Why the Victorian mansion is a horror icon

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Vox

Vox

5 жыл бұрын

The Gilded Age left a legacy of decay on the American landscape.
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Haunted houses are often depicted with similar features: decaying woodwork, steep angles, and Gothic-looking towers and turrets. The model for this trope is the Victorian mansion, once a symbol of affluence and taste during the Gilded Age - a period of American history marked by political corruption and severe income inequality.
After World War I, these houses were seen as extravagant and antiquated, and were abandoned. Their sinister relationship to the troubling end of the Victorian Era in America eventually led to their depiction as haunted and ghostly in both fine art and pop culture, and is now an unspoken symbol of dread.
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@Vox
@Vox 5 жыл бұрын
Victorian mansions aren’t the only backdrops for the horrific and macabre - check out our video on the dollhouses of death that revolutionized forensic science forever: bit.ly/2Tb56ui
@Vox
@Vox 5 жыл бұрын
We promise there are no jump scares in THIS video!
@ZexMaxwell
@ZexMaxwell 5 жыл бұрын
Isn't this video a little late?
@seiyalover1
@seiyalover1 5 жыл бұрын
@@Vox I can't trust you anymore 7n7
@debodatta7398
@debodatta7398 5 жыл бұрын
you got the timeline wrong btw Victorian was big in the 1870s, the era you describe in the video was afterwards in the American Renaissance,
@mikrofonlarkralarnacevapla1838
@mikrofonlarkralarnacevapla1838 5 жыл бұрын
Hi, I watched your video of 2017 relatedly you provided a link for.. And.. You kno what..?..: Humanity is lagging behind its potentials.. we are to build space stations much like these buildings but not tanks or have not officially state that houses have to library rooms.. _just like it is stated that they have to have toilets, bathrooms.. appropriate kitchen infrastructure or even due to some locations and their intended characterization with manners buildings have to have.. regulations of having a minimum of having sunlight at least.._ .. Why are moon-lander countries so rich? Why is Africa and middle east are announced as iode lacking geographies that.. people there are made believe that they have to add iode to their salt for any kind of *Victory* meant to be had/achieved via this adding initial? .. I personally think that as long as those countries are well lagging behind sociablities that initiate reasonable persisting against these types of social and human engineering experimentations on themselves.. they will not see the tanks as big as a football stadium releasing lots of robocops and terminators on their lands.. lest.. nature is synergetic as deniers of existance of spirits and a divine spirit are not encountering or expecting. Nobody invented 40.000 a death a year in U.S. that any or not a ISIL or Al Kaidah could ever execute.. or as in the same way.. of Russia.. population decrease showing a whole lotta collapse so soon.. ... ..at the end.. the day that they feel they're right about the such invasion prospect so very instatntly ready-with.. nature will weirdly explode and diminish those moon-landing Victorynne rich entities.. A'Spirin of a Spirit get-by.. .. Covertly or insidiously by human will diminished nations for and under experimentations is a real good subject for Vox I consider. Africans, Turks, Argentinians, Brasilians, Chinese, Indians.. Americans.. real.. so too real.. as much crispy and in deed psycopathological as what is hinted in this video.. so too real and magesticly so too great in fact(s) and their coverage hugeness. Huge is Higg's Hide Out Bozon.. We all need to feel ConCerne'd I think. .. Good bye.
@jonesnj07
@jonesnj07 5 жыл бұрын
*We should preserve these buildings, we'll never build anything up to par again*
@morpheues2127
@morpheues2127 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@dongysakura418
@dongysakura418 5 жыл бұрын
Especially with all of these mediocre houses of the 70s-2000s.
@youunijayden375
@youunijayden375 4 жыл бұрын
totally agree! with all the negative imposed on victorian houses, for me i love victorian house.
@tianabrown3074
@tianabrown3074 4 жыл бұрын
@no. I paused it at 1:20. I didn't see anything.
@tianabrown3074
@tianabrown3074 4 жыл бұрын
@@dongysakura418 I would say the 1940"s -- 2000's. The art deco style of the 1920"s and 1930"s was the last great design movement. It was all downhill after that. A lot of people have complained about these drab mediocre buildings they've built for the past several decades but they keep building them.
@devox3291
@devox3291 5 жыл бұрын
Ok, dude. Great video, but DONT need the jump scares!
@renagade2715
@renagade2715 4 жыл бұрын
Yup. Its 11:40 at night and i was just looking to learn about old architecture. So long sleep
@j4mcr4ckers69
@j4mcr4ckers69 4 жыл бұрын
Fr
@syukrinasir3774
@syukrinasir3774 4 жыл бұрын
I hate jump scare. I hate it so much! 😢
@ember-brandt
@ember-brandt 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the warning.
@real_chichicherry123
@real_chichicherry123 4 жыл бұрын
I flipped my poor screen right after that scene, that was uncalled for. Glad I watched this in daylight..
@rat3367
@rat3367 4 жыл бұрын
But can we all agree that these houses are a work of art. There should be a revival of this style (mostly because there were very hazardous things in these houses, but with the knowledge we have nowadays, we can make beautiful and safe houses)
@combat_chameleon
@combat_chameleon 2 жыл бұрын
in this economy?
@allyalison1043
@allyalison1043 Жыл бұрын
i agree! i might beocme an arcetect one day and build homes in this stlye as best i can!
@galahad9853
@galahad9853 Жыл бұрын
The gothic style is technically a revival. Gothic style first started with churches around the 1400s and these Victorian homes were made to mimic the ornate details of churches
@ninosanvithian8116
@ninosanvithian8116 Жыл бұрын
Asbestos and lead paint to name a few 😳🤣
@Orly90
@Orly90 3 ай бұрын
@@ninosanvithian8116and arsenic wallpaper
@dgcclan9445
@dgcclan9445 5 жыл бұрын
Those are not "the Victorian", those are second empire Victorian. There are several different styles of Victorian, gothic, queen Anne, colonial revival (quite austere), and the transitional styles into the edwardian period. They didn't fall out of fashion because of a backlash against the rich. That would imply the upper class were replaced by a new upper class, They weren't. Once the ornamentation of the Victorians became so ubiquitous that even the poor were adding gingerbread brickabrack to the gables and doorways, the rich saw their own stuff as declassé and responded with cleaner styles, styk, mission, craftsman, then eventually deco.
@Yet1moreUtuber
@Yet1moreUtuber 5 жыл бұрын
OOps should have read down to see if anyone else got it right before I commented
@l_shaun_bunds_l
@l_shaun_bunds_l 5 жыл бұрын
But, vox is my source for unbiased and highly self aware factually based information that is not at all more horrific and anachronistic in its nature than the historicity it botches with a nose in the air and an incredulous... nasally, hairy armed spectacle.
