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> repeated association in cinema. These things are called "tropes", they are a form of fiction and there is a whole wiki dedicated to them: https://tvtropes.o
by blueflow 2y ago
> repeated association in cinema.
These things are called "tropes", they are a form of fiction and there is a whole wiki dedicated to them:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GothicHorror https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GothicHorror
- graemep 2y agoI think the page you link to explains ti very well: its a combination of the existence of Gothic ruins, a negative view of the Middle Ages, and the association with the Catholic church in the context of anti-Catholic prejudice in Britain (and other Anglophone countries).