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Urban Gothic is a subgenre of Gothic fiction, film horror, and television. It involves styles and themes with industrial and post-industrial urban society. It was created and coined in the mid-19th century in Britain, Ireland and the United States, Some examples of the novels within the genre are The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dracula. Urban gothic has become more modernized in the graphic novel world with films and books that contain dark cities. Also authors such as Anne Rice and Brian Keene fall under the urban gothic genre.

Thought it'd be fun to create a new thread of a less-known sub-genre to get people more knowledge and awareness of it. If you're familiar with it post what you'd like and for those not familiar sit back and check it out.

My current novel could be considered a modern day urban gothic novel with classic gothic elements and styles. I wanted to not only write horror but I wanted to capture the classy, eerie feel as well and urban gothic gives that exact feeling.

I thought I'd revive my thread on Urban Gothic. Given the recent popularity in liminal spaces, I would say urban gothic in some ways and at times though not entirely could also be considered a creepy liminal space aesthetic.

Here is a blog post I wrote on Urban Gothic for a better idea and breakdown:
https://www.justinbienvenue.com/post/...

Oh yeah, I can see that. Like, that semi-cliche long, filthy, empty back alley or side street in something like They Live (the fight between the two male leads) or Stigmata (one of Frankie's episodes), or similarly with subway stations (1997's Mimic, or 2004's Creep); I suppose an even starker image could be something like an old, empty parking building, too. The meshing of Liminality's in-betweennes and the Urban Gothic's decaying settings, both of them dreary in their pockets of loneliness and emptyness.

C.E.C. wrote: "Oh yeah, I can see that. Like, that semi-cliche long, filthy, empty back alley or side street in something like They Live (the fight between the two male leads) or Stigmata (one of Frankie's episod..."

Exactly. Great examples too! They both share that factor of drawing you in in an alluring type of way based off the strange aesthetic they invoke to create that sheer uncomfortable yet somewhat calm creepy presence.