That's So Gothic

Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it; but a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it. You know it's Christmastime when the Ice Princess is pushed off a building and lights the Gotham City tree in Batman Returns.

Batman Returns (1992) dir. Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton as Batman, Danny DeVito as the Penguin, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, and Christopher Walken as Max Schreck.

That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email [email protected]. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

You've seen a serial killer's spirit enter a doll in Child's Play. You've seen a serial killer's spirit enter a snowman in Jack Frost. But have you seen a serial killer's spirit enter a $179 personal-use drone? We have, and we LOVE The Drone (2019) dir. by Jordan Rubin (Zombeavers) with a script by Rubin, Al Kaplan and Jon Kaplan. Starring Alex Essoe (Dr. Sleep, Starry Eyes), John Brotherton (Fuller House, Lights Camera Christmas, Chance's dreams), and Anita Bream (not enough).

That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email [email protected]. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

That's So Gothic believed there were no good Thanksgiving movies... until we watched The House of Yes. Enjoy this serving of gothic leftovers on your Turkey day. We'll be back with new episodes in December!

The Night House Dir. David Bruckner. Starring Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Evan Jonigkeit, and Stacey Martin.

That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email [email protected]. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

To celebrate the launch of Living for the Dead, Kristen Stewart's new gay ghost-hunter show, we're checking out her first experience with non-vampire paranormal activity, Personal Shopper. Dir. Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, and a bunch of brilliant European actors rarely seen on US screens.

That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email [email protected]. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

A movie that shows the 80s accurately: cold, miserable, violent, and with cheap candy: Let Me In (2010) written and directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Grace-Moretz, and non-hyphenated actors Richard Jenkins and Dylan Minnette.

That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email [email protected]. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Very rarely is the Gothic "romantic rival" someone's biological twin brother, but very rarely do you get a treat of a film like (The) House of Yes (1997). (Literally just saw the "the" in the title as we were writing this description.)

Written and directed by Mark Waters, based on a stage play by Wendy MacLeod, starring Parker Posey, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachel Leigh Cook. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email [email protected]. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

IT'S ALIIIVE! The trailer has no dialogue, which is ironic for a movie where no one ever stops talking at MAXIMUM VOLUME.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) Dir. Kenneth Branagh. Adapted by Steph Lady and Frank Darabont from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, and Robert Deniro. That's So Gothic releases episodes on the first and third Thursday every month. Email [email protected]. Follow Chance and Amanda on Letterboxd @mrchancelee and @mcavoy_amanda. Instagram @sogothicpod Closing music "Gothic Guitar" by Javolenus 2014 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)