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As it's #WorldGothDay there's really only one tale to tell; a legendary Hammer Horror that mixed the groovy with the ghoulish.
This is the story of Dracula: 1972 A.D...
This is the story of Dracula: 1972 A.D...
Peter Cushing had a long career in drama and horror. He played the lead in the BBC's 1954 adaptation of Orwell's 1984. Quatermass author Nigel Kneale wrote the screenplay and the Room 101 scene was apparently so horrific one viewer died of shock. 
Christopher Lee had took a more unusual route into acting. He was (probably) a member of the SAS during WWll; he always declined to discuss this. He did fight at Monte Cassino and was a post-war Nazi hunter in Vienna.
Happy birthday to Pac-Man, who turns 40 today! He hasn't given up the ghost yet... #FridayFeeling
And for those of you wondering if there was a Pac-Man / #WorldGothDay crossover tweet coming...
(Other video games are available...)
A woman with great hair is fleeing a gothic house. This is a signal to the reader that this is one of ‘those’ books – not a historical romance, horror or ghost story, but a modern gothic.
For #WorldGothDay this is the secret story of the gothic romance novel... #FridayThoughts
For #WorldGothDay this is the secret story of the gothic romance novel... #FridayThoughts
New readers start here: what is a gothic romance? Well it's a passionate romance story with strong supernatural themes, all tied to an atmospheric and foreboding building which our heroine is compelled to flee.
Actually it's a lot more complex than that.
Actually it's a lot more complex than that.
Firstly it has a long pedigree. Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764) is usually acknowledged as the first gothic romance; set during the Crusades it follows Lord Manfred's fateful decision to divorce his wife and pursue his dead son's bride-to-be Isabella.
Apparently today is #WorldGothDay.
Goths in the 80s looked a bit different to the ones today.
This is me, aged about 18, circa 1986.
I was a bit to young for the northern heyday and a rubbish goth, my hair was too heavy and curly and I was too smiley. Also not enough make-up.
Goths in the 80s looked a bit different to the ones today.
This is me, aged about 18, circa 1986.
I was a bit to young for the northern heyday and a rubbish goth, my hair was too heavy and curly and I was too smiley. Also not enough make-up.
This is my partner @andre19014 in about 1984. We didn’t meet until 2002 but we were clearly destined for each other.
He was a much better goth than me though that isn’t really captured in this photo. I just think he looks pretty.
