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Post by allthingshorror on Oct 12, 2009 9:08:57 GMT
Panther (1976) THE PLATEAU OF DEATH
It started off as a camping trip to a remote part of Snowdonia, a plateau where, legend said, an entire Roman legion had vanished. Five eager young people under the guidance of trustworthy Harry set off into the rugged, lonely mountains, little realizing the horror in store for them, a horror which would wreak a terrible doom...
W H Canaway has written a novel of raw power, savage sex, terror and violence.
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Post by dem bones on Oct 12, 2009 9:52:22 GMT
This looks ace. For all the Straw Dogs palaver on the front, the blurb suggests more than a hint of The Hills Have Eyes, a winning combo if ever there was. And you can't beat a bit of "terrible doom".
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Post by allthingshorror on Oct 12, 2009 9:57:27 GMT
I'm going to read this book this week, and shall 'attempt' to do a wee review.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Oct 12, 2009 11:22:47 GMT
Brilliant cover and brilliant blurb. The girl on the cover is nicked from a still of Mia Farrow in Blind Terror (aka See No Evil) in The Movie Treasury : Thriller Movies. The word 'Snowdonia' puts the whole seething sex 'n' violence cauldron into perspective. The Terror Trip is a bit of a useless title, isn't it?
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Post by bushwick on Oct 12, 2009 13:20:05 GMT
Very nice cover. Clifton-Dey?
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Post by fullbreakfast on Oct 12, 2009 20:26:31 GMT
The word 'Snowdonia' puts the whole seething sex 'n' violence cauldron into perspective. The guy holding the rifle is a sheep-shagger on the prowl, no doubt about it. It's in the eyes. |
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Post by blackmonk on Nov 14, 2010 15:39:21 GMT
bit of a useless title, isn't it? It is rather crappy. The original title isn't much better, either - Harry Doing Good published in 1973. Middle-aged Harry forms a group of youngsters and takes them to Snowdonia to treasure hunt with a metal detector. They come into contact with three sheep rustlers (Egan, Lumpy and Genius) who are armed with a rifle. The rustlers imprison the group in a crumbling moorland cottage and force them to help take the sheep carcasses off the mountainside. Lumpy (named due to the numerous growths and moles on his face) takes a fancy to two of the girls and rapes them. A follow-on set-to results in one of the group being killed. Harry and his underlings then plot their escape and brutal revenge. Despite finding the characters really irritating I persevered to the end. Most all the characters had a physical of psychological defect, a withered arm; facial birthmark; epilepsy etc. Even the hitchiker they pick up has one leg shorter than the other! Lots of tea is drunk and corned beef sandwiches eaten. The youngsters parents all seen to watch and discuss Coronation Street. Aware of the peril they are in Harry makes statements like, "If they could kill all those people in the middle of the Olympic Games that time, then I should have thought on that there'd be risks in coming to a place like this." - a reference to the Munich Olympics massacre of 1972 that implies the Welsh countryside to be as dangerous as the Arab/Israeli conflict! I was expecting a potential supernatural element with the blurb mentioning a Roman legion that went missing on the plateau but there was none. Harry's balls save the day, so to speak! |
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Post by dem bones on Nov 15, 2010 15:14:08 GMT
if its half as good as that review then The Trouble Trip is even more 'must have' than it first appears!
can anyone think of some more Straw Dogs/ Siege At Trenchers Farm rip-offs? i'm sure there must've been some.
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