The legendary director deserves a great deal of credit for popularizing the goth subculture in mainstream media.
These are the best gothic horror games ever made.
8Beetlejuice
1988
Beetlejuice’s cultural legacy almost outstrips the film’s actual fanbase.
Despite being decades old at this point, the film nevertheless feels fresh and contemporary in its humour.
Michael Keaton steals the show with his performance as the wayward bio-exorcist.
The film leans heavily on shock humour, the kind that its gross central character himself would find funny.
Yet it ends on a note as heartwarming as any family-friendly Lifetime movie.
Look at these heroes; see how they’ve grown.
Jack Nicholson is billed as the Joker before Michael Keaton as Batman; both turn in exemplary performances.
This 1989 rendition of the classic story respects its audience’s intelligence.
Things are shown rather than explained, giving you constant crumbs of realization.
This makes it compelling on a level that movies that telegraph their plot twists aren’t.
This is close to being Tim Burton’s take on The Expendables.
Groove is in the heart, but also in these games!
One of the best moments in the film is when Alice Cooper performs a concert as himself.
For Tim Burton fans this is more memorable than his appearance in Wayne’s World.
Yet its crass humour in 1996 is exactly what makes it so much fun to watch now.
It is darkly funny and satirical, unafraid to poke fun at bureaucracy and military jingoism.
American McGee’svideo game iterations of Alicewere appropriately gothic as well.
Tim Burton’s version is one of the best versions of Alice’s story.
Not only that, but Corpse Bride is a story steeped in pathos and wistfulness.
Unabashed in its toe-curling violence, Sweeney Todd nevertheless has finesse.
The story is finally realized in full through the gothic director’s vision.
Just don’t think too hard about how licensing will work.
