EJ's Aesthetic of the Day:
Ghostcore 👻🪦
Time Period of Origin: Mid-2010s
Inspirations & Influences: Popular ghost stories, occult practices, urban legends about haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, niche communities of loners/misfits who are open and accepting to all
Colors: White, black, gray, phosphor green
Visual Themes & Motifs: Cemeteries, weathered tombstones, ghosts, haunted/abandoned places, night skies, grainy photos, decaying buildings/furniture, Victorian mansions/paintings, white out/pitch black eyes, handprints, dark woodlands, antique porcelain dolls, fog, cracked mirrors, candelabras, the moon
Characteristics: Haunting, otherworldly, formless, creepy
Fashion: White Victorian dresses/nightgowns, white frilly/ruffled lace ankle socks, black mary jane flats, classic black/white suits
Hair & Makeup: Long black hair, pale skin, runny mascara, smudged smoky eyeshadow
Accessories: Gothic cross earrings, velvet Victorian cameo chokers, black mourning veils, bouquets of dead flowers
Activities: Being out at night, watching people from afar, visiting a haunted house/graveyard, using a ouija board, performing a seance
Film & TV: Presence (2024), The Shining (1980), The Ring (2002), The Ring Two (2005), The Sixth Sense (1999), Poltergeist (1982), Being Human (2009-2013), American Horror Story (2011-present), The Wailing (2016), Exhuma (2024)
Books: Anna Dressed in Blood- Kendare Blake, Skeleton Creek- Patrick Carman, City of Ghosts- V. E. Schwab, The Woman in Black- Susan Hill, The Turn of the Screw- Henry James, The Silent Companions- Laura Purcell
