Category Archives: Gothic Horror Characters
Fan-Written ICHF: Frank Cotton
This ICHF was written by Irene Vallone, who you can find at https://irenemvallone.tumblr.com/. I may have made a few touch ups and notes here and there, but the bulk of this entry is their work! Image borrowed from http://headhuntershorrorhouse.wikia.com/wiki/Skinless_Frank A while … Continue reading →
Fan-Written ICHF: Van Helsing
This ICHF was written by Captain Wordsmith, who you can find at https://captainwordsmith.tumblr.com/. I may have made a few touch ups and notes here and there, but the bulk of this entry is their work! Art by Dan Hubsher, who … Continue reading →
Fan-Written ICHF: Castlevania’s Dracula
This entry was written by AkityMH, who you can find at https://www.deviantart.com/akitymh. I may have made a few touch ups and notes here and there, but the bulk of this entry is their work! Image borrowed from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_(Castlevania) Let’s step … Continue reading →
Fan-Written ICHF: Kira Yoshikage
This ICHF was written by Sir K, who you can find at https://www.deviantart.com/sirkaijuofvaudeville. I may have made a few touch ups and notes here and there, but the bulk of this entry is their work! Image borrowed from http://jojo.wikia.com/wiki/Yoshikage_Kira To anyone … Continue reading →
Fan-Written ICHF: Guts
This ICHF was written by Sir K, who you can find at https://www.deviantart.com/sirkaijuofvaudeville. I may have made a few touch ups and notes here and there, but the bulk of this entry is their work! Image provided by Sir … Continue reading →
ICHF: The Martians of H.G. Wells
The War of the Worlds is technically an Imperial Gothic Horror story. The Imperial Gothic, for those of you who aren’t horror lit nerds, is a subgenre of Gothic Horror that combines the normal themes of evil coming from the … Continue reading →
ICHF: King Kong
The 1933 film King Kong is a classic example of an Imperial Gothic Horror story, albeit with a more modern twist than the Imperial Gothic tales of the Victorian era. Powerful, rich white men from a country that has become … Continue reading →
ICHF: Karswell and His Demon
Like many a strange theater kid, one of the films that defined my adolescence was The Rocky Horror Picture Show. While I imagine most are drawn to that film for its raw sexual energy, I was drawn instead to its … Continue reading →
ICHF: Jack Skellington
My definition for the horror genre is pretty simple: any story that aims to consistently scare the audience is horror story. It’s broad, sure, but that really is the thing that ties all horror stories together – regardless of specific … Continue reading →
ICHF: The Weird Sisters
We’re going as classic as it gets with this entry, folks: meet the Weird Sisters from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Now, some of you may be thinking, “Shakespeare? Shakespeare isn’t horror – unless you count the horror I feel at having … Continue reading →