All in all, an excellent way to begin your spelunking into the realm of underground horrors that Lovecraft visited time and time again. I don’t want to give away what takes place, but let’s just say it underscores the power of imagination when it’s running strong on the fuel that is mortal fright.
As you will find for many of the author’s stories though, by today’s standards their resolutions do appear a bit tame, but that’s only because he was essentially the founder of countless horror tropes and archetypes used today, so that should always be taken into account.ĭespite being only a few pages in length, this still remains the kind of story that will make you pause and think about the nature of man and fear itself. The identity of the characters is only secondary to the experiences they go through and the setting of the cave itself.Īs you might expect, Lovecraft brings the claustrophobia and confusion to life with exceptional talent and really allows us to connect with the thoughts and fears plaguing the narrator’s mind. One of Lovecraft‘s shorter stories at only a few pages in length, I find it to be a good introduction to the author’s style, wordsmithing capabilities as well as the general kind of horror he strives to achieve. His level of concern for the whole situation suddenly rises to its peak as he hears strange, oddly-paced and generally non-human footsteps approaching him. It doesn’t take too long for the narrator to get lost and separated from his guide, at which point he begins wandering the dark tunnels in total darkness. Lovecraft‘s The Beast in the Cave, we are taken to the United States of America as our unnamed protagonist tours Mammoth Cave, part of a U.S. When we think of ancient caves we generally picture them as being somewhere in the Middle East or a similar place with thousands upon thousands years’ worth of history to share.
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