Lovecraftian horror

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Lovecraftian horror

a sub-genre of horror fiction that is inspired by the works of American author H.P. Lovecraft, and typically involves cosmic horror, supernatural entities, and the unknown

synonyms : cosmic horror

Examples

1. I've seen some people describe the first episode is something like Lovecraftian horror and they're totally right!

2. Lovecraft is famous for codifying the Lovecraftian horror mythos: a cosmology he created with centralized themes of cosmic horror, ancient, unknowable, and malevolent gods, and everything smelling vaguely of fish.

3. The thing that makes Lovecraftian horror, and the thing that's kept it popular, is this overwhelming fear of the unknown, a concept that easily translates even as the 'unknown' changes with social and scientific developments.