Classics Literature Horror

Idealista, de talante romántico y sensible, inquieto intelectual y espiritualmente cansado de las prisas y de la pérdida de valores de una sociedad cada vez más caótica y vacía de moralidad, el joven protagonista buscará a la desesperada nuevos conocimientos, corrientes filosóficas, movimientos intelectuales, que le llenen el vacío existencial que cada vez, le hace la vida más insoportable.

In a world beyond the walls of sleep, Randolph Carter goes in search of an opulent and mysterious sunset city. First, he must go to Kadath, home of the Gods, where he hopes to be guided to the city of his dreams. No one has ever been to Kadath, and no one even knows how to get there - but that won't stop Carter from trying. In this masterful adaptation of Lovecraft's classic novella, I. N. J. Culbard captures Carter's journey through the dangerous and spectacular Dreamlands in beautiful, gripping detail.

The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first Gothic novel. The son of Manfred, Prince of Otranto, is mysteriously killed on his wedding day by a huge helmet. The event leads to a fast-paced story of jealous passion, intrigue, murder and supernatural phenomena unfolding in an atmosphere of thunderclaps, moonlight, and dark castle walls mirroring the inner turmoil of the characters themselves.

"Seis disparos a la luz de la luna" es un relato corto de H.P. Lovecraft, coescrito con C. M. Eddy Jr. La historia sigue al narrador, un médico forense, quien investiga una serie de asesinatos inexplicables que ocurren durante noches de luna llena. Los cuerpos de las víctimas presentan extrañas heridas de bala, pero no hay signos de un asesino ni de un arma de fuego. A medida que profundiza en la investigación, el narrador se encuentra enfrentando fuerzas sobrenaturales y descubre la verdad perturbadora detrás de los crímenes.

"La Bestia en la Cueva" de H.P. Lovecraft es una historia corta que sigue a un hombre perdido en un sistema de cuevas laberínticas. A medida que se adentra más en la oscuridad, se vuelve cada vez más desorientado y temeroso. De repente, se encuentra con una criatura extraña y monstruosa que acecha en las sombras. Aterrorizado, el hombre intenta huir, pero presa del pánico, tropieza y cae en un abismo. Sobreviviendo milagrosamente a la caída, finalmente es rescatado por un grupo de búsqueda.

"La maldición que cayó sobre Sarnath" de H.P. Lovecraft es un relato inquietante ambientado en la antigua ciudad de Sarnath, construida cerca de un vasto y misterioso lago. Los habitantes de la ciudad, el pueblo de Ib, destruyen una civilización cercana de extrañas criaturas parecidas a ranas llamadas "Los Antiguos" y saquean su riqueza. A pesar de las advertencias de venganza de la deidad de Los Antiguos, los habitantes de Sarnath desestiman las advertencias y celebran su conquista.

"Hasta en los mares" de H.P. Lovecraft es una novela que combina el horror cósmico de Lovecraft con la ciencia ficción apocalíptica de Barlow, creando una atmósfera de tensión y desesperación que atrapa al lector desde la primera página. Los autores nos muestran un mundo devastado por el cambio climático, donde la naturaleza se rebela contra el hombre y lo somete a su voluntad. Al mismo tiempo, nos invitan a reflexionar sobre el destino de nuestra especie y nuestro planeta, y sobre la posibilidad de encontrar un sentido a la existencia en medio del caos.

"La música de Erich Zann" es un relato corto de horror cósmico escrito por H.P. Lovecraft. La historia sigue a un narrador sin nombre que alquila una habitación en un decadente edificio parisino. Se hace amigo de su misterioso vecino, Erich Zann, un músico de edad avanzada que toca un violín de manera obsesiva durante las noches. Intrigado por la música única y desconcertante de Zann, el narrador intenta descubrir el origen y el significado de sus melodías.

For a century Bram Stoker's Dracula has reigned supreme as the undisputed masterpiece of horror writing. We have all grown up under the shadow of the elegant Count, at once an attractive, brutal, and erotic creature of the night. A skilled and imaginative cast, including Brian Cox as Van Helsing and Heathcote Williams as Dracula, brings this classic horror story to life!