@l_shaun_bunds_l
@l_shaun_bunds_l 5 жыл бұрын
Ps. Too many signifiers that signify not a lexical or relative denotation, but an easy to dismiss erudite connotation: you think your parapet is smarter than all and sundry? Listen, Etruscan doesn’t exist, and let’s extrapolate the nuances of columns and remember that whether dawning a poets bow and a frock four inches above the knee, or a regency tailcoat, or trousers or any sort... or even a tunic, if you go to a backyard party, you’re a pirate no matter what... unless you’re the product of a limited frame of reference that is beyond imagining.
@connorpusey5912
@connorpusey5912 5 жыл бұрын
Shaun Koreshowell/Bunds Sorry buddy, you came to the wrong place for that.
@TechnoBIan
@TechnoBIan 4 жыл бұрын
Francesca Taphophilia , you are perhaps the most brilliant person I’ve ever had the pleasure of encountering on KZfaq. Sincerely I thank you for sharing such an intellectual and well worded comment that others should be aware of.
@Chris_Wald
@Chris_Wald 5 жыл бұрын
4:50 So I sometimes watch Vox informational videos to help put me to sleep; thanks for that ending...
@Gr95dc
@Gr95dc 5 жыл бұрын
Same 😂😢
@mofobish
@mofobish 5 жыл бұрын
SAME
@griffingamingxp
@griffingamingxp 5 жыл бұрын
3am and about to sleep. Was drifting off and actually possibly asleep. Not anymore lol
@catherineaycock8936
@catherineaycock8936 5 жыл бұрын
Literally same. It’s 2am and I’m in my bed in the dark. They didn’t have to do me like that
@TheKommunist7
@TheKommunist7 5 жыл бұрын
Totally the same!
@mossara7898
@mossara7898 5 жыл бұрын
I lived in a Victorian house with my family (specifically my grandparents, they raised my dad and his 6 siblings there because it was so big) for a good chunk of my childhood. It wasn’t nearly as large, but it did have all of the ornate details and windows. We were never allowed in the parlor, and my grandfather was constantly painting and repainting the outside. The inside was... musty. It was old and they were old so nothing was ever really changed. I tend to look at them as comforting and homey, but for a good while I did think it was haunted. Always felt like someone was watching me go up the first floor stairs.
@JeantheSecond
@JeantheSecond 5 жыл бұрын
I think kids are imaginative enough to make anything haunted. My parents and I moved into a brand new house in 1983 and one room, which we never really used, always freaked me out. Fast forward to 2010 and I move back in after losing my parents. It was a terrible time for selling a house, so I kept it a couple of years. I used that room and it was just a normal room, nothing scary at all.
@blakebendele7064
@blakebendele7064 4 жыл бұрын
WOAH!!!
@tamaracarter1836
@tamaracarter1836 4 жыл бұрын
I live in a house built in the early 1400’s, in a well preserved medieval village in England. I can honestly say I’ve never once had a bad feeling; to me it’s “charming” as opposed to “ominous”. I’m not sure why older American homes are so often “haunted” - perhaps due to perception? As I’ve always viewed Victorian homes here to be rather modern, yet in the US (I’m guessing) they are seen as relatively old and therefore ghost-ridden! I must say however that even though the houses featured in this video are pretty, they are also somehow “spooky”. So I’m sure if you lived there it probably wouldn’t be hard to find them a bit haunted. The same could be said for mine (due to its crooked half-timbered appearance), but instead feels welcoming.
@chew7656
@chew7656 4 жыл бұрын
@@tamaracarter1836 omg I've always wanted to live in one of those pretty well preserved villages in England. Now you made me wonder... Will I feel like I'm living in a fairytale or will I feel like the old place is haunted?
@tamaracarter1836
@tamaracarter1836 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I think it depends, but you’ll probably know the moment you walk through the door - as some houses can give off a bad vibe/ spooky atmosphere straight away. I really love old houses though!
@IC4N7C
@IC4N7C 4 жыл бұрын
Another interesting fact is that in the depression era, when these homes were abandoned, folks told stories and spread rumors, to keep kids from going in.
@andrasbonitz3491
@andrasbonitz3491 4 жыл бұрын
Also consider that if you want a movie set, the design goals of the Victorian help. The very gloominess of the house adds darkness, which can become sinister because they help create ambiguous shadows and shapes. Even outside of it, all the details create a complex silhouette. Humans associate ambiguity with uncertainty and thus give place to fear. One of the keys to horror is creating ambiguity, am I seeing a monster in the corner or just a statue? Plus, old Victorian mansions were probably on cheap to rent. Perhaps also roomy enough to house a film crew while inside.
@IC4N7C
@IC4N7C 4 жыл бұрын
András Bónitz That’s very true!
@taniadutta3503
@taniadutta3503 4 жыл бұрын
Don’t. EVER. Do. That. Jump. Scare. AGAIN
@just_Basic
@just_Basic 5 жыл бұрын
4:50 I don't trust you anymore
@renuhazari544
@renuhazari544 4 жыл бұрын
🤣same
@telefonmannen8412
@telefonmannen8412 4 жыл бұрын
You saved me dude... I was watching at night ._.
@morthydiamond7674
@morthydiamond7674 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!! You saved me 🖤
@micaelaalonso4348
@micaelaalonso4348 4 жыл бұрын
Sameee
@hehehe363
@hehehe363 4 жыл бұрын
I didn’t really get scared by the jump scares for some reason
@Aaa-ho3sq
@Aaa-ho3sq 5 жыл бұрын
I think these victorian mansions are creepy because of the feeling of being closed off and the fact that those mansions have so much space inside that they hide- like something must be in there; the mansions disguise that by showing off a beautiful exterior, but it tries too hard and comes off as "grotesque", suggesting something about it is a little off. Like an alien or a robot trying really hard to pretend to be human. They are also kind of similar to houses we already know, they aren't from too long ago. So they aren't as removed from the present as something like a castle. But they are still from long enough ago that they are unfamiliar and even foreign, despite having existed in areas we still live. And of course they are big and intimidating.
@mykytajex2248
@mykytajex2248 5 жыл бұрын
I think they were designed to hide stuff.
@connorpusey5912
@connorpusey5912 5 жыл бұрын
Crepuscular Night Or maybe you are just looking too deeply into things?
@Aaa-ho3sq
@Aaa-ho3sq 5 жыл бұрын
​@@connorpusey5912, um this is just what makes it creepy to me. If you think these 3 things are deep well... okay.
@connorpusey5912
@connorpusey5912 5 жыл бұрын
Crepuscular Night I didn’t say that the things you mentioned are deep. I said that you are thinking too deeply. In other words you are overthinking it. I honestly think it’s just because people have been so influenced by 20th century horror culture.
