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Post by rogboy666 on May 26, 2014 16:01:05 GMT
Well I can't say I have ever been asked that question before. And although I think your tongue is in your cheek when you inquire I will have to say The Festering is probably one of the biggest candidates. The Thirst books add a bit. Maybe The Brain Eaters too. Infected by Scott Sigler. But perhaps the champion of them all is Hutson's Breeding Ground. Pus, Blood Gore and that one throws in Slime too. Thanks for the tips Erebus...I've not read The Festering so I'll check that out, and I'll also read up on more details about The Brain Eaters & Infected too....Oh yes, Breeding Ground is great!!( one of my fav Hutson books).....and honestly my tongue was no-where near my cheeks( oh err)- I was generally interested!
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Post by rogboy666 on May 24, 2014 16:24:43 GMT
erebus...so what would you say are you fav gore 'n' pus books, then?
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Post by rogboy666 on May 23, 2014 16:39:30 GMT
Back cover info: Friday the 13th meets Visitor Q. Apeshit is Mellick's love letter to the great and terrible B-horror movie genre. Six trendy teenagers (three cheerleaders and three football players) go to an isolated cabin in the mountains for a weekend of drinking, partying, and crazy sex, only to find themselves in the middle of a life and death struggle against a horribly mutated psychotic freak that just won't stay dead. Mellick parodies this horror cliché and twists it into something deeper and stranger. It is the literary equivalent of a grindhouse film. It is a splatter punk's wet dream. It is perhaps one of the most fucked up books ever written. If you are a fan of Takashi Miike, Evil Dead, early Peter Jackson, or Eurotrash horror, then you must read this book. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thoughts:This truly is a very extreme, odd, and ultra violent book....I can't recall the last time I felt really disturbed by the level/ type of violence in a book, but I did with this. It got me into the whole 'bizarro' genre( which is well worth check out). I've read about 6 or 7 Mellick books, and I'd say this is the most extreme, though 'Zombies And Shit' does come close...anyway well worth checking out if you after a really sick 'n' bizarre ride!
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Post by rogboy666 on May 23, 2014 15:30:20 GMT
I've Only read 5 or so Smith books thus far, so I'm far, far from a expert....but of what I've read I'd say Thirst is the most gory thus far. What does everyone else think?
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Post by rogboy666 on May 23, 2014 15:24:17 GMT
Just finished reading this a few days ago, and I rather enjoyed it. The book moved onto the gore fairly quickly, and there were some well set-up Scorpion attacks...through the explanation of how they landed up in Kent was rather vague...anyway all in all worth a look for those who haven’t read it. I'll see if I can track down Mr Linaker's 2nd Scorpion book now.
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Post by rogboy666 on May 23, 2014 15:15:28 GMT
droogie/Erebus I think I'm aware of the moive version...but have never seen, and I'll wait until I've read it first..I guess. Yes, the Nel covers a bit underwelming compaired with some of the more gory 80's covers...searching around it seems like the US version came out in 1980, and as you say Droogie it's alot better...here it is: Attachments:
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Post by rogboy666 on May 18, 2014 15:39:16 GMT
I've just picked up The Nest, in Homebase of all places....I could'nt find a thread on it here, so thought I'd make one. Anyway it's the 1982 Nel edition I've got, and by all accounts it's 'when creatures attack man' novel , and this time the creature in question are cockroachers.... and it's quite a weight tome( as this type of books go, at 400 plus pages). Anyway here are front 'n' back cover scans...... Has any one else read this one? no Spoilers( please!) :-) Attachments:
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Post by rogboy666 on May 16, 2014 16:17:50 GMT
Thanks for the Welcome, Demonik- I'll have to give some thought to Mr Masterton related posts...
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Post by rogboy666 on May 16, 2014 16:10:57 GMT
Yes, I agree the teens 'n' teacher scene was one of the more sleazy hightlights. Also the atmopshere is great too, he creates a simlar vibe in Mania. I just wish they'd been the same level of gory 'n' gooey violence as the first book...
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Post by rogboy666 on May 13, 2014 15:42:28 GMT
After really enjoying the gory 'n' gooey violence in The Thirst, I found this second book rather underwhelming in the gore side of things... Sure I think Mr Smith created a neat feeling of snow isolation, and at times the books characters were painted better than his other books...but gore wise it felt like a let down.
What's everyone else thoughts on this follow-up?
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Post by rogboy666 on May 13, 2014 15:35:05 GMT
Hi all, My names Roger, and I live near Portsmouth in the Southern Uk. I've been lurking on the board for a month or two, but thought I sign up proper 'n' all :-)
Interest wise: I've been a big fan of gory horror for years reading the like of: Richard Laymon(I have pretty much everything he put out & have read/re-read his books many times), Graham Masterton, Shaun Hutson, etc.
Over the last few months I've become quite obsessed with all manner of late 70's-to early 80's pulp horror novels, so I've found this board a great refrence point.
Anyway other than horror novels, I’m into horror movies, and a big fan of all manner of bizarre, strange, odd & noisy music/sound.
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