Lightning flashes across the sky, illuminating a castle. A ghost calls out the name of a lover who once spurned them. A young woman tries to undo a curse that has plagued her family for centuries. You ...

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier, rounder ...

What gives some works of art incredible staying power while others fade into obscurity? But as nearly a million annual visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago will tell you, the original image is ...

Sometimes it's the atmosphere, defined by an air of refinement combined with a certain eeriness, like a haunting in a palace.

Goth is a vibe, a mood, and — thanks to many visionary directors, production and costume designers, and art directors — a cinematic subculture. And we’re not just talking about Tim Burton here. There ...

Few debut novelists garner the praise of author and activist Roxane Gay. But then, John Milas, whose new book, “The Militia House,” Gay calls “a beautiful horror story told masterfully and elegantly,” ...

It's Paris in the Second Empire –– the time where the city is the epicenter of the world, the name "City of Lights" is coined and the population in a rapid rise. Anne-Solène Bayan, assistant curator ...

Barbara Hershey as Judith with her reflection in the mirror behind her in the Manor. Image via Blumhouse Before the genre of horror broadened and evolved to what it is today, its pre-cursor was ...