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Fear no Darkness: exhibition that sends shivers down your spine

Sunday 29th March, 2020
The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli on display in Terror and Wonder. Print made by Thomas Burke. London 1783. On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum.
The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli on display in Terror and Wonder. Print made by Thomas Burke. London 1783. On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum.

Two hundred rare objects trace 250 years of the Gothic tradition, exploring our enduring fascination with the mysterious, the terrifying and the macabre.

From Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker to Stanley Kubrick and Alexander McQueen, via posters, books, films - and even a vampire-slaying kit - experience the dark shadow the Gothic imagination has cast across film, art, music, fashion, architecture and our daily lives.

Iconic works, such as handwritten drafts of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the modern horrors of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser and the popular Twilight series, highlight how contemporary fears have been addressed by generation after generation.

Film still of Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff in The Bride of Frankenstein 1939 Universal The Kobal Collection.
Film still of Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff in The Bride of Frankenstein 1939 Universal The Kobal Collection.

Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination; PACCAR Gallery, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB; full price tickets: £10, under 18: free; open until 20 Jan 2015. I: www.bl.uk

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