Does your girlfriend love horror movies? Check out these sweet little gifts to signify your undying devotion.
So Valentine’s Day, your hot goth girlfriend’s birthday, or your anniversary is right around the corner. What are your plans to celebrate the Morticia Addams to your Gomez? And what gift will you bestow upon her to show your undying devotion?
If you’re a peak procrastinator, here are 13 goth girlfriend ideas that are sexy and thoughtful, and that won’t break the bank.
Books about her favorite crashout queen (X Trilogy)
Every horror movie lover has an Emotional Support Problematic Final Girl. If the number of TikTok edits and “Please, I’m a star!” memes I see every week are any indication, I bet your goth girlfriend has a soft spot for Pearl and Maxine, from Ti West’s X trilogy.
This boxed set features three books, including , , and , written by Tim Waggoner.
If you’re sweet on your girl, what better way to show her than a jar full of honey? This Keeper honey head jar is full of resin, hair, and honey in a half-gallon jar.
Is she obsessed with Holly Madison and Girls Next Door? Does she listen to Deftones? Is Jennifer’s Body in her Letterboxd top 4? If this is your genre of goth girlfriend, then she’ll love this tracksuit from Glam Goth Beauty.
A ridiculously gorgeous gothic horror book (Frankenstein)
Recently, I was at a death rock gig and, in the bathroom, I was complimenting someone’s makeup — mainly, the Frankenstein’s monster stitches sketched around their neck in eyeliner.
They told me they went through a phase of reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein over and over when they were in high school. If your goth girlfriend is this Frankenstein-pilled, then an illustrated copy of this book is the perfect way to let her know you can be monsters together.
Something to keep your goth girlfriend’s hands mummified
Listen, it’s cold out and even worse, the wind can make the most gorgeous hands ashy, weathered, and cracked. Keep crypt-keeper hands at bay with this beautiful lotion from Heretic Parfum, which is a part of the brand’s homage to Goth Girlfriend Hall of Fame illustrator Edward Gorey.
Some scarily cute jewelry (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark)
Cassandra Peterson as Elvira is the diva to end all divas and the patron saint of goth girlfriends. Celebrate your own Mistress of the Dark with these earrings from Unique Vintage, fashioned after Elvira’s iconic dagger.
Another Emotional Support Character for goth girlfriends everywhere is Lydia Deetz, played by the incomparable Winona Ryder, of course. Get her this cute hat with one of the most iconic lines in Beetlejuice from Bijou Candles.
As you can tell from the name, this company also makes horror movie-themed candles. Their absolutely magical “Coven” collection pays homage to Marnie of Halloweentown, Sabrina Spellman, the ladies of Charmed and American Horror Story, and the girl gang at the center of The Craft.
I take it that your goth girlfriend really, really loves horror movies. Whether she’s an old-school Gen Xer or Milliennial who grew up going to Blockbuster, or a Gen Zer obsessed with the “physical media renaissance,” she’s probably building a mean DVD collection.
Get her a physical copy of Together, a movie that celebrates the wonders of vulnerability and the beauty of physical intimacy.
On frigid nights, you’ll want to snuggle up under something. But why not have a blanket that is warm, functional, and extremely Instagrammable? If postcards from hell are your ideal Instagram tableau, anyway.
Having likely seen The Menu to Last Night in Soho, your goth girlfriend knows an infallible truth: Anya Taylor-Joy is a horror movie scream queen for all time. Take it back to the OG A24 horror movie roster and remind your partner to live deliciously with this copy of Robert Eggers’ screenplay for The VVitch.
Weird girls around the world were touched by Jacob Elordi as Frankenstein, but also Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok, too. Let your goth girlfriend know that you’d haunt her dreams with these cards from Sinister Chula, a horror movie merch maker on Etsy.
There’s also an Elvira option that reads “Be mine, darling” in case you’d like to pair that with the dagger earrings!
The most fun movie merch you can imagine (Twin Peaks)
Was she really torn up when David Lynch passed away? Pour one out for Lynch, and smoke on that Laura Palmer pack with these Twin Peaks-themed matches and rolling papers
Take any one of these goth girlfriend gift ideas, pair with roses and some taper candles, and present it with a little darkwave or alternative R&B in the background. Your goth girlfriend’s heart may just melt, and she’ll ask to get in the coffin with you.
And if you already have your Valentine’s Day on lock for your beloved, who you crossed oceans of time to find, you can always bookmark this in case you need Halloween boo basket ideas.
As a witchy Libra, I love love, love horror movie couples. If you get your hot goth girlfriend any of these gifts, I’d love to see ’em! Tag me or DM me at @delicatehoodoo.
