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Post by bulletrider on Aug 26, 2009 18:37:17 GMT
that sounds great (as does The Bargain, The Specialist, Night Boat and Devils of DDay as well!) - will check some online stores right away for all those great recommendations (THANKS again!) oh yes, I'm a lot into comics as well! And Deathwatch is one of my fave movies of all time, the setting, the atmosphere, just everything (and I don't need "sparely dressed women" mandatorily I just welcome it when they are included) you're possibly right that this form of stories is a rather eighties (or even newer) timed approach... and of course i suited perfectly for comics and movies (just like Hellboy, Lifeeaters or War of the Undead if anyone's interested )
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Post by andydecker on Aug 26, 2009 18:55:14 GMT
David Bishop, former editor of 2000 AD did the novelisation. But it isn´t quite a novelisation, it takes the comic story as a basis and does its own take on it. It is four novels. The first one begins with the german assault on Russia. So its a lot of Panzers and Vampires. A fourth novel takes the pacific front. "Fiends of the Rising Sun."
Then there is "The Judas Cross" by David Bischoff and Charles Sheffield, a horror novel in WW1.
Then there is Robert McCammon´s "The Wolf´s Hour", which is a WW2 novel.
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Post by dem bones on Aug 26, 2009 21:11:46 GMT
Third Dr. Strange and Steve on recommending The Keep. Don't know how that one has escaped landing its own thread up until now, but it can only be a matter of time ... F. Paul Wilson – The Keep (New English Library, 1982) Steve Crisp Blurb “Request immediate relocation. Something is murdering my men”.
The message, sent by Captain Klaus Woermann to German Army High Command.
The location: a medieval fortress overlooking the Dinu Pass, high In the Transylvanian Alps. Where the German garrison was being taken and murdered one by one, night after night, and left, throats torn out, to drive the survivors mad with fear.
The solution: a reinforcing squad of terror-hardened SS Einsatzkommandos.
The mistake: ignorance. The legends of Transylvania meant nothing to them. Nor the existence of an evil centuries older and hideously more powerful than anything in even the most diseased imaginings of an SS killer.Short stories; there are LOADS, two of the most famous and pulpy being Manly Wade Wellman's The Devil Is Not Mocked (Dracula versus the Nazi's) and Robert Bloch's The Living Dead: Eric Karon, once an actor in the Paris Grand Guignol, is now collaborating with the Nazis. To keep the superstitious villagers away from Chateau Barsac where he and three radio operators are holed up, he masquerades as a vampire. Things get out of hand when Karon kills the Mayor's daughter and the locals come seeking revenge ... Also known as Underground.
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Post by fullbreakfast on Aug 26, 2009 21:14:44 GMT
that sounds great (as does The Bargain, The Specialist, Night Boat and Devils of DDay as well!) - will check some online stores right away for all those great recommendations (THANKS again!) I should just point out that The Specialist does not have any supernatural / occult elements to it. It's porn about women being tortured basically. Not trying to put you off, but it's a bit different from what you've expressed an interest in.
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Post by bulletrider on Aug 26, 2009 21:21:17 GMT
oh, ok (should have taken a more closer look... *shame*) then it's not of real interest to me in that case as it's the combination with war/army and this occult/horror stuff I'm looking for...
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Aug 26, 2009 21:53:16 GMT
Bulletrider - Have you read "The Keep" by F. Paul Wilson? Craig - not sure of the book, but that sounds like the plot to the British horror film "Outpost". Trailer here: www.moviestrailer.org/outpost-movie-trailer.htmlI've seen it, and it's OK - if you like nazi zombies. And if you DO like nazi zombies, this is coming soon - www.deadsnow.com/Similar plot Dr Strange. Never mind though - Nazi zombies, fight for survival - sounds well worth a look. Must see if the missus has changed her entire philosophy on entertainment and suggest it for Saturday night. 'The ex-marine and his men find themselves trapped in a claustrophobic and terrifying scenario. Their mission is no longer one of safe-guarding – it’s one of survival.'
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Post by bulletrider on Aug 27, 2009 7:53:11 GMT
Just ordered "The Judas Cross" and "The Spear" (which in german has the very martial sounding title "Blutwaffe" (meaning Bloodweapon) ) More orders will follow, hehe! Thanks, guys. Your help here is great and I must say that I hadn't expected that many answers/recommendations! Of course, I gladly take more stuff If one of you also is fond of this theme and also into comics (btw - is there are comic thread on this board? ), this time I have two recs: WAR OF THE UNDEAD by Bryan Johnson & Walter Flanagan Though the drawings are not that great, the story is absolutely wicked, hillarious and weird. Totally over the top and crazy... It is near the end of World War II and the writing is on the wall for Hitler and the German army. The Allied forces are closing in on Hitler and he and his mistress take their own lives rather than being captured. But the Nazi's are not giving up yet. Lead by a group of crazed Nazi scientists who would make Josef Mengele look like a pre-school teacher these psychos have put together a diabolical plot to resurrect Hitler. Their insane plan called for the use of the Frankenstein Monster, Dracula, and the Wolf man. The Wolf Man's blood was to be used as an offering to Satan, Dracula would be dispatched to Hell to deliver the offering, and the monster used to house Hitler's soul. But the three captives are going to strike back and destroy their wicked plans! Another comic title to be mentioned is THE LIFE EATERS by David Brin An alternate history setting where teh Nazis summon the ancient Norse Gods to finsih the conquering of the world. Their japanese allies themselves are supported by the Shinto gods. Loki, as usual the counterpart to the rest of the Aesir, starts to help the rest of the free world in their fight against the godly foes.
