If you loved Frankenstein, these 7 gothic horror masterpieces will feed your dark romantic obsession.

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein has officially reignited our obsession with gothic horror. The new Frankenstein adaptation starring Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the monster/creature has been getting serious buzz and the good news? Dark romance is BACK. 

We're talking brooding moors, crumbling mansions, and all that delicious psychological terror that makes your heart race in the best way possible.

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If you're still not over Dr. Frankenstein's whole tragic vibe and his creation's desperate search for love (because honestly, same), then buckle up — these 7 gothic horror films and series are about to become your new obsession.

Nosferatu. 

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I'm talking about the 2024 version of the classic tale.

You know the story. Young real estate agent Thomas gets sent to Transylvania to close a property deal with Count Orlok who becomes obsessed with Thomas's wife Ellen after seeing her portrait, creating a psychic connection between them. 

It's a classic vampire horror but with Robert Eggers' incredible atmospheric direction. This hits all the same notes as Frankenstein — forbidden romance, gorgeous gothic vibes, and Bill Skarsgård being completely unrecognisable as the monster. 

It's atmospheric horror done RIGHT.

Nosferatu is now streaming on Netflix and Binge.

Crimson Peak.

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What better to fill the Frankenstein-shaped hole in our lives than another Guillermo Del Toro masterpiece? 

American writer Edith marries mysterious English baronet Thomas Sharpe and moves to his crumbling family mansion. The house is haunted by ghosts, but the real horror is the murderous, incestuous secrets of the Sharpe siblings.

This film is gothic romance perfection — decaying mansion, vulnerable heroine, dark mysterious man with baggage, and a house that's basically haunted by toxic love. 

Guillermo Del Toro's visual feast.

Crimson Peak is available to rent or buy on Prime Video.

Queen of the Damned.

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Based on Anne Rice's third Vampire Chronicles novel, this film takes her elegant vampire mythology and turns it into a rock-and-roll spectacle. 

Vampire Lestat wakes up after centuries and becomes a rockstar, using his music to expose the vampire world. His concerts wake up Akasha, the original vampire queen, who wants to wipe out humanity and rule with Lestat.

Lestat is giving tortured artist energy — seeking connection through his art and being generally brooding and beautiful about it. It's peak early 2000s gothic vibes— all the vampire angst you love. 

Plus, it amps up the dark romance and forbidden desire to eleven.

Queen Of The Damned is now streaming on Stan.

Penny Dreadful.

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I know this is technically cheating because it's a series, but you simply can't not talk about Penny Dreadful when it comes to gothic horror. 

Penny Dreadful is a Victorian London series where all the gothic horror icons team up. Vanessa Ives has psychic powers and fights supernatural forces alongside characters from Dracula, Frankenstein, and other classic stories.The ultimate gothic crossover event.

The way they handle the creator-creature relationship is devastating, and the whole vibe is dark academia meets supernatural drama.

Penny Dreadful is now streaming on 7Plus and Paramount Plus.

Interview with the Vampire.

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The 1994 version to be exact. 

In this melancholy confession, vampire Louis sits down with a modern reporter to recount his entire 200-year existence. We follow his journey from being turned by the seductive and manipulative Lestat, through their strange family dynamic with the eternally child vampire Claudia, to Louis's endless internal struggle with the morality of his cursed immortal life.

Louis is the ultimate dark romantic hero — forever haunted, forever questioning, forever gorgeous while suffering. Not to mention it stars Hollywood heartthrobs Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt and the sexual tension is palpable. 

Interview with the Vampire is now streaming on SBS, HBO Max and Prime Video.

Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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Francis Ford Coppola's lavish take frames Dracula's reign of terror as an epic tragedy of broken love. The story reveals that Count Dracula was once a 15th-century Romanian prince who cursed God in his grief after his beloved Elisabeta took her own life. 

Fast-forward centuries, and he becomes convinced that Mina Harker is his lost love reincarnated, setting off for London in a beautiful but terrifying storm of seduction and blood.

This isn't just another monster movie — Coppola turned it into pure operatic romance. Every costume, every set piece, every dramatically lit scene serves the central love story. 

Bram Stoker's Dracula is available to rent or buy on Prime Video and Apple TV.

Phantom of the Opera.

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The 2004 Phantom of the Opera film adaptation brought Andrew Lloyd Webber's beloved musical to the big screen with all the gothic grandeur you could want. While technically a tragic romance, its setting, themes, and aesthetic make it a quintessential piece of gothic horror. 

In the depths of the Paris Opera House lives The Phantom, a disfigured musical genius who becomes desperately, obsessively in love with young soprano Christine Daaé. He becomes her secret mentor, coaching her to stardom from the shadows, but his methods grow increasingly dark as he uses terror and violence to enforce his will and keep her bound to him.

The Phantom is the true-hidden monster and obsessed protector — brilliant, emotionally tortured, and lurking in the shadows, but with an incredible musical talent that makes his tragedy even more poignant.

The Phantom Of The Opera is available to rent or buy on Prime Video and Apple TV.

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