@Aaa-ho3sq
@Aaa-ho3sq 5 жыл бұрын
​@@connorpusey5912, again its just what makes it creepy for me without watching movies. 3 things, they're: mysterious, intimidating, and they are familiar (close to our time/common) but still seem strange to me.
@Ace-1525
@Ace-1525 4 жыл бұрын
And an old Victorian still remains my dream home. Someday I can afford one, and she will be beautiful. Someday...
@WrvrUgoThrUR
@WrvrUgoThrUR 4 жыл бұрын
I like horror movie so much l’ve always had this fantasy of buying an old huge Victorian house to live in and hiring actors to “haunt” it. I like to keep my current place dark for the same reason-since you can’t rely on Hollywood anymore to make its mind up about what horror even is anymore. But once in a while a ‘Haunting of Hill House’ comes along to set it all right again.
@resevil2396
@resevil2396 3 жыл бұрын
I think a lot of us horror fans would love to have one. But I think even if I was wealthy enough to have one, itd be better to have a new one built. I don't think there are that many of them out there so even if you find one you'd have to hope you actually want to live in that area lol.
@Aron-ru5zk
@Aron-ru5zk 3 жыл бұрын
My grandparents have one, Perched on top of a hill at the end of a rural street, sealed off basement and leaky roof included, it’s not that over the top with the Victorian styling, pretty much a big L shape with bay windows, a big roof with dormers and tall chimneys. someone apparently hung them selves in it before my grandparents moved in, it’s a bit spooky but not that bad. the lake on the far end of the house grounds is far more spooky. Always feels like someone is watching me when I’m down by the lake on my own.
@MonsieurBananaTheBetter
@MonsieurBananaTheBetter 3 жыл бұрын
Same
@user-wo4vo5nz8e
@user-wo4vo5nz8e 3 жыл бұрын
Same. I also wanted to have a Victorian house.
@nephildevil
@nephildevil 5 жыл бұрын
"Morbidly antisocial and mysteriously wealthy" --- I like the sound of that 💀🎩🧐😜
@zuzanazuscinova5209
@zuzanazuscinova5209 2 жыл бұрын
The goal, lol.
@jasjasbinks4900
@jasjasbinks4900 2 жыл бұрын
cause same
@weaselingrentler508
@weaselingrentler508 5 жыл бұрын
I actually like and want to live in a old victorian house.
@boskopopovic1582
@boskopopovic1582 5 жыл бұрын
Weaseling rentler i agree with you so much .
@watercolourferns
@watercolourferns 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, me too. I don't care how decadent people think it is, they are gorgeous!
@grimm5354
@grimm5354 5 жыл бұрын
i’ve always wanted to live in one, because there are so many beautiful victorian houses in my area. i never got the vibe that they were unnerving, creepy, or desolate. i just love the architecture lol
@kimberiedema6951
@kimberiedema6951 5 жыл бұрын
Same!
@cielosphere
@cielosphere 5 жыл бұрын
Same!
@michaelwhittaker4246
@michaelwhittaker4246 5 жыл бұрын
The premise of the video is a little too simplistic. Don’t forget that the horror genre in reading came of age in the 19th century as did spiritualism. The Winchester Mansion is a great example of spiritualism and architecture colliding. Also to note is; in a land without castles an imposing mansion is the next best thing.
@Vox
@Vox 5 жыл бұрын
All good points. -Coleman
@MadisonM1
@MadisonM1 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! I thought the same thing and commented then I saw you put it best.
@babababad
@babababad 5 жыл бұрын
Not to mention that in the early 20th century, during the introduction of visual media like film, television and comic books, the remaining Victorians were inhabited by reclusive pensioners. Even today many people regard the elderly as a bit ghastly--imagine what it was like when we didn't understand dementia and isolation as well.
@CheeseBae
@CheeseBae 5 жыл бұрын
The Victorians also just liked darker interiors. A darker house is just spookier on the inside. Victorian homes almost always had dark, natural woodwork that trap rather than reflect light. The earlier neo-classical styles mostly had painted woodwork in lighter colors. Victorians also brought back Gothic styling, which has lots of sharp, pointy details that can resemble thorns or a knifepoint. Classical architecture doesn't really have sharp, abrupt angles.
@TylerSolvestri
@TylerSolvestri 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, It's curious how architectural preferences change over time, nowadays a more minimalist and modern style is sought that makes connection with nature, Victorian architecture is strongly influenced by spiritualism and search for extramaterial conford, architecture is always rooted in human visual taste and evolves through time, just as Victorian architecture influenced the Gregorian and the steamline moderne boom which attracted attention of the consumers with its innovative aesthetics.
@vanessasunsetvalley3501
@vanessasunsetvalley3501 4 жыл бұрын
These houses are more beautiful than modern ones
@adamariehernandez3407
@adamariehernandez3407 4 жыл бұрын
I agree 👍
@sachemofboston3649
@sachemofboston3649 4 жыл бұрын
Modernist architecture will likely stop soon
@fantasyalover4782
@fantasyalover4782 4 жыл бұрын
Agree. this and the traditional filipino houses (Ancestral House) are my favourite types of house.
@Sasskitten
@Sasskitten 3 жыл бұрын
My brother always did say that if he ever won the lottery he would build the Addams Family house and I agree with him.
@coviksutrasnjice6609
@coviksutrasnjice6609 3 жыл бұрын
I agree
@Stevenson5
@Stevenson5 5 жыл бұрын
Yes... But what about Poe‘s „Fall of the house of Usher“ and Collins‘ „Woman in White“? Both established the Voctorian House as places of gothic horror before Addams did.
@angelabinuya7684
@angelabinuya7684 3 жыл бұрын
Same thought
@zuzanazuscinova5209
@zuzanazuscinova5209 2 жыл бұрын
Were they? I thought the house of Usher was more of an ancient castle/manor. Medieval rather than Victorian.
@neharoychowdhury5292
@neharoychowdhury5292 2 жыл бұрын
yes
@whodis3489
@whodis3489 5 жыл бұрын
You know what else is a horror icon? My face in the morning.
@tobiasadams1504
@tobiasadams1504 5 жыл бұрын
It cant be that bad.
@absoluteanarchyproductions8432
@absoluteanarchyproductions8432 5 жыл бұрын
Smae
@Liuhuayue
@Liuhuayue 5 жыл бұрын
I was expecting one of the 3 comments above me to write, "My face all the time".
@ThisisBarris
@ThisisBarris 5 жыл бұрын
This is why I don't believe in ghosts - they are all old and Victorian. Why isn't there any ghosts of 12 years old pre-teens that died in the 2000s in a Canadian Tuxedo listening to Britney Spears?
