Gothic Horror Movies of the 2020s
Gothic horror means crumbling mansions, castles and dark romance. Streaming-era horror: pandemic-set chillers, body-horror comebacks and new auteurs. Standouts from the 2020s include Dracula, Frankenstein and Hokum.
Dracula (2025)
Rated 7.3 on TMDB
In late 15th-century Eastern Europe, Prince Vlad II’s bride is brutally murdered. As a result, he renounces God and damns Heaven itself.
See where it’s streamingFrankenstein (2025)
Rated 7.6 on TMDB
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
See where it’s streamingHokum (2026)
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite.
See where it’s streamingNosferatu (2024)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
See where it’s streamingBeetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River.
See where it’s streamingThe Nun II (2023)
Rated 6.6 on TMDB
In 1956 France, a priest is violently murdered, and Sister Irene begins to investigate. She once again comes face-to-face with a powerful evil.
See where it’s streamingAbigail (2024)
Rated 6.6 on TMDB
A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl.
See where it’s streamingThe Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship.
See where it’s streamingThe Pale Blue Eye (2022)
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to…
See where it’s streamingI Am Frankelda (2025)
Rated 8.0 on TMDB
A gifted young writer in 19th-century Mexico journeys into her subconscious and comes face to face with characters from her own spooky stories.
See where it’s streamingGhosts of War (2020)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
A group of World War II American soldiers encounter a supernatural enemy as they occupy a French castle previously under Nazi control.
See where it’s streamingCastle Freak (2020)
Rated 4.3 on TMDB
After she’s permanently blinded in a tragic car accident, Rebecca receives some bizarre news: her long-lost mother has recently passed away, leaving her their family’s ancestral castle in rural…
See where it’s streamingRaven's Hollow (2022)
Rated 5.4 on TMDB
West Point cadet Edgar Allan Poe and four other cadets on a training exercise in upstate New York are drawn by a gruesome discovery into a forgotten community where they find a township guarding a…
See where it’s streamingWhat Josiah Saw (2021)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.
See where it’s streamingRoom 203 (2022)
Rated 5.3 on TMDB
Two female roommates were tormented by the vengeful spirits dwelling in their gothic-style, rented apartment, which contains an ornate centerpiece.
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