The Shuttered Room and Other Tales of Terror / H. P. Lovecraft

Short stories by H.P. Lovecraft, ; August William Derleth,  joint author

The Shuttered Room.–Witches’ hollow.–The Horror from the middle span.–The shadow in the attic.–The fisherman of Falcon Point.–The dark brotherhood

The Shuttered Room:

Susannah Kelton, a newly married woman who was raised in foster care in the city, learns that her real parents have died and left their property to her. She and her husband Mike travel to the island of Dunwich off the coast of Massachusetts to inspect the property. They find a local culture that is clannish, backward and ignorant. The few friends whom they make among the locals, including Susannah’s aunt Agatha, warn them that the family mill is cursed and urge the Keltons to leave immediately and never look back.

Refusing to bow to superstition, the couple consider rebuilding the abandoned mill. They become the target of a gang of local thugs led by Susannah’s lecherous cousin, Ethan. Their reign of terror is ended by something still living in the shuttered attic room of the mill, something that caused Susannah to have nightmares as a child.