@MinaF99
@MinaF99 5 жыл бұрын
This is Barris! Or cave people ghosts. When did the whole ghost thing kick in because it seems around 1500
@preid122o
@preid122o 5 жыл бұрын
It's actually quite interesting, ghost sightings and stories became much more common place directly after the civil war. It's worth noting that one in four who went to the war died, a quarter of a generation wiped out in the blink of an eye. Everyone knew someone who died and where there is grief there are people looking to turn that grief into money. There was an explosion of seances' where con men and hacks claimed you could reunite with lost love ones.
@uss_04
@uss_04 5 жыл бұрын
Soon: Millenial Ghosts with phones. Just like that game Dreadout
@tinyrobot9989
@tinyrobot9989 5 жыл бұрын
At first I am always like I don't believe in ghosts or supernatural, hears a creek on second thought covers my self with blankets. Cause for some reason I believe that a blanket could save me from getting killed.
@markmallone7484
@markmallone7484 5 жыл бұрын
I don't believe in ghosts but maybe they have lifespan too. All ones from before 1700 faded out, recent ones only starting to gain strength or go to ghost school or something.
@sparklingdaisy3169
@sparklingdaisy3169 4 жыл бұрын
I want a house like this. Whenever I pictured my dream house it was always a Victorian style house.
@eyelandgal
@eyelandgal 5 жыл бұрын
I personally love the style of these mansions ever since I was a kid, to me they signify elegance & mystery.
@voscra
@voscra 5 жыл бұрын
Jumpscare at the end, please be prepapred if you're watching this at 3AM like me.
@johnarvin826
@johnarvin826 5 жыл бұрын
What is your country? It's still 10:40 here in the Philippines
@helmimiftahuss9732
@helmimiftahuss9732 5 жыл бұрын
Still 21:40 in Indonesia
@onemooreperson13
@onemooreperson13 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the warning!!
@shirleyxia326
@shirleyxia326 5 жыл бұрын
If only I read the comments first. But it’s only 2 am for me
@nicoleo.2462
@nicoleo.2462 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I turned down the volume, but the image still got me 😂
@HarryInEdi
@HarryInEdi 5 жыл бұрын
4:50 Come on, man.... This is a vox video, and it should lull me into enlightened bliss.
@seandafny
@seandafny 5 жыл бұрын
Harry Goodwin gotta read dem comments
@HarryInEdi
@HarryInEdi 5 жыл бұрын
@@seandafny I TRUSTED HIM!!!
@nurlindafsihotang49
@nurlindafsihotang49 5 жыл бұрын
To some people, horror does that tough.
@hajimeoikawa1892
@hajimeoikawa1892 5 жыл бұрын
JUMPSCARE AT 4:50 !!! its a video clip from I.T where I.T's face with its mouth open jumps towards the screen. i turned off the volume just before 4:50 comes on so it'll be less scary
@akirakogami2250
@akirakogami2250 4 жыл бұрын
I could have been lured by bill denbrough 😂😂 but thank goodness I checked the comments first.
@helloiamtiredallthetime.631
@helloiamtiredallthetime.631 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. You just saved me.
@s.a.l.1974
@s.a.l.1974 4 жыл бұрын
It's not even scary
@monkieri2
@monkieri2 3 жыл бұрын
this was so unnecessary and honestly kind of ruins the mood of the video
@jonatikaWwe
@jonatikaWwe 3 жыл бұрын
@@monkieri2 no it's not, it's really considerate actually
@rigilkentaurus4262
@rigilkentaurus4262 4 жыл бұрын
I would GLAD to live in one of the Victorian style houses
@huangliuying2259
@huangliuying2259 3 жыл бұрын
which means u r super-rich. So me too.
@ethan.000
@ethan.000 3 жыл бұрын
huang liuying That doesn’t mean you’re rich
@risuhijirikawa5901
@risuhijirikawa5901 3 жыл бұрын
It'll be so hard to clean the house since it's so big and so many ornaments there, it's just a matter of time until the things there covered in dust
@Baldoxxx4000
@Baldoxxx4000 3 жыл бұрын
and you'll be glad to have no sleep every night
@eduardoktg8683
@eduardoktg8683 3 жыл бұрын
@@risuhijirikawa5901 if you have the money to buy the house, you have the money to pay for someone to clean it
@danielbueno2557
@danielbueno2557 5 жыл бұрын
*Owner spends a fortune building a fancy mansion * *house is now seen as a horror house Owner *nice... *
@DontHatemusiK
@DontHatemusiK 5 жыл бұрын
👌"nice" 👌
@sydmushas
@sydmushas 5 жыл бұрын
Insert *am I joke to you meme*
@AnindyaDasAdhikary
@AnindyaDasAdhikary 5 жыл бұрын
*Owner slaps roof of mansion* Owner: It could fit so many ghösts *Mansion snaps the neck of owner*
@AnxiousGary
@AnxiousGary 5 жыл бұрын
THAT is the nature of subjectivity. I grew up in what everyone thought was the local haunted house. I'd like to die in a beige condo somewhere eventually, but for the time being I'm the shadowy figure you can see on nights... just like this.
@nurlindafsihotang49
@nurlindafsihotang49 5 жыл бұрын
@@AnindyaDasAdhikary bad house!! bad house! -House's owner ghost.
@tstercula
@tstercula 5 жыл бұрын
This doesn't really address the associations that Victorian culture had with death before it became passé. I certainly like the Marxist take, but those people were obsessed with death. It was ingrained in the culture. It makes sense why death would be associated with their houses.
@Vincent-kl9jy
@Vincent-kl9jy 5 жыл бұрын
marxist? where did that come from
@moonfish3638
@moonfish3638 5 жыл бұрын
Vincent R It’s not about socialism or communism or anything like that, it’s a terminology for formal analysis of class differences and relations. Examining something with a marxist lens means you’re looking at how different economic classes are portrayed or how they interact together in a piece of literature, a cultural phenomenon, etc.
@indravargas1388
@indravargas1388 4 жыл бұрын
Moon Fish thank you for the clarification
@napoleonicwarfare4621
@napoleonicwarfare4621 5 жыл бұрын
I’ve always thought that Victorian mansions were beautiful and grand. I’ve never really understood why people think that look sinister. My ultimate dream is to own a brick Italianate house from the late 19nth century.
@isabelleer7501
@isabelleer7501 3 жыл бұрын
Tip: Get historic preservation put on it so you can get tax credits from your city for working on it ☺️
@galahad9853
@galahad9853 Жыл бұрын
So you want to live in SF lol
@naly202
@naly202 4 жыл бұрын
those houses are absolutely beautiful.
