Archipanic explores the history of the Victorian haunted house, an iconic architecture celebrated in comics, movies, and tv series.
#Halloween #architecture - The Victorian haunted house from Psycho (1960) to Stranger Things (2022). Why is this iconic architectural style so popular in movies, comics, and tv series?
It all began in the late XIX century as a symbol of wealth to become a synonym for decay, dread, and death at the beginning of the new century. As Edward Hopper captured in the 'House by the railroad' painting in1925.
Since then, hundreds of movies feature that iconic lonely and neglected wooden building with towers and turrets, a front porch, Gothic elements, intricate woodwork, and steep French-style roofs.
From The Addams Family (1939) to Haunting on Hill House (1965), from Beetlejuice (1988) to Ghostbusters (various movies), The Others (2001), Crimson Peak (2015), IT (2017), and so many more.














