The gothic look stormed the AW12 catwalks this season, and the likes of Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron have been seen vamping it up on the red carpet this month. Goth is back and since today happens to be World Goth Day, Wonderland celebrates the top five hot film goths…

Winona Ryder

Ryder is your go-to goth girl. Beetlejuice was her first significant movie role and she definitely hits the gothic spot. She also played the deranged outsider, Veronica Sawyer in 90s cult hit Heathers.

Rooney Mara

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo signalled Hollywood’s rekindled love affair with the goth look back in 2011. Mara did it justice, having her ears and nipple pierced especially for the role. Mara’s also famed for her uncensored mouth and edgy dress sense.

Rose McGowan

An American TV show about the most powerful witches in the history of witchcraft is bound to have some hot goths in it. In Charmed, Rose McGowan plays the hottest of them all. Great body, black hair, insanely pale skin and a relationship with Marilyn Manson under her belt. She couldn’t be more gothic if she tried.

Fairuza Balk

Teen horror classic The Craft, is a hot goth frenzy. The most twisted of them, Nancy, is played by Fairuza Balk. With black lips and a studded choker necklace, she does the look well. Even her name is scarily gothic, the literal translation being “precious one”.

Kristen Stewart

Finally, a more recent take on the gothic look would be K-Stew’s vamped, lacey Marchesa number last week at the Snow White and the Hunstman premiere. Her stripping scene in Welcome to the Rileys is exceptionally goth hot, too…

Words: Eleanor Mackay