Directed by filmmaker James Franco, and based on the chilling novel by Cormac McCarthy, Child of God is a dark Southern Gothic Film that tells the provocative story of Lester [ … ]
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Wise Blood Film – John Huston Gets Gothic
After returning home from World War II, uneducated and irreligious U.S. Army veteran Hazel Motes (Brad Dourif) decides to make his way in the world by impersonating a priest and [ … ]
Angel Heart – Southern Gothic Horror
Angel Heart is a 1987 Southern Gothic horror film based on William Hjortsberg‘s 1978 novel Falling Angel. Written and directed by Alan Parker, the film stars Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro and Lisa Bonet. The story follows Harry Angel (Rourke), [ … ]
The Night of the Hunter – Best of the Southern Gothic Films
The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller directed by Charles Laughton, and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish. The screenplay by James Agee was based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Davis Grubb. The [ … ]