@JOSHAYYY73
@JOSHAYYY73 5 жыл бұрын
Ok low key mad at that jump scare at the end lmao
@IchigoMashimaru13
@IchigoMashimaru13 5 жыл бұрын
Riiiiight! Ugh 😒not cool
@seiyalover1
@seiyalover1 5 жыл бұрын
High key mad
@cheesecakelasagna
@cheesecakelasagna 5 жыл бұрын
Josh Mode dope profile pic though
@Crystal14351
@Crystal14351 5 жыл бұрын
Right? I’m watching this at the library and nearly screamed :(
@meanE90
@meanE90 5 жыл бұрын
Josh Mode Disliked just for that
@Versaucey
@Versaucey 5 жыл бұрын
4:50 *Heads up! Jumpscare.*
@blankness8
@blankness8 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@Tarly45
@Tarly45 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling me
@ifurkend
@ifurkend 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Lesson learned, always scroll down!
@enz4946
@enz4946 5 жыл бұрын
I see u in every video I watch thanks for the heads up
@allthingsfascinating
@allthingsfascinating 5 жыл бұрын
bless you
@dannycarrington1601
@dannycarrington1601 5 жыл бұрын
The Addams family and "Psycho" houses are both Second Empire. Queen Anne houses with their wrap-around porches and large windows are less often used to portray haunted houses; they look more welcoming compared to Second Empire houses which appear more imposing.
@nicolascalvache8102
@nicolascalvache8102 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly, Vox failed to mention this.
@Fishdogpigsquirrel
@Fishdogpigsquirrel 5 жыл бұрын
I love Victorian houses you’ll never convince me otherwise
@haleyhusk6129
@haleyhusk6129 5 жыл бұрын
This entire video glosses over the roots of modern horror: the Gothic novels of the late 1700's. How can Vox just conveniently skip over works like The Monk, The Mysteries of Udolpho, and Northanger Abbey? These original works were all set in European Gothic mansions. The reason why "Victorian" houses (there are about 15 different architectural styles listed as "Victorian" in this video) seem spooky is because they were the only thing in America similar to those Gothic mansions.
@LSSYLondon
@LSSYLondon 5 жыл бұрын
@jane lam Hey I thought NA was one of JA best works, yes it's parody but it's brilliantly done parody.
@jessieeee
@jessieeee 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for pointing this out! I was expecting the video to at least briefly mention the Gothic literature/Gothic novels from the late 1700s, but instead it just focused on recent American history and pop culture...
@brittanyyanagihara
@brittanyyanagihara 5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Castle of Otranto. The first gothic novel.
@carogatto
@carogatto 5 жыл бұрын
Actually Jane Austen wasn't poking fun at Brontes, simply because Charlotte, the oldest Bronte sister, was born in 1815, while Austen died in 1816 - so there was no Brontes books to make fun of by Austen. In fact Jane Austen was big fan of gothic romances, especially of Anne Radcliffe, and yes, she was making fun of some aspects of these novels (i.e. Perfect, innocent, naive heroines), but overall she was quite a fan of this genre. Some of novels her characters are talking about in NA are now known because of her - for many years critics were sure Austen just made up some titles and threw them in her book, but these novels existed in real life and we know about their existence mostly because of her.
@highlyfavored6671
@highlyfavored6671 4 жыл бұрын
Reading all these comments makes me realize how uneducated I am.
@lokilord1373
@lokilord1373 5 жыл бұрын
ghost time stamps: 1:20 hanging from the left celling lamp (very faint so is easy to miss) 1:55 in the mirror on the left side 1:57 behind the glass cupboard 2:00 in the second window to the right 4:36 in the left window
@dwightk.schrute6743
@dwightk.schrute6743 5 жыл бұрын
I don't see the first one. Good catch on the others though.
@Vox
@Vox 5 жыл бұрын
Well done. -Coleman
@leifharmsen
@leifharmsen 5 жыл бұрын
You have a spooky ability.
@joearnold6881
@joearnold6881 5 жыл бұрын
Dwight K. Schrute let it play for a split second. It’s not the image the time stamp lands on
@joearnold6881
@joearnold6881 5 жыл бұрын
I don’t see anyone in a left window at 4:36 There’s someone in the *center* window at 4:37, though.
@kaytee6431
@kaytee6431 5 жыл бұрын
Down voting for the jump scare lol
@RichisLP
@RichisLP 5 жыл бұрын
The jumpscare at the end wasn't fair :(
@rea8585
@rea8585 5 жыл бұрын
Because it's spookier than a Mediterranean Villa? 🤔
@sykoelf
@sykoelf 5 жыл бұрын
Cracking up
@abhinath1260
@abhinath1260 5 жыл бұрын
Idk man, I mean the Roman Villas were places of horror.
@bart234465
@bart234465 5 жыл бұрын
Villas just turn me on
@deadbeatboy
@deadbeatboy 5 жыл бұрын
But why though
@TalenGryphon
@TalenGryphon 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, kinda hard to create a feeling of dread in something that light and cheerful looking
@HahtaanDaetori
@HahtaanDaetori 5 жыл бұрын
It was recently Halloween, missed opportunity
@somberstricken4424
@somberstricken4424 5 жыл бұрын
"Fairly soon ago"??? Wtf?
@maxonite
@maxonite 5 жыл бұрын
you mean fairly recently / not long ago lmao
@HahtaanDaetori
@HahtaanDaetori 5 жыл бұрын
@@maxonite Sorry I'm not a native English speaker
@HahtaanDaetori
@HahtaanDaetori 5 жыл бұрын
@@somberstricken4424 Sorry English isn't my first language so I'm not perfect. At least you understood the message I was trying to convey.
@HahtaanDaetori
@HahtaanDaetori 5 жыл бұрын
Also it's very nice of you to use wtf and lmao
@moderntimes07
@moderntimes07 5 жыл бұрын
What makes you think putting Pennywise there will be funny or giving people jumpscare? It was a nice cultured video and he ruined it
@Framos16
@Framos16 3 жыл бұрын
grow up
@stonedperson97
@stonedperson97 4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this style of house, creepy or not I'd love to have a house like this one day
@alessandrocwilliam
@alessandrocwilliam 5 жыл бұрын
04:50 Nice try Vox, nice try...
@austinpham8037
@austinpham8037 5 жыл бұрын
I hate you
@johnnybadboy3475
@johnnybadboy3475 5 жыл бұрын
I saw this comment just before it played and shielded myself just in time. Merci, Ami!
@alessandrocwilliam
@alessandrocwilliam 5 жыл бұрын
@@johnnybadboy3475 You're welcome I just accomplished with my duty
@alfblue4734
@alfblue4734 5 жыл бұрын
Thankyou.
