Article - Ten Essential Works of Horror

Ten Essential Works of Horror
by William I. Lengeman III
Dark Scribe Magazine

1. Horace Walpole (1717-1797)
The Castle of Otranto (1764)

In his wide-ranging essay, Supernatural Horror in Literature, H.P. Lovecraft called The Castle of Otranto “thoroughly unconvincing and mediocre” and “tedious, artificial and melodramatic.” Modern-day readers not accustomed to Walpole’s archaic style might tend to agree.

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