The Dunwich Horror

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cosmic horror fiction short story weird fiction

The Dunwich Horror is a classic 1929 cosmic horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft about occult rituals, monstrous entities, and the encroachment of otherworldly forces on a rural New England town.

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Label Occurrences
The Dunwich Horror canonical 8
The Dunwich Horror (1970 film) 1
The Dunwich Horror (2009 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cosmic horror fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
author H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
centralTheme cosmic insignificance of humanity ⓘ
degenerate rural isolation ⓘ
forbidden knowledge ⓘ
occult rituals ⓘ
otherworldly forces ⓘ
containsElement human-sacrifice implications ⓘ
scholarly investigation of the occult ⓘ
witchcraft ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Dr. Francis Morgan ⓘ
Dr. Henry Armitage ⓘ
Lavina Whateley ⓘ
Old Whateley ⓘ
Professor Warren Rice ⓘ
Wilbur Whateley ⓘ
featuresEntity Yog-Sothoth ⓘ
invisible monster ⓘ
featuresObject Necronomicon (fictional grimoire) ⓘ
surface form: Necronomicon
firstPublicationDate April 1929 ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium pulp magazine ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Weird Tales magazine ⓘ
surface form: Weird Tales
genre cosmic horror ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Dunwich Horror self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Dunwich Horror (1970 film)

The Dunwich Horror self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Dunwich Horror (2009 film)
hasTone foreboding ⓘ
grim ⓘ
influenced cosmic horror genre ⓘ
later Cthulhu Mythos stories ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement pulp magazine fiction ⓘ
motif ancient tomes ⓘ
blasphemous rites ⓘ
invisible horror ⓘ
monstrous birth ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
partOf Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ
publicationYear 1929 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition Weird Tales magazine ⓘ
settingLocation Dunwich ⓘ
surface form: Dunwich, Massachusetts
settingRegion rural New England ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century ⓘ

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H. P. Lovecraft → notableWork → The Dunwich Horror ⓘ
The Call of Cthulhu → followedBy → The Dunwich Horror ⓘ
The Music of Erich Zann → includedInCollection → The Dunwich Horror ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dunwich Horror and Others
Cthulhu Mythos → inspiredBy → The Dunwich Horror ⓘ
Necronomicon (fictional grimoire) → alsoAppearsInWork → The Dunwich Horror ⓘ
subject surface form: Necronomicon
The Dunwich Horror → hasAdaptation → The Dunwich Horror self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dunwich Horror (1970 film)
The Dunwich Horror → hasAdaptation → The Dunwich Horror self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dunwich Horror (2009 film)
The Dreams in the Witch House → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Dunwich Horror ⓘ
Sam Jaffe → notableWork → The Dunwich Horror ⓘ
Floyd Crosby → notableWork → The Dunwich Horror ⓘ
Sandra Dee → notableWork → The Dunwich Horror ⓘ