@hopefaul9490
@hopefaul9490 5 жыл бұрын
Gosh I was having a dinner
@HahtaanDaetori
@HahtaanDaetori 5 жыл бұрын
I like the diversity of topics vox does
@niagaradrones
@niagaradrones 5 жыл бұрын
Haze Draco diverse? I think you have a poor opinion of what’s diverse
@niagaradrones
@niagaradrones 5 жыл бұрын
CottonBalls I’m actually laughing, well put, well put.
@liamdavis2387
@liamdavis2387 5 жыл бұрын
I wish they did more things that didn't tie in some how to America
@lemuelsuriel9404
@lemuelsuriel9404 5 жыл бұрын
@@liamdavis2387 its an AMERICAN based company, after all...
@j.2512
@j.2512 5 жыл бұрын
is all socialist propaganda with a couple random articles here and there to pretend they are moderate. They even dedicated this video to take a jab at rich people. This video would not have been made without that anti capitalist, anti wealthy people argument. Theres only really one topic in all Vox videos and is bullshit
@scottcarpenter241
@scottcarpenter241 5 жыл бұрын
I'd hesitate to compare them to McMansions...There were similarly "grotesque" castles and villas in Europe prior to the Victorian Era were'nt there? Aren't the values of grotesqueness a matter of personal taste? Isn't a McMansion a reaction to overall consistently poor quality of design, material and construction?
@missmoxie9188
@missmoxie9188 5 жыл бұрын
An excellent point Maybe it wasn’t fair to liken them to McMansions. Since the hallmarks of McMansions is cheap materials and poor taste. I think he likened them to McMansions as a way of saying they’re basically the staples of the nouveau riche. People with newfound affluence who like to show off their abundant means. So they build stuff that’s insanely gaudy and insanely tacky.
@thesmith2920
@thesmith2920 4 жыл бұрын
Victorian homes are elegant & beautiful.
@OMW-on4vk
@OMW-on4vk 5 жыл бұрын
If you are smart enough to scroll through the comments before watching the vid, beware of the cheap jump scare at 4:50
@AlreadyTaken999
@AlreadyTaken999 5 жыл бұрын
Still kinda amazes me people could be so extra and spend that much on a house, only to abandon it within a couple decades
@Zarggg
@Zarggg 5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the opulence of the selfishly rich.
@Nirawen
@Nirawen 5 жыл бұрын
This mindset still shines in the field of super-cars. Many of them are among the most unreliable vehicles ever on the market while being the most expensive simply because it was unnecessary to make them reliable, most are only owned by the original buyer for a short time despite the exorbitant price tag. They're sold at a huge loss before the new, equally unreliable, model is bought.
@celinak5062
@celinak5062 5 жыл бұрын
@@Nirawen planned obsolescence, but for the ones who can afford it Nice
@ichifish
@ichifish 5 жыл бұрын
It's the same reason we see McMansions today: having a lot of money isn't the same thing as being responsible. Also, I'd assume that the same kind of construction companies that currently throw together crappy McMansions that "look like affluence" but are environmental and financial disasters were around back then.
@SarahAndreaRoycesChannel
@SarahAndreaRoycesChannel 5 жыл бұрын
@@Nirawen I don't really agree on the supercars interpretation. Usually supercars are defined by two specifications: Being race ready and implementing and praxis testing the latest shiny tech. Both can contribute both to be superior and to unreliability. But part of the unreliability myth stems from using them in the wrong context (everyday traffic) or neglect. Ironically little hurts a car more than just standing around unused.
@botneva
@botneva 4 жыл бұрын
If you're a coulrophobe, you might wanna stop watching at 4:48.
@whatthefisfilipinx
@whatthefisfilipinx 4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahhahq
@acsahkulasingham8017
@acsahkulasingham8017 3 жыл бұрын
What's a coulrophobe?
@acsahkulasingham8017
@acsahkulasingham8017 3 жыл бұрын
@• Love you • oh okay thanks
@TheLadyKiel
@TheLadyKiel Жыл бұрын
Please do more spooky videos like this! I enjoyed the historical background information and aspects 🧡
@mare3515
@mare3515 5 жыл бұрын
To a European, who grew up in a victorian mansion and who haven’t been exposed to “American Horror Culture” all to much, this is a video quite strange to watch.
@loading1345
@loading1345 5 жыл бұрын
You grow up in a mansion?! Cool. Keep forgetting that Europe actually has mansions and castles etc
@aa-tt5yy
@aa-tt5yy 5 жыл бұрын
What country did you grow up in?
@tristanmoller9498
@tristanmoller9498 5 жыл бұрын
What city mate? German here I barely know any Victorian mansions, but that might be cuz it’s Germany.
@YallternativeFilms
@YallternativeFilms 5 жыл бұрын
The styles being mentioned in this video are *American* Victorian and *American* Second Empire. Are you sure you lived in a house like this?
@sorenti
@sorenti 5 жыл бұрын
Ima say troll because "Victorian mansions" did not exist in Europe. 19th century European styles were much more toned down and simpler, we built houses to last back then. These mansions on the other hand, as pointed out in the video, were the mcmansions of the era - expensive to maintain due to all the fluff and that's why they became ran down in only years of abandon. Can't imagine this happening to wooden buildings of Eastern Europe or say haussmannian buildings in France
@Raprada
@Raprada 5 жыл бұрын
4:50 Cheers son's crying. Nice one
@Chaln123
@Chaln123 5 жыл бұрын
Good meme 😂
@shanel4294
@shanel4294 5 жыл бұрын
Im weeaaaakkkk 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@mrmadness2699
@mrmadness2699 5 жыл бұрын
Ok ok wait wait wait. "Victorian Mansion" is an extremely broad term. All the examples in the intro could be classified as "Second Empire" style with the distinctive Mansard roof. You DONT see Italianate, Shingle, Greek Revival, or Queen Anne styles as horror movie fodder, yet they're all equally "Victorian" houses!
@msgenesys
@msgenesys 2 жыл бұрын
i hate when they over simplify things.. modern houses are practically bricks stacked atop one another, while victorian era houses are far more intricate and honestly much nicer in my opinion.
@heidithomas5455
@heidithomas5455 5 жыл бұрын
Dark corners create shadows and these shadows move with every new angle. Victorians have many angles to each room. Windows add the movement of curtains because if drafts, especially on a windy night. The rain on the wood shingles echo through the walk up attic and down the staircase. Mice running between the walls cause floorboards to creek. Or all of these movements and sounds could really could be ghosts. We own a Victorian built in 1903, and it's every bit as spooky, especially the basement. People back 100 years ago, in our neighborhood burried their dead in the dirt floor of basements and over time many people escavating in the old neighborhood have found their remains. It makes me wonder. I wouldn't give up the charm though. The detailing and the vaulted ceilings. The floor to ceiling windows, the turrets and the Butler's pantry are done using beautifully carved wood and trim that add to the charm.
@josueorozco8729
@josueorozco8729 5 жыл бұрын
lucky having a place like that.
