Horror is a genre I love. Frights, ghosts, monsters, legends, vampires and witchcraft are THE stuff I love the most during October (ok, all year long) and after the anonymous ask about what to watch in the style of Sleepy Hollow (1999, Tim Burton) I put together this list of films set in the 18th century:
Devilwood, 2006, Sacha Bennett. An unknown man arrives to a small village, then a woman looking for him. No one expects who they really are. This a very short film, and you can look at it on iTunes.
L'arcano incantatore (Arcane Sorcerer), 1996, Pupi Avati. A seminary students who falls for a woman is forced to flee and takes refuge with an excommunicated priest, who used to practice black magic.
Herz aus Glas (Heart of Glass), 1976, Werner Herzog. A prophet predicts the destruction of a glassblowing factory; the main artisan is dead but the owner is strangely obsessed with the ruby red glass.
Dark Shadows, 2012, Tim Burton. Only the beginning is set in the 18th century BUT it’s such a pretty film u.u
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003, Gore Verbinski. What’s better than pirates? Ghost pirates.
The Black Torment,1964, Robert Hartford-Davis. A classic film about this nobleman who gets back home with his new wife, even though there are rumors of him being a murderer.
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, 1994, Neil Jordan. For this melancholic vampire, the only thing worse than dying is living forever. And this film is FULL of eye-candy: Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater and Tom Cruise (as the most perfect Lestat ever).
Le pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf), 2001, Christophe Gans. A mysterious beast is killing a lot of people and two men are sent to investigate.
And Now the Screaming Starts!, 1973, Roy Ward Baker. This film is old fashioned but fun: Catherine has just married Charles Fengriffen and moves into his castle but, of course, there is an old curse that lays on the family.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, 1994, Kenneth Branagh. Victor Frankenstein created life. And there will be unpleasant consequences.
And just because reasons, here are two bonus films:
Sleepy Hollow, 1999, Tim Burton. Because this film started all about this post.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, 2006, Tom Tykwer. I know, this is thriller and not horror BUT there’s Ben Whishaw. And I love him.