pan's Labyrinth
Year: 2006 | Country: MX
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones
Synopsis
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.