The Gothic Novel.

• Who invented the Gothic Novel?

Was invented by Horace Walpole, it contains all the elements that built the genre.

•  What was the first Gothic Novel?

"The Castle of Otranto"

• When was it first published?

Was write in 1764.  

•  Which basic elements of horror didn't you include on your list? 

Gothic elements:

Crazed laughter, lights in abandoned room, clanking chains, ruins of buildings, omens, portents, visions, women in distress, women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male and supernatural criatures.