All genres of storytelling can play their part in the formation of the Love-Nexus, and gothic horror has often been a fun way to do so - via monster mashes and ghouls.
Gothic horror should wire evil and cold actions to the emotion of disgust, for then we become more adverse to actions that cause societal harm.
The difference between black heavens and eerie spookiness is in the heart of the observer, in the soul of the storyteller. For those who feel the ether of love will see beauty in the exact same place others see decay. Gothic horror can be Adams family or a sick and twisted thing. What we make, matters.
For all the gothic horror, there is much horror in the "Stepford wives" too. For the root of horror is in emotional indifference, and where you find that you will find evil.
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