Penny D,
         I used to collect comics so you are correct on my reference. I like the silents too. If you don't have Kino's reissue of Murnau's "Faust" I highly recommend it. I can't think of any recent good Gothic I liked, as for example, "Van Helsing" which I wanted to like but was ultimately disappointed. (And not just that it was too loud. My wife also felt Hugh Jackman didn't take off his shirt enough.)
        I enjoy going through the classics and spotting thinks that DS influenced (or outright borrowed). Some less well know examples may be "The Uninvited" about 1944, Paramount with Ray Milland. Great haunted house by the ocean with a ghost who's presence is detected by the scent of lilacs. I recently rewatched Vincent Price's first two Poe films and I feel they likewise influenced Dark Shadows and Curtis's style. "The House of Usher" thematically has some DS influence, I love the famous nugget of Corman telling the producers who asked, "Where is the monster" that his reply was "The house is the monster." I think Dan Curtis was influenced by how Corman stage his dream and flashback sequences, with the warped colors, the smoke and mists, and the smeared lens. I also liked how "House" used portraits to relate an evil history of the family.
        By the way, if anyone doesn't have the double feature reissue of "The Night Stalker" and "The Night Strangler" on DVD, I suggest them. Not only are there short comments on each film, but its interesting to note how Dan's direction on "Strangler" is similar to "House" and "Night" of DS, for example there's an overhead shot of Seattle underground that looks a lot like the wedding setup at the end of "House."
     Like Penny D, if anyone has suggestions on good, current Gothics, post here. For example, I haven't seen "Underworld" and beyond that its Kate Beckinsale, is there any reason I should, and which version is better.
      Michael

  Congratulations and best wishes for a very Happy Birthday . Welcome Newbie!     And may the golden glow of the Gotham Bat-signal always shine bight on your cowled head  and may all your jokers be safley locked up in Arkham.

Michael

Grayson Hall's screentest  for the role of Irene Hoffman Wallner in Stanley Kramer's "Judgement at Nurenburg" has recently resurfaced...

Those captions are fun, but does it matter that the picture shows Beth's ghost with Chris Jennings?

Right you are Gothick, oops. If the ever helpful moderator wishes, he or she can adjust Angelique to Beth on my post.
       
Michael

Announcer(in background) : And now, in her 70th straight year as the headliner here at Collinsport's own Eagle Bar, our very own, the timless, Miss Pansy Faye...

It creeps and leaps, and glides and slides across the floor. Right through the door and all around the wall. A splotch, a blotch. Beware of the Blob!    Starring Steve McQueen and a cast of exciting young people

Vickie: "I'm not wearing any underwear, film at 11:00"

(UPI)  June1971, Thayer David makes a big splash as Prof. Henry Higgins in the new 3-D experience of "My Fair Lady" at The Little Haymarket Theatre in South Wichita KS. Here we see him doing the familiar "Rain in Spain" number that thrilled audiences in Peoria.