@Aron-ru5zk
@Aron-ru5zk 3 жыл бұрын
My grandparents have one, Perched on top of a hill at the end of a rural street. The basement is sealed off as well, so who knows what’s down there. it’s not that over the top with the Victorian styling, pretty much a big L shape with bay windows, a big roof with dormers and tall chimneys. someone apparently hung them selves in it before my grandparents moved in, it’s a bit spooky but not that bad. the lake on the far end of the house grounds is far more spooky. Always feels like someone is watching me when I’m down by the lake on my own.
@thibomeurkens2296
@thibomeurkens2296 3 жыл бұрын
Where can you find a Victorian mansion to buy?
@renlysotherlover294
@renlysotherlover294 5 жыл бұрын
“Gaudy and unbalanced” um that is clearly your personal opinion based on your own personal tastes. I happen to love Victorians
@christinegruenberg3120
@christinegruenberg3120 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't like that "gaudy and unbalanced" remark either. But, I love Victorians and I love big windows, but I like them covered with elegant drapes. I don't like the openness of the new houses today. They're cold and no privacy. I really don't like that.
@ember-brandt
@ember-brandt 4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget _"monstrosity"_
@illinoisbay
@illinoisbay 4 жыл бұрын
Not from their vantage point, at all.
@illinoisbay
@illinoisbay 4 жыл бұрын
Lucas Santos my impression has suggested while some thought that in the 1870s, e.g. the people who ordered these homes thought the variety was sophisticated, elegant, Stylish - asymmetrical was to them interesting., like a tree with asymmetrical Variety. Never studied it deeply, do you have a source on this? I’d like to learn more!
@rosanaandrade922
@rosanaandrade922 3 жыл бұрын
Modern houses:a big glass box with some pillars
@reedbrodsky519
@reedbrodsky519 5 жыл бұрын
Best video I've watched of your so far, you guys should do more architectural history videos!
@MrRealitybite
@MrRealitybite 5 жыл бұрын
I love those houses. Pls bring that style back
@Gr95dc
@Gr95dc 5 жыл бұрын
How dare you compare Victorian mansions to MacMansions
@msmeowmeow5107
@msmeowmeow5107 5 жыл бұрын
Honestly, Victorian houses are beautiful to me!
@emmelineliajames2177
@emmelineliajames2177 3 жыл бұрын
My grandmother owned a Victorian which was passed down since the late 1800’s. It was used throughout the decades as a halfway house for suffragettes who were in hiding from the police or thrown out by their husbands. It was especially expensive as it stood alone by the shore. My dad sold it but ever since, all my relatives were heartbroken. So many Halloween’s and eery memories were made there. And yes, my mother did believe it was haunted, she had a lot of chilling stories such as human forms jumping out the window as she came back from school. And apparently my mother’s cousin could hear guttural groaning coming from my uncles room, when he was away.
@johnb.8687
@johnb.8687 4 жыл бұрын
There are a couple Victorians in my neighborhood. Well cared for and painted bright colors everyone loves them.
@happysharma968
@happysharma968 5 жыл бұрын
The editing is lovely! 👍👍
@shubhamtiwari2396
@shubhamtiwari2396 5 жыл бұрын
Nice work VOX. I love watching your videos
@woxof46
@woxof46 5 жыл бұрын
I live in a nice little town filled with these elderly beauties, all of them are still in pristine condition too! One of em' was even used for the set of a movie recently. I'm not too sure if anyone here heard about this film, but it was called "The House With a Clock in its Walls". Haven't seen it yet but I hear it's good. (you'd honestly be surprised how many movies or TV shows they film around my town, but I'll give ya a little list if you're curious: The Walking Dead, Jumanji 2 (or 3 IDK), Ant Man and the Wasp, The Banker, and a few others I don't remember)
@Slideyslide
@Slideyslide 5 жыл бұрын
RustyIron 7 what’s the town?
@nicolascalvache8102
@nicolascalvache8102 4 жыл бұрын
You live on the outskirts of Atlanta, don't you? The city of atlanta is absolute garbage, but the surrounding area and towns is quite lovely.
@veganpowercouple4486
@veganpowercouple4486 4 жыл бұрын
Loved this!!! Please make more
@dwarch186
@dwarch186 5 жыл бұрын
I am so glad that someone finally recognized this, it seems that so many people overlooked this common thread in horror-architecture. I find the Victorian style to be quite beautiful and it's the modern monstrosities of the Mid-Century Modern and Brutalist age that are truly terrifying and grotesque. Some styles age better than others... those clean lines and white walls in modern architecture begin to look nasty with time. In historic buildings, a bit of age and wear gives it more character and tells a story. The idea of "clean" lines, white walls, boxy geometry feels more institutionalized and artificial. However, the Victorian age celebrated craftsmanship in every detail, in stained glass, woodwork, iron work, etc. I wish we could see more of this today, not just in the pastiche McMansions that are the rich attempt of recreating old world architecture but without any reason or understanding of the scale and geometry of every aspect to construction. The IT mansion is a fine example, thrown together as a film set, with a few Victorian elements thrown on... I'm not a fan. The Carson mansion in Eureka, CA is a wonderful example of truly great Victorian! Thanks for making this video!
@thomase13
@thomase13 5 жыл бұрын
Good comment. This video was the worst I've seen from Vox, and their comparison of the height of human achievement in architecture to the lowest of the low was particularly sickening!
@connannbarbarin3033
@connannbarbarin3033 5 жыл бұрын
because cube with glass walls isnt scary
@Zarggg
@Zarggg 5 жыл бұрын
Somehow Thirteen Ghosts pulled it off.
@Bling_The_Visual_Creator
@Bling_The_Visual_Creator 5 жыл бұрын
I could sit and watch Vox all day long, high quality content.
@nicolascalvache8102
@nicolascalvache8102 4 жыл бұрын
These big homes with all the rooms are perfect for being quarantined.
@BritneyT.
@BritneyT. 4 жыл бұрын
All those house projects would keep you busy too
@WrvrUgoThrUR
@WrvrUgoThrUR 4 жыл бұрын
Britney Touchstone yeah. I mean who wouldn’t love to heat and cool rooms people rarely go in. I mean if you’ve worked hard for the money-makes perfect sense to waste it right!?!?(sarcasm)
@DetroitLives313
@DetroitLives313 4 жыл бұрын
I grew up in a neighborhood full of Victorian mansions and homes. The were scary looking at night. You actually showed one that is in the neighborhood where I grew up!
@TheReeza88
@TheReeza88 4 жыл бұрын
“There’s a light, over at the Frankenstein place”
@laurelelizabethhasara6209
@laurelelizabethhasara6209 4 жыл бұрын
God, this was beautifully well made and narrated!
