Themetonymyof gloomand horrorEerielightingWitchGothicarchitectureDeathAthreateningghost ormonsterRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionSymboliccostumingDecapitationAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseIsolatedandHauntedSettingImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redMistywoodsAnancientprophecyOmens,portents,visionsDreamingand/ornightmaresSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsDamselindistressBurdenedmaleprotagonistHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionMacabreandviolentimageryThemetonymyof gloomand horrorEerielightingWitchGothicarchitectureDeathAthreateningghost ormonsterRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionSymboliccostumingDecapitationAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseIsolatedandHauntedSettingImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redMistywoodsAnancientprophecyOmens,portents,visionsDreamingand/ornightmaresSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsDamselindistressBurdenedmaleprotagonistHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionMacabreandviolentimagery

Gothic Conventions Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. The metonymy of gloom and horror
  2. Eerie lighting
  3. Witch
  4. Gothic architecture
  5. Death
  6. A threatening ghost or monster
  7. Romantic elements, such as passionate and forbidden love, unrequited desire, and tragic relationships
  8. Psychological tension, such as intense emotions such as fear, madness, guilt, and obsession
  9. Symbolic costuming
  10. Decapitation
  11. Atmosphere of mystery and suspense
  12. Isolated and Haunted Setting
  13. Imposing and decaying structures, like the Van Tassel family estate
  14. Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male
  15. Recurring motifs, like the colour red
  16. Misty woods
  17. An ancient prophecy
  18. Omens, portents, visions
  19. Dreaming and/or nightmares
  20. Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events
  21. Damsel in distress
  22. Burdened male protagonist
  23. High, even overwrought emotion
  24. Macabre and violent imagery