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Halloween Is Stranger After Dark
There's also something wonderfully appropriate about setting this kind of horror in a suburb or village.
Horror doesn't always need an obviously frightening location.
A haunted castle tells you what to expect.
An abandoned asylum tells you what to expect.
A cemetery tells you what to expect.
But a normal neighbourhood?
That's different.
Because you've probably lived somewhere like it.
You've probably walked down a quiet street at night.
You've probably looked at houses illuminated by the moon.
You've probably passed a cemetery after dark.
And you've probably experienced that strange moment when a familiar place suddenly looks completely different.
Lovecraft simply takes that feeling and turns the dial until it breaks off.