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Post by Dr Strange on Aug 27, 2009 12:59:59 GMT
That cover for "The Keep" brings back memories - I'd forgotten the title being embossed with little "crosses". Sooooo long ago that I read this... I think I reallly enjoyed it up to a point, but was then a bit annoyed when it (to my mind) switched from old-fashioned horror to something more like the dreaded (for all the wrong reasons) "Dark Fantasy". If you've read it you'll know what I mean... if not, I am trying not to give too much away.
The film... I saw it but only vaguely remember it. Weird Tangerine Dream soundtrack, weird Michael Mann direction, seem to remember it being visually "a bit blurry" - that may have just been me though. Very eighties...
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Post by bulletrider on Sept 4, 2009 14:14:25 GMT
Yeehaw - today "The Spear" and "The Judas Cross" arrived. Found both on amazon. "Devils of DDay" and two more are ordered and hoepfully reach me very soon! I don't know if anyone here's into Tabletop (Miniature) gaming but I discovered some great system here with a hell of WW2 occult flair/fluff. I'm not a fan of tabletop games but I think I'll order this just for the pics and the fluff AE WWII (Alternate Ending WWII). Here are some infos and pics: darksondesigns.com/darksondesigns.com/aeww2.html
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Post by benedictjjones on Sept 18, 2009 13:07:00 GMT
^the figures for that AE game are very cool as well.
the second world war always seems, to me, so ripe with possibilities for horror tales i'm suprised there hasn't been an anthology or two.
i found a good story online about a luftwaffe ace battling cthulesque creatures above hitlers mountain stronghold.
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Post by lemming13 on Jul 17, 2010 20:06:08 GMT
I shudder to admit it but I read a rather nasty 'erotic' novel some years ago which featured a Fu Manchu style villain working in cahoots with Nazi occultists to raise some kind of demon god. Very heavy on the sado-masochistic sex and scantily clad women, it also featured a hero of the Bulldog Drummond/ Nayland Smith breed. The title was Yellow Peril, and the author was Richard Jaccoma.
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Post by noose on Jul 17, 2010 20:12:33 GMT
Picked this up a few years ago and sold it on. Originally published by Richard Marek publishers in 1978. This scan from ABE books. Plummeted depths that should have been left unplummeted...
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Post by Swampirella on Oct 20, 2016 21:21:09 GMT
i'll third Dr. Strange and Steve on recommending The Keep. i don't know how that one has escaped landing its own thread up until now, but it can only be a matter of time ... F. Paul Wilson – The Keep (New English Library, 1982) Blurb “Request immediate relocation. Something is murdering my men”.
The message, sent by Captain Klaus Woermann to German Army High Command.
The location: a medieval fortress overlooking the Dinu Pass, high In the Transylvanian Alps. Where the German garrison was being taken and murdered one by one, night after night, and left, throats torn out, to drive the survivors mad with fear.
The solution: a reinforcing squad of terror-hardened SS Einsatzkommandos.
The mistake: ignorance. The legends of Transylvania meant nothing to them. Nor the existence of an evil centuries older and hideously more powerful than anything in even the most diseased imaginings of an SS killer.Short stories; i'm sure there are LOADS, two of the most famous and pulpy being Manly Wade Wellman's The Devil Is Not Mocked (Dracula versus the Nazi's) and Robert Bloch's The Living Dead: Eric Karon, once an actor in the Paris Grand Guignol, is now collaborating with the Nazis. To keep the superstitious villagers away from Chateau Barsac where he and three radio operators are holed up, he masquerades as a vampire. Things get out of hand when Karon kills the Mayor's daughter and the locals come seeking revenge ... Also known as Underground. "The Keep" is a great book that I found and devoured as a teenager from the local library. Re-read it about 20yrs later, it was still great! Thanks to this post, I just found and enjoyed Wellman's The Devil Is Not Mocked.pdf (270.73 KB)
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Post by ripper on Oct 24, 2016 16:29:21 GMT
Graham Masterton's 'The Devils of D-Day' has been mentioned several times and I broadly echo previous comments. An interesting concept not too well executed imo. I read it about 20 years ago and tried to re-read it around this time last year, but gave up 1/4 through it.
Also previously mentioned was frozen SS men in a cave. The plot of the 1967 film 'The Frozen Dead' follows a similar concept with scientist Dana Andrews trying to resurrect various dead, frozen nazis, though I can't remember a cave. There's also a living head on a dish that impressed me mightily when I first saw the film when I was a young lad.
Finally, either a short story or radio play in which Hitler is escaping Germany in a U-boat. Somewhere in the Atlantic the submarine comes upon a boatload of civilians while surfaced. Hitler is recognised and he orders the civilians to be killed. Later, a destroyer is trying to locate the submarine and it hides in the depths of the ocean. When it tries to surface, it can't because the reanimated victims of the earlier massacre hang onto the hull and drag it to its doom. Sorry, I can't remember the title.
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Post by ripper on Oct 24, 2016 16:39:50 GMT
Not sure if it has been mentioned before, but there is James Herbert's '48.
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