The Horla
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"The Horla" ("Le Horla") is an 1887 horror short story written in the style of a journal by French writer Guy de Maupassant.
H. P. Lovecraft, in his survey "Supernatural Horror in Literature", praises "The Horla":
"Relating the advent in France of an invisible being who lives on water and milk, sways the minds of others, and seems to be the vanguard of a horde of extra-terrestrial organisms arrived on earth to subjugate and overwhelm mankind, this tense narrative is perhaps without peer in its particular department."
The story has been cited as an inspiration for Lovecraft's own "The Call of Cthulhu", which also features an extra-terrestrial being who influences minds and who is destined to conquer humanity.[1]
[edit] Trivia
- The movie Diary of a Madman is loosely based on "Le Horla".
- The Star Trek episode "Wolf in the Fold" features a horla-like entity.
- The Bartimaeus Trilogy features horlas as powerful spirits.
[edit] Notes
- ^ S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz, "Call of Cthulhu, The", An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia, p. 28.
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