Explain the ​MOOD​ of this story and how it is created.

The mood of Poe's “The Cask of Amontillado” can be described as threatening, suspenseful and ominous. The threatening mood can be felt in Montresor's words early in the story: “I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation”