Gothic literature is perhaps most alive in the public imagination today through cinema, with horror films inspired by the classic Gothic stories going back to the earliest days of the medium. These have in turn generated a keen interest in vintage horror film posters. Whyte’s of Dublin recently sold a 1958 Dracula poster (top left), with artwork by Bill Wiggins, for €16,000 (£14,250) against a €6000-8000 estimate – a record for a film poster in Ireland.