Horror, as a genre, often gets an unfair rap. While many classic literary greats would fall squarely into the horror genre – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, for instance, or Dracula by Bram Stoker – it still remains one of those categories that “serious readers” often discount.
In fact, if history seems to have proven anything, it seems to be that horror novels are often only canonised as classics long after their authors have shuffled off the mortal coil – authors such as H.P. Lovecraft, who was relegated to pulp status during his lifetime but hailed posthumously as a master of the genre.