Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also Gothic

Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and Gothic movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and Gothic, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Eternal Daughter (2022)

An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.

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2022-12-02 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell

Rating

rating icon 6.054
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unhurried pace
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slow and plodding
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lethargic pace

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2 Nightmare Alley (2021)

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

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2021-12-02 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara

Rating

rating icon 7.02
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    freak show
  2. Ranked #1 for
    hothead
  3. Ranked #1 for
    carny ride

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3 We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2019)

In Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live isolated in a big mansion located on the hill overlooking the town, tormented by the memories of a family tragedy occurred six years ago. The arrival of cousin Charles will threaten the fragile equilibrium of their minds, haunted by madness, fear and superstition.

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2019-05-17 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario

Rating

rating icon 5.478
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    handsomely produced
  2. Ranked #1 for
    air of mystery
  3. Ranked #2 for
    splendid performance

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4 The Invitation (2022)

After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history.

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2022-08-24 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty

Rating

rating icon 6.355
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    rushed
  2. Ranked #2 for
    creaky and old
  3. Ranked #3 for
    dark and gothic

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5 The Deep House (2021)

While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialise in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house was the scene of atrocious crimes. Trapped, with their oxygen reserves falling dangerously, they realise the worst is yet to come: they are not alone in the house.

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2021-06-30 | Horror

Cast

James Jagger, Camille Rowe

Rating

rating icon 6.207
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    nice touch
  2. Ranked #2 for
    spooky
  3. Ranked #2 for
    oppressive atmosphere

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6 The Wretched (2020)

A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.

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2020-03-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    open for sequel
  2. Ranked #1 for
    extra-special
  3. Ranked #1 for
    decent

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7 The Mortuary Collection (2020)

In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story... is her own.

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2020-10-08 | Fantasy / Horror

Cast

Clancy Brown, Caitlin Custer

Rating

rating icon 6.791
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unpunished character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Slasher Film
  3. Ranked #1 for
    special nod

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8 Blood Vessel (2019)

Near the end of World War II, the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship cling to life aboard a crowded lifeboat. With no food, water, or shelter, all seems lost – until an eerily silent German minesweeper drifts ominously towards them, giving them one last chance at survival. As our motley crew explores the ship, it becomes all too clear that some diabolical fate has befallen its German crew. The mystery only deepens when they encounter a young Romanian girl, apparently the sole survivor, who leads them to a locked room in the bowels of the vessel.

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2019-10-11 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Robert Taylor, Alyssa Sutherland

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    anti-climactic ending
  2. Ranked #2 for
    spending the afternoon
  3. Ranked #2 for
    predictable ending

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9 Ready or Not (2019)

A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.

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2019-08-21 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Samara Weaving, Adam Brody

Rating

rating icon 7.055
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    entertaining finish
  2. Ranked #2 for
    scream queen
  3. Ranked #2 for
    comic tone

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10 The Hole in the Ground (2019)

Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.

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2019-03-01 | Horror

Cast

Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey

Rating

rating icon 5.644
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    eerie
  2. Ranked #1 for
    left unexplained
  3. Ranked #2 for
    payoff at ending

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