Michael Jackson - Thriller
Michael Jackson's Thriller is a classic gothic horror music video. It was the first song to have an accompanying music video that was more like a short film. The video sees Jackson and his girlfriend in the cinema watching a horror film before the music of the song starts. The music starts as they begin their journey home, in which they pass by a graveyard and wake the dead who then follow the pair and surround them in an alley. The make-up applied to the zombie characters within this music video is very detailed, and what you would expect from a gothic horror styled video. Although Jackson and his girlfriend appear normal, the fact that they are wearing red in the music video as they come out of the cinema implies that danger is just around the corner.
P!NK - Just Like a Pill
In this music video the styling appears very gothic, with Pink dressed all in black throughout it, made up with dark eyes and with black hair and nails. The song is about how she wants to get out of a relationship with someone that is a bad influence on her. The lyrics 'you're just like a pill, instead of making me better, you keep making me ill' imply that she is addicted to him, and the video jumps between different scenes that appear to be hallucinations, as someone would have if they were on drugs. One of these scenes that stands out to me most, is the one where Pink is in a field within a room and there is a man behind her who is dressed all in black with a long coat and top hat and is made up as a skeleton man. This scene stands out to me because I believe that he represents the bad and darkness in her mind, and his styling gives the video more of a horror feel to it, alongside the gothicness.
Franz Ferdinand - Evil Eye
This music video sees gothic horror as a parody (an imitation of the style of gothic horror with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect [Available: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/parody]). The music video shows people having limbs chopped off and then blood spurting out of the wounds. It also sees blood splashes over walls, one of the band's members laying on a bed with a dead corpse, and the band driving in a funeral car whilst holding a head out of the window. The music video makes fun of the blood and gore side to the gothic horror genre of films and TV.
Rihanna - Disturbia
Rihanna's Disturbia has quite a typical gothic horror feel to it, opening with long, black finger nails being dragged across piano keys, creating a creepy mood. The camera then pans to various people within what appears to be a torture chamber. Rihanna's eye make-up throughout the video is dark, changing depending on which character she has become, and at some points she has white contact lenses in, to make it look like she has no eyes. Her clothing is tight and she wears leotards, which are all black with different accessories, such as belts and high shoulder pads. This makes it seem as though she is the one in control of the torture chamber, however at points Rihanna is shown in a cage, making you question whether she actually is. The song has a creepy feel to it and the music video adds to that effect nicely.
Little Mix - DNA
Little Mix are not the type of girl band that you'd expect to have a gothic horror styled music video, however their DNA fits into this genre perfectly. The video sees the girls with very dark make-up and their outfits always feature at least one black item. They all have dark eyes and lips throughout the video, and their clothing varies from tight catsuits, to shirts and bow ties, to accessories such as veils and gloves. Leigh-Anne's hair really stands out to me in this - a sleek ponytail with a quiff at the front - it's simple, yet striking and bold. The lighting used in the video makes it appear darker, adding to the effect of the music video. The music video shows the band restraining men with ropes, standing outside a window with a man's shadow behind it and constructing what appears to be some form of investigation. The story behind the music video is quite closely related to the idea of Claudia and Quentin, with the girls being in control of the relationship.
The Ring (2002)
The Ring is an American horror film that is a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film Ringu, which itself was based on the novel Ringu by Koji Suzuki. The storyline focuses on a mysteriously cursed videotape that contains a seemingly random series of disturbing images and after watching the tape the viewer will receive a phone call telling them that they will die in 7 days.
The plot sees journalist Rachel Keller investigate her nieces death that appears to be related to the death of 4 other teenagers. The investigation leads Rachel to the cabin where her niece and her friends watched this tape. Rachel finds it, watches it and receives the phone call. If the legend of the videotape is true, she will have to race against time to save herself and her son.
[Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ring_(2002_film)]
Orphan (2009)
Orphan is an American thriller that focuses on a couple who adopt a 9 year old called Esther when their third child is stillborn. The couple's daughter, Max, warms to Esther straight away whereas their son, Daniel, is not so welcoming. Kate, the mother, is suspicious of Esther and believes their might be underlying problems in her background when she seriously injures a girl who had bullied her at school, though she believes Esther when she claims it was just an accident. Kate's suspicions deepen when Sister Abigail, the head of the orphanage, warns her that bad things always seem to happen when Esther is around. Maybe she isn't as innocent as she makes out to be.
[Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_(film)]
Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan is an American horror film that revolves around a production of Swan Lake by an NYC ballet company. The production requires a ballerina to play the innocent, fragile White Swan as well as the dark, sensual Black Swan. Nina Sayers, a dancer within the company is perfect for the part of the White Swan but not so much the Black Swan. She manages to convince the director to cast her as the Swan Queen, although she still finds herself competing for the part, causing her to lose her grip on reality and descend into a living nightmare.
[Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Swan_(film)]
Carrie (1976)
Carrie is an supernatural film about a shy, friendless 17 year old girl. After being taunted by her classmates about her reaction to her unexpected first period, one of the girls takes pity on her and persuades the class hunk, who is also her boyfriend, to take Carrie to the prom. Meanwhile another girl in the class, who has been banned from the prom due to her aggressive behaviour, plans to embarrass Carrie in front of the whole school. Though what she doesn't know is that Carrie is different, and making her angry is not something that will end well.
[Available: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074285/]
The Omen (1976)
The Omen is about an American ambassador and his wife who want more than anything to have their own children. When the ambassador's wife has a stillborn child, he is approached by a priest at the hospital who suggests that they take a newborn whose mother died during childbirth. The ambassador agrees, and after relocation to London, strange and mysterious events surround the family, leading him to believe that the child he is raising could be the anti-christ, the devil's own son.
[Available: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/]
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