  I tend to collect, read, and watch a lot of the darker fantasies. Three of my favorite authors include the likes of Ann Rice, Nancy Collins and Ann Bishop. No I'm not a goth or even a closet goth (I don't fit the skinny tall pale build, sorry) but I do appreciate the style. And by style I mean the music, the views and the type. You get what I mean. Anyway, lets just say I enjoy a good vampire movie or book. I don't care if the movie is corny and badly written (see: Queen of the Damned), it's still entertaining to watch. My recent favorite has probably been Underworld, although Bram Stoker's Dracula is probably my all time favorite. Moving on to other good dark movies and books, take Ann Bishop's The Black Jewels Trilogy (I've seen it at Amazon as one book altogher). Probably one of best series I've ever read. Word of advice, if you think Harry Potter is evil and a sign of the devil, you definitely don't want to read these books. However, for some reason, I don't like dark murder-thrillers. For example, the movie The Cell was okay, it had it's good parts but it didn't make me want to go out and buy it on DVD (it could be the main actress, you never know). Silence of the Lambs was a decent movie but for Anthony Hopkins dark-themed-movies, I much perfer the movie Titus from Will Shakespear's Titus Andronicus.
And this movie isn't really one of those murder thriller's either, it's just a good dark movie. Another favorite movie of mine, the original Crow with Brandon Lee. (Reminder to self: visit Bruce and Brandon Lee's gravesites next time in Seattle). That song at the end during the credits "It Can't Rain All The Time" still brings a lump to my throat every time I hear it. 
