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Post by erebus on Mar 15, 2009 17:01:16 GMT
Has this one been mentioned on the site ? Sorry I cannot scan the cover but basically its a tacky drawing of a big red eyed frog. Its baggy throat pouch on its chin features a guy struggling to break free.
The blurb on the cover reads.... FROM OUT OF THE MARSHES CAME A SLIMY SLITHERING NIGHTMARE.
Well we've had crabs, slugs, cats , rats and every concieveable insect so why not frogs.
Have'nt read it yet but when I do I will put up my views on it. Just wanted to know if anyone has seen, had or read the book. Me , I never had believed it existed till I saw it.
I will type the back cover up if need be.
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Mar 15, 2009 17:07:44 GMT
Will be interested to hear your thoughts on Croak, one of the many Hamlyns I'm still looking for. I've seen the cover before & the idea makes it sound like a must have ;D
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Post by franklinmarsh on Mar 15, 2009 20:16:09 GMT
Go erebus! I'd only ever seen the title and was praying that it was about frogs. Looking forward to your review. (Gets on high horse). For sheer rubbish When Animals Attack you can't beat Halkin's Slime (killer jellyfish).
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Post by erebus on Mar 16, 2009 18:36:41 GMT
Well I'm currently reading . Worms by James Montague. Hannibal Rising by T Harris, The 24th Pan book of Horror and Scared Stiff by Ramsey Campbell. Yep a proper mixed bag that is I know. But when Ive done Croak it is.  Maybe on a double Bill with Slime. Never got round to reading that bugger. |
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Post by erebus on Apr 4, 2009 17:08:03 GMT
Well I started Croak today and despite the silly subject matter and daft cover the book is a little belter. I'm breezing through because its such a good read and a well written one at that.
The plot ( Beware of Spoilers ) begins with large marsh filled with mating toads and most importantly their spawn whisked up in a freak electrical mini tornado vortex ..Yep ! you heard right.
The subsequent frog spawn is dumped high into trees and also onto a guy who has just butchered his wife and lover. He quickly chokes to death in the sticky plasma.
The wriggly little spawnoids get everywhere. And in one part that shocked me a young 14 year old girl naked on her bed having an erotic dream is violated by the gelatinous invaders. Yes you've guessed right they do go up there.
A guy who has ingested some spawn clogged water from his tap has gone into a mini mania. Lying in dark areas naked and venturing out only at night to lap up woodlice and burst slugs in his maw. Bluebottles fair no better. To add to this his belly has become very bloated...Hmmm I can see where thats going.
At the local public school the bully has tipped some of the offending matter into the school desert which of course is semolina BRILLIANT. The head and local nun who has been visiting have already feasted on that , as to has a timid teacher. Who has now become sex crazed and visited a soho hooker. Her death is not unlike the opening scene of the book detailing the plight of mating toads.
Sounds crazy I know but there is plot threads in the book and characters are well developed . And that is as far as I have gotten with it. I will finish it later today as its that good.
Shame this one is little seen or heard of and Is without a doubt a must have. Go search the stalls, carboots and ebay.
I'll add more once Ive finished .
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Post by dem on Apr 4, 2009 18:11:36 GMT
For sheer rubbish When Animals Attack you can't beat Halkin's Slime (killer jellyfish). Judging from erebus's review so far, i think you may have spoken a little hastily there, FM. Great going, mr. e! This sounds like everything a novel called Croak should be and more. And i bet even Tricycle doesn't tackle the evils of semolina. |
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Post by erebus on Apr 4, 2009 19:56:10 GMT
And for the record gang theres one of these on ebay as I type these very words.  |
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Apr 17, 2009 19:34:19 GMT
Thanks for the alert, Erebus, I am now the proud owner of said item (or at least I will be, when it arrives). I will get round to some reviews/dreadful ramblings of the Hamlyns at some point I swear (yes I know you've all heard that before)  |
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Post by erebus on Apr 18, 2009 20:38:46 GMT
Good lad. Hope you like it. Its a winner . |
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Sept 2, 2009 21:22:17 GMT
Enjoyed it immensely, I can't really add much that erebus' hasn't said already, except I can't help feeling this has a bit of the Lewis touch about it, just wondering if it might be him under a pseudonym. & one of the lines certainly raised a smile: "He was effette, with an air of woofter about him" |
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Post by bushwick on Sept 3, 2009 7:38:02 GMT
Jesus Christ, your avatar is Mr Noseybonk. One of the most terrifying things ever on British TV...the stuff of nightmares...
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Sept 3, 2009 7:50:48 GMT
Yeah, used to bother me as a kid (who thought he was a good idea on a kids' show?). There's some new episodes + fan art by various people on the noseybonk returns site: www.noseybonk.com/& now I'm getting right off topic ;D. Have you ever read Croak, Bushwick? |
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Post by allthingshorror on Sept 3, 2009 8:36:30 GMT
Noseybonk.... he was just all kinds of wrong. Scarred a generation, I think.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 3, 2009 8:59:56 GMT
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Post by carolinec on Sept 3, 2009 11:30:35 GMT
I don't know if you're of the Twizzle generation like me, Craig? If so, you'll appreciate this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFF26F-C_RQ(the only surviving footage left, I believe) I'd never heard of Mr Noseybonk, but Twizzle - the puppet which could stretch its limbs/neck - scared a generation of children in my time! Me? I loved it. Anyway, sorry going off topic again ... |
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Maybe on a double Bill with Slime. Never got round to reading that bugger.