Lovecraft’s gothic horror masterpiece. During an investigation in Red Hook, Detective Thomas F. Malone, and discovers horrors that he never imagined. A horror classic.

"Hypnos" de H.P. Lovecraft es una narración en primera persona, escrita desde la perspectiva de un personaje sin nombre que vive en Kent y más tarde en Londres, Inglaterra. El narrador relata que teme dormir, y está decidido a escribir su historia para que no lo enloquezca más, independientemente de lo que piense la gente después de leerlo. El narrador, un escultor, cuenta que se encontró con un hombre misterioso en una estación de ferrocarril.

This volume starts with the famous M. R. James story of occult revenge, "Casting the Runes", about a slighted occultist out for murderous revenge using his diabolical black arts to achieve it. It was adapted into the equally chilling movie Night of the Demon in 1957. Next up is another famous classic, W. W. Jacobs' "The Monkeys Paw", a brilliantly written tale of greed and getting what you wish for. The third story is "Hop-Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe - a classic yarn about the grisly revenge conjured up by a mistreated court jester.

A startlingly remarkable novel set in 1984 where a group of teenagers begin to discover powerful secrets about themselves, and learn that the only way to create their own future is to break away from previous generations.They call it the plague. A generation of children born with extreme genetic mutations. They call it a home. But it's a place of neglect and forced labor. They call him a freak. But Dog is just a boy who wants to be treated as normal. They call them dangerous. They might be right.

This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of 13 of H. P. Lovecraft's most well-renowned stories, read by Audie-Award winner Jonathan Keeble. The stories included here are: 'The Colour Out of Space', 'The Dunwich Horror', 'The Whisperer in the Darkness', 'The Haunter of the Dark', 'Call of Cthulhu', 'The Rats in the Walls', 'From Beyond; Dagon', 'At the Mountains of Madness', 'In the Vault', 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth', 'The Dreams in the Witch House', 'The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath'.

This collection features four spine-tingling horror stories to entice your imagination, including "Bewitched" by Edith Wharton, "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Body Snatcher" by Robert Louis Stevenson, and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Each story is chillingly enhanced by music and sound effects. Four Classic Horror Stories is best listened to by candle light at the midnight hour, when the wind howls ‘round the house and ghosts whisper from the dark shadows!

Their latest assignment takes JC and the team to a small country village, site of a famously haunted inn. At first, JC thinks that the spirits in the King’s Arms are more the stuff of urban legend than anything that needs the Ghost Finders’ expertise. Then one story rings true: The tale of a traveler trapped by an unusual thunderstorm who retired to her room for the night - and vanished. Trapped by an unusual thunderstorm - like the one that begins raging outside shortly after they arrive…

Being a goddess is a lot less fun than you might think. Especially when you're only a half goddess, you only found out about it recently, and you still don't know what you're doing half the time. And when you've just used your not-so-reliable powers to burglarize the booby-trapped office of a vampire mob boss. Yeah, that part sucks. But that's just the tip of the iceberg for Cassandra Palmer, aka the Pythia, the freshly minted chief seer of the supernatural world.

The creatures of classic horror are coming together this Halloween, lurking through the pages of this exciting new guide! Enjoy learning fun facts about their history, superstitious folk lore, literary appearances and film adaptations. Just when you thought you knew all there was to learn about monsters!

Bram Stoker was an Irish author, and Dracula is his most famous book. Dracula was published in 1897. It was not the first vampire novel. For example, it draws on Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, who at one time was Stoker's employer in Dublin. But Dracula is without doubt the most famous vampire novel. It is narrated here by Tony Walker, producer and narrator of The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast.

А.С. Пушкин и Ф.М. Достоевский - непревзойденные русские писатели-классики, которых сближает масштаб творческого наследия, роль в формировании современного русского языка и сознания. В их произведениях, помимо прочего, ярко выражены мистические переживания, явлены образы потустороннего мира.