Tag Archives: Gothic

Mina By Marie Kiraly

Posted on October 31, 2021 by mondomolly

This could not be damnation. But if it was, the fire was far too sweet to resist… As usual October means I will be subjecting friends and family to a schedule of seasonally appropriate movies (I shall forever secretly remain … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Bedelia By Vera Caspary

Posted on December 13, 2020 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2020 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This week, the September selection, Bedelia By Vera Caspary) Who is to say it is too late to conclude a Summer Book Club? … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: A Long Fatal Love Chase By Louisa May Alcott

Posted on November 3, 2019 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2019 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This week, the August selection, Louisa May Alcott’s postumously-published A Long Fatal Love Chase.)  Like her most famous literary creation, Little … Continue reading →

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My Sweet Audrina By V.C. Andrews

Posted on July 1, 2018 by mondomolly

Now she will come face to face with the dangerous, terrifying secret everyone knows. Everyone except My Sweet Audrina. What the hell did I just read? OK, I’ll back it up here a second. Since this blog’s beginnings, there are … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The Haunting Of Hill House By Shirley Jackson

Posted on November 7, 2017 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2017 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This month, the September selection, Shirley Jackson’s  The Haunting of Hill House.) Well,  a week after Halloween we finally get to Shirley … Continue reading →

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Down A Dark Hall By Lois Duncan

Posted on September 21, 2017 by mondomolly

Why does the exclusive boarding school Blackwood have only four students? Back to school! Time to start the year with a good attitude cautionary tale wacky scheme inspirational message epic wish-fulfillment fantasy  slightly anachronistic feminist career romance Eh, whatever, let’s just do another Lois Duncan… … Continue reading →

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Dark Shadows By Marilyn Ross

Posted on October 31, 2013 by mondomolly

Background: When Dark Shadows initially aired on ABC in June of 1966, it was a fairly conventional soap opera, with some Gothic trappings that borrowed heavily from Jane Eyre and Rebecca. The initial storylines dealt with the 20 year old … Continue reading →

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The Pretty Ones By Dorothy Eden

Posted on November 5, 2012 by mondomolly

Background: It has been theorized that, cinematically, the Gothic genre had a revival in the 1940s due to World War II:  stories targeting the anxiety of women marrying men they barely knew or husbands returning home from the war “not … Continue reading →

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