gothic

It all makes for a short and eerily effective update on the suburban Gothic genre.

The director said he and Holloway have a shared attraction to tension that builds slowly and methodically, like in a turn-of-the-century Gothic horror novella — such as Arthur Machen’s “The Great God Pan.”

The Gothic arches in the creature's cell are from the vaulted arches of the cloisters at the University of Glasgow.

“It led me into Gothic literature, especially Anne Rice’s ‘Vampire Chronicles,’” she shares.

He decided to settle in Guadalajara, a growing technology hub, with historic buildings featuring Gothic architecture that he found beautiful.