Cosmic Horror and Acidic Apocalypse from the American Counterculture: The Psychedelic Gothic in Cinema and Beyond
American Gothic Studies June 1, 2026 M Bárdos
Tobe Hooper, the Texan filmmaker whose work defined the horror genre and the Gothic in cinema, shot his first feature film, Eggshells, in 1969. It was a tumultuous and consequential year in American history, with Vietnam antiwar protests raging across the country, myriad hippie communes staging an unprecedented social experiment, and a series of highly symbolic events (the Manson family...