continues in the modern horror film. Balancing this emphasis on mood and aesthetics , another central element of the gothic is a deliberate sense of camp theatricality and self-dramatization; present both in gothic literature as well as in the gothic subculture itself. and……… Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000163 EndHTML:0000000713 StartFragment:0000000530 EndFragment:0000000696For the individual goth,