@mariamara999
@mariamara999 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this video, I've always wondered about it
@jasondaniel918
@jasondaniel918 5 жыл бұрын
Awwww! I like Victorian mansions. I find them unique, and actually fun. Lots of meandering hallways with odd rooms filled with funky brick-a-brack. I felt that way 90-years ago when I died, and I still do. ;-)
@wlhol9
@wlhol9 5 жыл бұрын
See also: Kanes' estate in Citizen Kane. Even in the 1941 film (so before the Addams family), the opening sequence of the film uses thematic elements of the horror genre and references to famous horror film/literature like Frankenstein. Later on, the estate comes to symbolize not only Kane's isolation, but also how empty everything he considered to be valuable in life turned out to be. As this vid indicates, the size of the estate signified power, the Victorian architectural style signified status, the ornate intricacy of its architecture signified wealth, but the little wooden sled signified love and on his death bed that's what he remembered.
@WrvrUgoThrUR
@WrvrUgoThrUR 4 жыл бұрын
wlhol9 you just just had to go and make perfect sense, didn’t you.
@Raez_XL
@Raez_XL 5 жыл бұрын
Gotta hand it to you guys and gals at Vox. Great video!
@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos
@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos Жыл бұрын
I think it's more than historical facts that made those homes creepy, their architecture itself is dark and depressing. Because Victoria was a widow and mourned Prince Albert,and the Victorian age was a wave of conservatism, fear against the revolutions that preceded, and nostalgia for the pre industrial era which was all about myths and legends, so its architecture reflects that. Too much medieval looking decoration but small windows, many closed spaces with little light, basically a house that looks like a monastery or a medieval castle without being one. It's no wonder they're scary.
@venom2k2
@venom2k2 5 жыл бұрын
Man, the IT screamer at the ending....
@USER-xu3du
@USER-xu3du 5 жыл бұрын
Why all the trash talk on em Victorian style Houses... Plus it wasn’t French imperialism, it was more a mix of *Gothic* and *French Absolutism* architecture that creates a lavish imperialistic tone
@renlysotherlover294
@renlysotherlover294 5 жыл бұрын
USER seriously it was entirely over the top and clearly reflected a personal taste rather than a factual take on them.
@PoliteFoxofficial
@PoliteFoxofficial 5 жыл бұрын
Idk, they're built much better than newer houses. Would love to own one soon. They cost a bit more than other older styles, because unlike what the video is claiming, they are freaking gorgeous!
@PoseidonXIII
@PoseidonXIII 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing stuff! Really got me thinking.
@maxwellchen5952
@maxwellchen5952 5 жыл бұрын
I love Vox’s editing style
@texaswunderkind
@texaswunderkind 2 жыл бұрын
0:50 - The only problem with such an ornate architectural style is that it costs a fortune to build and maintain. Can you imagine trying to hand-sand, prime, and paint such detailed exterior woodwork like that? You would need a complex scaffolding to even reach some areas. Roofing would be even more complicated and expensive. The new middle class in the 1950's and 1960's couldn't possibly afford a house with such superfluous ornamentation. Given the choice of pointless detail or another room on the house, the middle class would choose space over pointless detail any day of the week.
@SuicideBunny6
@SuicideBunny6 5 жыл бұрын
"I didn't need sleep anyways" me in the middle of the night all alone at home after that jumpscare
@ooTina00
@ooTina00 5 жыл бұрын
I love it!💜💜💜 great video. More please 🤓😃
@allyc8904
@allyc8904 3 жыл бұрын
I did see the one on the wall and figured you planted some jumps in there. Fun! Great video! I loved anything spooky and I love Victorians! Now I know why they are linked.
@arladicey
@arladicey 5 жыл бұрын
Personally, the Queen Anne style of architecture, which is the primary base for the structure of these Victorian homes, is one of my favorites. I think they're truly beautiful. They've actually become pretty popular again; yes, they are perfect for haunted houses due to all the back story you point out, but those that have been restored are magnificent. Of course, they are still quite expensive to buy and live in, but they are absolute beauties, and well worth saving, just the same. BTW, I love that Hopper painting!
@fines158
@fines158 4 жыл бұрын
“You see in daylight....this place is still a bit sinister.” You described my soul.
@gemstateofmind
@gemstateofmind 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent production. I always wondered where the association came from.
@marie_s127
@marie_s127 5 жыл бұрын
You guys always answer questions I didn’t know I had lol #thanks
@adrianghandtchi1562
@adrianghandtchi1562 5 жыл бұрын
But still, Queen Anne style is my favorite kind of house.
@sheyeet2244
@sheyeet2244 4 жыл бұрын
You can’t deny it’s very appealing to imagine horror stories in specifically Victorian mansions
@darbyzworld
@darbyzworld 5 жыл бұрын
Lived in these dilapidated old houses all of my life in New Orleans and just cannot embrace any other architecture. Nice film. Enjoyed it. . . . . .
@josephcalvosa8272
@josephcalvosa8272 5 жыл бұрын
Living in my small sailboat just across the channel from the carson mansion, its a beautiful reminder of the many workers employed for years and brings home the importance of preserving these iconic houses.
@CuriosityCulture
@CuriosityCulture 5 жыл бұрын
Vox animations are the best kind of animations :)
@MarkWTK
@MarkWTK 5 жыл бұрын
Next: why Math teachers are a horror icon?
@nazliuz
@nazliuz 5 жыл бұрын
Horror level : Asian 😂😂
@dieyounger1657
@dieyounger1657 5 жыл бұрын
Hehe funni
@nurlindafsihotang49
@nurlindafsihotang49 5 жыл бұрын
@@nazliuz 😂😂😂 If asian level, EVERY TEACHER IS A HOROR ICONS. The scariest of all are the tigers moms and dragons dads.
@marzipanmerci1068
@marzipanmerci1068 5 жыл бұрын
Should be: why old rundown school building a horror icon? I mean seriously, I had watched half a dozen horror movies from various countries which horror played out in schools, rundown or not
@AdiiraKuro
@AdiiraKuro 4 жыл бұрын
This video is as all videos on youtube should be. Good timeline, interesting from begining to the end and with a hint why you should watch it again.
@susanluster9301
@susanluster9301 3 жыл бұрын
Whoa!!! Great informative video, but I wasn't expecting to be so starled that I spilled my drink everywhere.
@shaelynngoing8945
@shaelynngoing8945 5 жыл бұрын
I'm sick so nothing phases me. Not even that jump scare at 4:50
@ogatoulas
@ogatoulas 4 жыл бұрын
The placement of ghosts in the pictures was so tasteful, subtle and enjoyable. The jumpscare not.
@sirkaeru
@sirkaeru 5 жыл бұрын
What a great video!
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