Films and TV shows that feel like Spellbound by Siouxsie and The Banshees
A breathless, frantic spiral of being possessed and swept along by forces you can't control, theatrical and dark yet exhilarating.
- The Hunger (1983): Stylish, bloodless-cool goth erotic horror that opens with Bauhaus and shares the Banshees' dark glamour.
- The Craft (1996): Outcast teens fall under a spell of power and possession with a goth sheen.
- Suspiria (1977): Hypnotic, saturated dread and a pounding score that sweeps you into a witchy nightmare.
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983): A sinister carnival arrives at night and preys on desire, matching the fairground menace.
- Let the Right One In (2008): Cold, melancholic outsider obsession with a quietly gothic spell.
- Penny Dreadful (2014): Victorian London gothic where possession, desire and monsters collide theatrically.
- Carnivàle (2003): A traveling carnival, mysticism and slow-building supernatural compulsion.
- Wednesday (2022): Deadpan goth outsider energy with a playful, spooky edge.