Victorian culture is often lampooned for its obstinate, reckless progressivism, its racist insistence on the benignity of Western culture, but there is apocalyptic Gothic aplenty to be found in its cultural artefacts

This article will examine the monster which lies at the foundation of the Gothic, horror genre: the monstrous house, or the haunted house

Philosophical work on horror has been predominantly focused on horror films, though little of what has been written on horror is medium specific

This study explores the rise of contemporary Australian horror cinema production: emerging production and distribution models; the films produced; and the industrial, market and technological forces driving production

Gothic films were more about connections, the environment and how the overall look and feel connected to an emotion, much more than entertainment. Today’s counterpart in expressionism within Gothic film is Tim Burton.

This article explores the relationship between the eruptions of the abnormal which are a key part of the Gothic genre across media, and the use of the genre within mainstream television series to provide an occasional special episode that breaches the normality of that programme.