10 Gothic Shows and Movies to Watch Before Wednesday season 2 drops

By Entertainment Desk | August 6, 2025

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A masterclass in psychological horror, blending ghostly scares with deep emotional trauma across two timelines in a haunted mansion.

The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix)

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A gothic fever dream weaving together Dracula, Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and more into a beautifully dark Victorian narrative.

Penny Dreadful (Showtime)

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Guillermo del Toro’s gothic romance featuring a haunted house, ghostly secrets, and breathtakingly eerie visuals drenched in blood-red snow.

Crimson Peak (Prime Video)

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Magic and mayhem intertwine as Sabrina, a half-witch, half-human, walks the tightrope between her ordinary teenage life and the dark, mystical world of the Church of Night — her family’s shadowy legacy.

Chilling adventures of Sabrina (Netflix)

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An anime adaptation of the video game, set in a vampire-infested gothic world filled with blood, dark magic, and brutal battles.

Castlevania (Netflix)

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The Fall of the House of Usher is a gothic horror series that blends Edgar Allan Poe’s tales into a chilling modern saga of greed, guilt, and supernatural reckoning.

The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)

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“The Haunting of Bly Manor” is a gothic romance horror series about a young American au pair who arrives at a sprawling English estate to care for two orphaned children.

The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix)

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The Sandman follows Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, as he escapes captivity and sets out to restore order to his realm and beyond.

The Sandman (Netflix)

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Tim Burton’s visually rich take on Washington Irving’s tale, with Johnny Depp as a squeamish Ichabod Crane facing a headless horseman.

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

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A modern gothic revival starring Wednesday Addams at Nevermore Academy, solving mysteries with deadpan wit and a hauntingly fun tone. Season 2 part 1 is set to stream on August 5.

Wednesday (Netflix)

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