The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in the United Kingdom and United States during the early 1980s in the Pan UK-US gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the Post-punk genre and an evolution of the batcave subculture. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify. Its imagery and cultural proclivities indicate influences from nineteenth century Gothic literature along with horror films and to a lesser extent the BDSM culture.