in the silent film Nosferatu (1922) and its subsequent remakes, which is based on Bram Stoker's character Count Dracula. The 1922 film is an unauthorized...

well as dramatized narrative sequences, the film purports to chart the historical roots and superstitions surrounding witchcraft, beginning in the Middle...

before the development of film include folklore, religious beliefs and superstitions of different cultures, and the Gothic and horror literature of authors...

Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday...

Supernatural slasher films continued to build in popularity with The Slayer, The Incubus, Blood Song, Don't Go to Sleep and Superstition (the supernatural-themed...

house became a tourist attraction nine months after Winchester's death in 1922. The Victorian and Gothic-style mansion is renowned for its size and its...

Salting a bird's tail is a legendary superstition of Europe and America, and an English language idiom. The superstition is that sprinkling salt on a bird's...

2022. Chambers, Amy (May 10, 2021). "'Somewhere between science and superstition': Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973)". Hist...

as the gothic novel Dracula (1897) and the German expressionist film Nosferatu (1922). One of the suggested etymologies of the term is that it is derived...

non-European cultures, or deal with the past if it relates to legend and superstition. Mummies, Hall says, are a common example of this. While he commended...