haunted castle

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Haunted castle-like attraction Mystery Castle in Phantasialand

The haunted castle (also called ghost castle ) is a motif in art and literature and describes a castle in which it is haunted , i.e. supernatural, mostly terrifying things happen that (initially) cannot be explained. The Brothers Grimm describe it in their German dictionary as a "castle that is haunted". Often the inexplicable actions are attributed to the fact - or is it alluded to as a possible cause - that house spirits (castle ghost , castle ghosts) to wreak havoc in the castle or the lock ver alignment is. A motif that is often taken up is the nighttime ghost ( witching hour ) and thunderstorms .

description

While the German term "haunted castle" is limited to castles or large estates (often Victorian mansions), the English term " haunted house " extends the meaning to include buildings of all kinds. The term " haunted house " also occurs in German . The motif of the haunted castle has historical origins in the romantic era , more precisely in the black romanticism , where ghosts, knights and enchanted and half-collapsed castles were frequent motifs in the horror literature (also haunted or scary stories) of the era. Since around the 1990s, adaptations have been summarized under the term mystery .

Fiction

• The Castle of Otranto , 1764 by Horace Walpole . Justification of the horror literature
• The Fall of the House of Usher , 1839 by Edgar Allan Poe . Numerous adaptations
• Melchior Joller's diary from 1863, about which the 2003 film The Haunted House by Stans was shot.
• The ghost castle , 1868 by Wilhelm Herchenbach
• The Canterville Ghost , 1887 by Oscar Wilde
• The castle ghost , Neumünster, 1930 by Käthe Papke
• The Eerie Castle , 1950 by Keith Stuart
• Haunted Hill House , 1959 by Shirley Jackson
• Das Gespensterschloss , German 1980, Original: The Secret of Terror Castle

Movies

The haunted castle is a classic film cliché .

• The haunted castle in the Spessart (1960)
• The haunted castle in Via Veneto (1961)
• The Terror (1963)
• Wedding night in the ghost castle (1986)
• Casper (1995)
• The ghost castle (1999)
• Der WiXXer (2004), alluding to numerous Edgar Wallace films
• Hui Buh - The Castle Ghost (2006)
• The three ??? - The Cursed Castle (2009)
• The Woman in Black (2012)
• Oscar Wilde's story was the basis for various film adaptations; see The Canterville Ghost

Individual legends and attractions

• Many castles have legends about castle ghosts , e.g. B. the Deufringen Castle , or the Schwerin Castle with the weever .
• So-called ghost tours are staged in some palaces and castles. In particular, the English nobility serve ghosts as tourist attractions for their castles. Is known u. a. the Hampton Court Palace for his alleged ghosts that haunt around the legend every night in the building.
• The Mystery Castle attraction in the Phantasialand amusement park was designed based on the motif of the haunted castle .

literature

• Wilhelm Avenarius: Supernatural Apparitions in Castles and Palaces . In: Castles and Palaces . Vol. 19, No. 1, 1978, ISSN  0007-6201 , pp. 33-41.
• Eino Railo: Haamulinna. Aineistohistoriallinen tutkimus Englannin kauhuromantiikasta [ The haunted castle. A material historical investigation of the English horror romance ]. 1925.

See also

• The board game midnight party (also: Hugo - the castle ghost)
• Haunted house

Web links

Wiktionary: Haunted Castle  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Haunted Castle. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 17 : Speaker - standing clock - (X, 2nd section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1919, Sp. 218 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
2. ↑ Angelika Franz: Ghost hunt in England: Spook and deceit . In: The time . No. 08/2010 ( zeit.de ).