Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Brontë, is known for its passionate and tormented love story between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.

Abraham Van Helsing is the renowned vampire hunter who leads the group against Dracula and attempts to save Mina Harker from the vampire's clutches.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, subtitled The Modern Prometheus, tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a creature from body parts and brings it to life.

The Portrait of Dorian Gray is a full-length portrait of Dorian painted by Basil Hallward, which magically bears the burden of Dorian's sins and moral decay.

The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe in which an unnamed narrator confesses to murdering his wife and hiding her body beneath the floorboards of his house.

Joan Fontaine played the role of the second Mrs. de Winter in the 1940 film adaptation of Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, published in 1764, is widely regarded as the first Gothic novel, setting the stage for the genre's conventions and tropes.

Count Orlok, played by Max Schreck, is the vampire antagonist in F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho, published in 1794, is a classic Gothic novel known for its elaborate descriptions of landscapes and its suspenseful plot.

Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Count Dracula in the 1931 film Dracula is considered one of the most iconic performances in horror cinema history.

Matthew Lewis's The Monk, published in 1796, is a Gothic novel that explores themes of temptation, corruption, and the struggle between good and evil.

The Bramford is the fictional apartment building in New York City where Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse reside in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby.

Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer, published in 1820, is a Gothic novel that tells the story of a man who seeks to escape his curse of immortality by transferring it to others.

Regan MacNeil, played by Linda Blair, is the young girl who becomes possessed by a demonic force in William Friedkin's The Exorcist.

Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, published in 1872, is a Gothic novella that tells the story of a young woman who falls in love with a female vampire.