Huh. This explains a lot.

'The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear,
and the oldest and strongest fear is fear of the unknown.' H. P. Lovecraft

Well that explains how his stories are so very... very... hrm. Lovecraftian, I guess.
(No, NO LINK FOR YOU! I will NOT show you where I got it. Suffice to say the NDA covers the boards there.)