Below are my choices for the fifteen movies that helped make Goth so...well, Gothic.
(Followed by twenty more that contributed in some smaller measure.)
Honorable Mention: Alien, Blade Runner, Blue Velvet, The Bride of Frankenstein, A Clockwork Orange, Daughters of Darkness, The Evil Dead, Excalibur, Harold and Maude, Highlander, House of Dark Shadows, Legend, Ladyhawke, La Femme Nikita, Lair of the White Worm, Metropolis, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Seven, The Silence of the Lambs
Now...how about some performers...
I'll be adding actors, actresses and others, both new and old, in the coming months. So, come back now and then to see who joins the list.
OLD SCHOOL:
(March 2000) Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price
(April 2000) Barbara Steele, Boris Karloff
NEW SCHOOL:
(March 2000) Johnny Depp (EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ED WOOD, SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE NINTH GATE), Winona Ryder (BEETLEJUICE, BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA), Christina Ricci (THE ADDAMS FAMILY, THE OPPOSITE OF SEX, THE ICE STORM)
(April 2000) Jonathan Frid (DARK SHADOWS)
Any of your favorites missing? E-mail me at Ravenbard@aol.com and let me know.
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