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Beetlejuice

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- haunted homes
- paranormal activity
- a dark atmosphere
- monsters

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- Terence Fisher
- Mario Bava
- Roger Corman

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- Funny gothic (Scary movie)
-Films with zombies (the nightmare before Christmas)
-Films with ghosts (Scooby-doo)
-Films with vampires (Dracula)

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Characteristics of the Gothic include:

- death
- decay
- haunted homes/castles, -family curses
-madness
-powerful love/romance, -ghosts
-vampires.

The genre is said to have become popular in the late 18th century with the publication of Horace Walpole's novel The Castle of Otranto in 1764.

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Gothic fiction began as a sophisticated joke. Horace Walpole first applied the word ‘Gothic’ to a novel in the subtitle – ‘A Gothic Story’ – of The Castle of Otranto, published in 1764. When he used the word it meant something like ‘barbarous’, as well as ‘deriving from the Middle Ages.

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Born | Timothy Walter Burton
August 25, 1958 (age 61)
Burbank, Califonia, U.S.
Occupation | Director, producer, animator, writer, artist
Nationality | American
Education | Burbank High School
Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts
Notable works |
As director:
Pee-wee's Big Adventure Beetlejuice Batman Edward Scissorhands Batman Returns Ed Wood Planet of the Apes Big Fish Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Corpse Bride Alice in Wonderland Frankenweenie As producer:
The Nightmare Before Christmas Batman Forever James and the Giant Peach
Years active | 1971–present
Spouse | Lena Gieseke
(m. 1987; div. 1991)
Partner | Lisa Marie Smith
(1993–2001)
Helena Bonham Carter
(2001–14)
Children | 2 (with Bonham Carter)

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-frankenweenie
-Beetljuice
-the nightmare before chrismas

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1922 (nosferatu) - now