Dr Sam Hirst
@romgothsam
Cat sitter. Gothic lit and theology. Romance studies. Byron studies. Runs 'Romancing the Gothic'. Writes queer little stories.
We hit a fun new milestone on the Romancing the Gothic YouTube channel!
8) The Needfire by M K Hardy This is a fun little sapphic Gothic set in an isolated cliff top Scottish abode full of secrets and ladies behaving real badly.
Ok, I love this mirror work. It's fantastic #TransformationsOfTheGothic
It's ok, Jim. You tried to run off with a random lady but I am still here to save you/do a load of murders. And they say romance is dead #TransformationsOfTheGothic
'Why are you doing this to me?' 'You're a smart kid.' Alas. No. He is not. But we got it. You weren't subtle. #TransformationsOfTheGothic
'I am staring at his mouth. In a straight way.' (The driver and the camera zeroing in on Rutger Hauer's lips) #TransformationsOfTheGothic
Stapleton doing an A+ job of looking unsuspicious #TransformationsOfTheGothic
Some professional level cock-blocking from Watson there #TransformationsOfTheGothic
This poor horse just stuck in the middle of these two flirting #TransformationsOfTheGothic
Mire alert! Apparently thousands of people have wondered into it fatally #TransformationsOfTheGothic
I forgot how dopey this version of Watson is #TransformationsOfTheGothic
Starting off with some Dartmoor slander, I see #TransformationsOfTheGothic
I love that the community are protesting. I hate that it shows for me how fragile acceptance and safety are and how quickly things can be reversed. A flag in the end isn't life or death but when the three days that have lost special flag privileges are the ones below, it's hard to ignore
I do love that the film just goes all in on the gothic romance heroine look. Massive white nightdress, an inordinate quantity of hair, and a bevy of candles #TransformationsOfTheGothic
Dying as he lived. Monologuing. (Great wild eyes!) #TransformationsOfTheGothic
I love this scene so much. Great speech. Great delivery. Fully off the rails. Styling out his crashout #TransformationsOfTheGothic
So... remember I mentioned that it's way more fatphobic in the book. This is Nicholas' response to his wife's death which the doctor doesn't clock because HE'S THINKING THE SAME THING. So he didn't notice a very suspicious death. 😡
I just feel like dancing romantically with your cousin/employer in public in front of his wife and every gossip on the Hudson River is not the greatest of ideas. But what do I know. #TransformationsOfTheGothic
This little chaos goblin. I love her. 🥰 That's her 'sticking in the knife in' smile.
I know he's meant to be a handsome generally admirable guy but also... the smuggery of this #TransformationsOfTheGothic
I forgot how much I loved this housekeeper. Gotta love a creepy housekeeper Miranda: 'She must have been very proud to be mistress of Dragonwyck' Housekeeper: 'He never loved her' *weird smile*
If you love someone, you will become mushroom #TransformationsOfTheGothic
I love that this lady has a very specific evil mushroom-eating face #TransformationsOfTheGothic
Grow little mushrooms grow. They're so cute! Team Mushroom #TransformationsOfTheGothic