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Will Nosferatu Box Office Success Lead to More Gothic Horror Movies?
Did You Hear The News?
The worldwide Nosferatu box office gross recently surpassed Longlegs’s total. That makes the Robert Eggers film the highest-grossing pure horror movie of 2024. There is a small caveat: it still ranks below a couple of franchise sci-fi horror flicks, Alien Covenant and A Quiet Place: Day One.
Still, the vampire remake’s commercial success is impressive. Hollywood loves to copy popular trends, so does that mean we’re going to get a spate of gothic horror films coming up?
What is Gothic Horror, Anyway?
Honestly, it can be tough to nail down a definitive definition for it, or for any subgenre for that matter. Films that land in the gothic horror category are typically known for bleak and isolated settings, dark haunting atmospheres, and battles between ordinary people and the forces of evil.
The antagonists are often, but not always, supernatural. Many gothic horror films feature vampires or ghosts. Lots of them are period pieces set in the distant past, particularly in Europe. They often resemble folk…
