book reviews
Book reviews for horror fans; weather a sleepless night with literary accounts of hauntings, possessions, zombies, vampires and beyond.
Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito. Top Story - November 2021.
From time to time there appears a person endowed with an intellect far above the average, someone capable of seeing things that normal man can barely observe. I am not referring to a superior being from an evolutionary point of view, but to that individual endowed with a special gift, to his or her ability to cross borders with his or her thinking.
By Manga Moon3 years ago in Horror
Bram Stoker, "Dracula"
Perhaps if Abraham (Bram) Stoker (1847–1912) had not suffered from an illness that forced him to bed until the age of eight, the themes of endless sleep and resurrection from the world of the dead would not have inflamed his imagination so much. The miraculous healing, the physical recovery of which he was the protagonist, capable of transforming an infirm into an athlete, has much in common with the myth of the vampire who, through blood, rejuvenates, regenerates his tissues, inverts the course of nature.
By Patrizia Poli3 years ago in Horror
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson is a writer who has been compared to Edgar Allen Poe, although I would veer away from that description for a lot of his stories. I have once more picked up on “The House On The Borderland” which is, in my opinion (and that of a lot of other people) a masterpiece of the unnatural supernatural in the realms of Clark Ashton-Smith, Arthur Machen and HP Lovecraft.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred3 years ago in Horror
Book Review: "Salem's Lot" by Stephen King
For those of you who remember the movie, the miniseries or the subculture that spun off from this I would like to say that if you have done all of this but not read the book then you will definitely enjoy it so go and do so. If you have and you’re like me who got the ever-living daylights scared out of them by the novel more than the series or the film then you have come to the right place. Stephen King’s “Salem’s Lot” is a book that grows with age. I read it for the very first time when I was just about turning twelve and now, I’m re-reading it thinking - how is this still making me feel uncomfortable almost a decade and a half later? There are many scenes in this book that are not wholeheartedly ‘scary’ but there are many scenes where I think I felt far more uncomfortable than if I just read a straight up horror and gore novel. I remember as a pre-teen that I read a couple of those uncomfortable scenes and just started to cry. Not cry out loud, but tears would run down my face and my muscles would tense up and really, only a few authors can do that to me. One of them is Stephen King.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Horror
20 Books That Terrified Me. Top Story - October 2021.
Halloween is my favourite season not just because everything is scary and dark, but also because of the flavours. These include: ginger, pumpkin, dark chocolate, almond, apple and so many more. They are such delicious flavours and you can eat them warm. But in reality, everything is still scary and dark.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Horror
Book Review: Stitched Lips: An Anthology of Horror from Silenced Voices
Tired of the same old thing? So much of what we read is homogenous. Far too often, the people whose voices we need to hear most are silenced by the louder ones of the majority. STITCHED LIPS pushes back on that. Within these pages, you'll find eleven staggeringly original and well-crafted horror stories, from amazing authors who are People of Color, LGBTQ+ folks, and writers who identify as women. All profits from this anthology will be donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization whose goal is the advancement of human rights for all people.
By Crysta Coburn3 years ago in Horror
Book Review: "Dreamcatcher" by Stephen King
Stephen King is one of the greatest writers ever and I for one am glad I live in a time where he is still alive. As a teen, I was pretty obsessed with reading all the Stephen King I could get my hands on because it was considered contraband. I went to a school for girls and so, as young women, we weren’t supposed to be reading something as profane as Stephen King and my English Teacher was surprised when I would turn up with one of his books. I read “Misery” when I was a teen and so, I think that really set of the spark to read more. As you know, I didn’t finish “Pet Semetary” when I was a teen, instead only actually reading the whole thing about a few weeks ago, wondering why I never finished it. A decade ago, I was absolutely terrified of that novel - needless to say, I didn’t remember that when I picked it up a few weeks ago. I read “The Shining” and “The Dreamcatcher”. I read “Salem’s Lot” and “Carrie”. I read a lot of them well into my early 20s. But here I sit now about to tell you of the second time I read Stephen King’s “Dreamcatcher” and why it is a highly underrated book by him.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Horror
5 Books recommended by Stephen King
Who is Stephen King? Writing books for more than 4 decades, with worldwide sales of more than 350 million, he is one of the most successful fiction authors anywhere in the world today. Born on the 21st of September 1947, in Portland, Maine. He grew up in a family of five children with both his parents. His father was a merchant seaman who traveled the world, and his mother stayed at home raising the children.
By Borba de Souza3 years ago in Horror