Hotel Hell

The ominous hotel, a common setting for classic horror stories. When reading no exit I was instantly reminded of one of the seasons of American horror story. Each season of AHS is completely different than the other. So the story goes like this: A hotel, built as a death trap (referencing devil in the white city), is a host for the people (who are now "ghosts")  murdered at the hotel, but the ghost, can kill living people. I thought of this hotel as hell because the ghost is trapped in the building, thus the building itself could be interpreted as hell. After thinking of this Amercian Horror story season, I thought about the troupe of the haunted hotel. Hotels just seem to be a great place to be scary, for example, the iconic tower of terror is, itself a hotel. So why am I bringing this up? well, what if Sartes No exit was the original "scary" Hotel? Was the hell he portrayed the first time hotels were portrayed as devilish rather than welcoming?