Howard Lovecraft is best known for his novel The Call of Cthulhu, a monster deity who sleeps on the ocean floor and, when he wakes up, devours the world. “Shadow over Insmut” is a story about something completely different, and at the same time it is very similar and closely intertwined with “Call of Cthulhu”. The small town of Insmouth in New England has a notorious reputation and is shrouded in rumors, so one student decides to check them out for himself. However, it turns out that getting to town is very easy, but to leave it – just the opposite. Strange secluded residents do not inspire confidence, empty streets are depressing. The student stays in the city for the night, and here all the scariest begins.
Lovecraft started the genre of “black mysticism”, horrible and fascinating at the same time. He knows how to create an atmosphere of horror without mentioning the horrors directly. Hints and rumors, unspoken assumptions, details and touches. The reader needs to paint a spooky picture himself, but it is from such incompleteness that it becomes extremely vivid. After all, the worst thing is always what is hidden in the dark. “Shadow over Insmut” – the perfect book for those who like to tickle their nerves.
