Horace Walpole published the first gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto , set in a labyrinthine castle surrounded by woods.

The fast, crisp, intelligent dialog further enhances it. True there is much to Manhattan Melodrama that’s very ten-twent-thirt. There are a couple of spots where perhaps Gable as the too suave ...

As you know, it is a melodrama, and in melodrama, the emotional stakes are incredibly high. People often call the performances in the movie “stylized,” but I think the only thing that is ...

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For showrunners Hank Steinberg and Barbie Kligman, the prognosis is good. “Doc,” the Italian drama series that the pair have adapted for Fox and Sony Pictures Television, got off to a strong ...

In 18th-century gothic, music was a light melodic release from dramatic scares. But with the arrival of melodrama in the 19th century, gothic music became much darker.