Things Heard & Seen seemed to promise something new for Gothic horror, but where we expected ghosts, we got failed marriages.

As we journey further into spring, we think of the verdant grounds in The Haunting of Bly Manor, and in honor of both, we put together a recommended reading list to capture the ghostly spirit of the season.

Indie filmmakers Kevin Ponntuti and Alexandra Loreth tackle the classic story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in a feminist narrative that just misses the mark.

In succeeding Mike Flanagan’s Haunting of Hill House Netflix original series, The Haunting of Bly Manor draws horror back to its roots in Gothic Romance, leaving us haunted in its loose retelling of The Turn of the Screw.

Like the specters that have been known to haunt the Gothic fiction genre, Gothic modes have a tendency of cropping up where they might be least expected. For Dr. Julia Round, this means investigating comics and children’s literature.

According to Burton, Vegas was the place where he looked on in awe as a child at the Dunes’ seahorses and witnessed a woman turn into a gorilla.