The Problem with “Dark Romance” (VIDEO)

This year, Wuthering Heights brought in $240 million dollars worldwide. 2024’s It Ends with Us racked up $351 million in total. And 2015’s Fifty Shades of Grey pulled in nearly $570 million across the globe.What do these movies have in common—besides going bananas at the box office? They all, to one degree or another, fall into the genre of “dark romance.”But what is dark romance? What are the problems with it? And, while salacious content is nothing new, are we seeing more of the dark romance g