A feeling of unease, of uncanniness is spreading throughout the United States of America. Even before the last elections this feeling has infected the tumbling super power’s public discourse. Borrowing from the long tradition of Gothic Horror, these three midnight movies tap into the American state of perturbation. They take winding narrative paths through the nation’s spooky back alleys – post-industrial Berlin, New Hampshire, the legendary Hudson River Valley, or New Orleans after hurricane Katrina – charting the dislodged mood of their country.