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His presence in the repressive house results in a violent overflow of jealousy and sexual tension.

The film stars screen siren Gene Tierney as Miranda, a beautiful governess with farm-girl origins.

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Sunset Boulevard (1950)

You may be surprised to find this classic on the list.

After all, its a scathing indictment of Hollywood and fame hardly the typical themes of a gothic tale.

REBECCA, from left: Judith Anderson, Joan Fontaine, 1940

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Norma Desmond also inhabits a less oft explored aspect of the gothic style the grotesque.

Ready for our close-up, indeed.

All of this is enhanced by heavily atmospheric artistic choices.

DRAGONWYCK, Gene Tierney, 1946. TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved/co

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Steven Spielberg purportedly once called it the scariest film ever made.

SUNSET BOULEVARD, Gloria Swanson, 1950

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THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, Robert Mitchum, 1955

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THE INNOCENTS, Deborah Kerr, 1961, TM & Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp./courtesy Everett Coll

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THE HAUNTING, Julie Harris, 1963

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