Dark Music Albums

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Tuxedomoon - The Ghost Sonata [1991]

The Ghost Sonata is an opera without words. Listening to this album is like descending to the undiscovered, frozen lakes of your soul. The music being the sun, slowly melting the ice and unveiling the forlorn feelings of centuries passed. Imagine a woman walking alone in the dark and the cold marbles of a cathedric temple. The music heats your skin as the violin depresses your eyes.

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Gothic Literature

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 Sheridan Le Fanu - In a Glass Darkly

 [1790]

Cover of 1872 edition

In a Glass Darkly is a collection of five short stories by Sheridan Le Fanu, first published in 1872, the year before his death.The fourth and fifth are long enough to be called novellas. The most well known story is Carmilla, it is a female vampire story set in Styria, Austria.  Laura lives in a castle with her father when an unexpected visitor,whom she envisioned, arrives with a carriage.

Carmilla becomes friends with Laura and starts to infest on her. She even has a romantic approach and avoids to say anything about herself. Carmilla's dark past slowly starts to unfold, only to find she belonged to the Karnstein bloodline.

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Victorian Era - Post mortem slideshow

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In England during the Victorian Era(1837-1901) people got their portrait painted only once or never in their life due to the high expense. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture much more commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait...

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Best Gothic Movies

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Shadow of the Vampire [2000]

   

   "Shadow of the Vampire" takes us back to 1922 when Friedrich Murnau (John   Malkovich) films Nosferatu. While the movie filming is progressing the actor who will play Nosferatu (Count Dracula) hasn't shown up. Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) appears and starts shooting some scenes. Then he decides that in order to finish the movie, he wants the director to fulfill his desires.

Trailer Imdb

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