Gothic is not a dirty-word!

A Listmania! list by Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK)
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Absalom, Absalom! (Vintage Classics)
1.  Absalom, Absalom! (Vintage Classics) by William Faulkner
The list author says:
  "William Faulkner wrote many great novels in the Southern Gothic tradition, the best include this, The Sound & the Fury, Light in August & Sanctuary...."
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The Night of the Hunter [DVD] [1955]
2.  The Night of the Hunter [DVD] [1955] DVD ~ Robert Mitchum
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  "The only film directed by Charles Laughton has a brilliant performance from Robert Mitchum. Simon Callow's book on it is excellent also...."
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Wise Blood
3.  Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
The list author says:
  "Another key writer of the Southern Gothic Tradition, and her one novel- later filmed by John Huston. Her short-stories are equally brilliant-"
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And the Ass Saw the Angel
4.  And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave
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  "Cave's demented advance on Faulkner & O'Connor, a bit like 'Light in August' on drugs, written by an Australian in West Berlin. See songs like 'Swampland' & 'Deep in the Woods'"
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Blood Meridian: Or, the Evening Redness in the West (Picador Books)
5.  Blood Meridian: Or, the Evening Redness in the West (Picador Books) by Cormac McCarthy
The list author says:
  "McCarthy's masterpiece - a haunting and bleak vision of the West. Rumours abound that Ridley Scott will direct a film of it - the horror! the horror!"
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WHISKEY FOR THE HOLY
6.  WHISKEY FOR THE HOLY by Mark Lanegan
The list author says:
  "One of Lanegan's several solo-classics : Carnival, Dead on You, Shooting Gallery, The River Rise....A post-grunge Johnny Cash, if you must!"
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Wisconsin Death Trip [1999] [DVD]
7.  Wisconsin Death Trip [1999] [DVD] DVD ~ Ian Holm
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  "Brilliant documentary that seems to me extremely unappreciated!"
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Fire of Love
8.  Fire of Love by The Gun Club
The list author says:
  "File next to Hallowed Ground, The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads, Dust & Liberty Belle & the Black Diamond Express...."
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The Seventh Seal [DVD] [1957]
9.  The Seventh Seal [DVD] [1957] DVD ~ Max von Sydow
The list author says:
  "This film always cheers me up! : plague, religion, death, witch-burnings, self-flagellation...who could not love this?"
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Teenage Snuff Film
10.  Teenage Snuff Film by Rowland S. Howard
The list author says:
  "Excellent solo-album from ex-Birthday Party/Crime & the City Solution/These Immortal Soul/Boy Next Door-Howard. Features the ever wonderful Mick Harvey-"
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The Killer Inside Me (Crime Masterworks)
11.  The Killer Inside Me (Crime Masterworks) by Jim Thompson
The list author says:
  "Noir-gothic-murder...."
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Deliverance [1972] [DVD]
12.  Deliverance [1972] [DVD] DVD ~ Jon Voight
The list author says:
  "If you go down to the woods today....weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhh!!!!!!!"
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Hallowed Ground
13.  Hallowed Ground by Violent Femmes
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  "....."
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (English Library)
14.  The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (English Library) by James Hogg
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  "....."
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The Spiral Staircase [DVD]
15.  The Spiral Staircase [DVD] DVD ~ Dorothy McGuire
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  "A classic thriller...."
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Closer
16.  Closer by Joy Division
The list author says:
  "This is here not only due to songs like The Eternal & Decades, and its posthumous-associations, but also for the sleeve artwork from Bernard Pierre Wolff...."
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Already Dead
17.  Already Dead by Denis Johnson
The list author says:
  "Johnson's California gothic featuring cops, witches, murderers & drug-dealers. When will David Lynch film this?????"
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Ballad Of The Broken Seas
18.  Ballad Of The Broken Seas by Isobel Campbell
The list author says:
  "Nancy'n'Lee collide with Cash & Rubin....."
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The Marble Index
19.  The Marble Index by Nico
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  "You have to include this...."
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Tilt
20.  Tilt by Scott Walker
The list author says:
  "....and no list should be without this, if you can help it!"
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The Beguiled [VHS] [1971]
21.  The Beguiled [VHS] [1971] VHS Clint Eastwood
The list author says:
  "This and 'High Plains Drifter' are Eastwood at his most gothic...."
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John Wesley Harding
22.  John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan
The list author says:
  "Dylan's most gothic work, some of the songs having a Biblical-element"
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The Wasp Factory
23.  The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The list author says:
  "Iain Banks' cult-classic always stands up, even if his best novel remains The Bridge...."
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The Collector (Vintage Classics)
24.  The Collector (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
The list author says:
  "Fowles' book owes Hogg's Justified Sinner a debt structure wise; the kind of obssessive girls just don't want from me! You wait, I have my lottery-ticket!!!!!"
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Cat People [VHS] [1942]
25.  Cat People [VHS] [1942] VHS Simone Simon
The list author says:
  "I do like the remake, as I have that thing about Nastassia Kinski - but this is the better film & shared a set with The Magnificent Ambersons...."
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