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brisamar's review
4.0
Me gustó la sensación claustrofóbica, lo encerrado que se sentía el niño, y como veía a su familia.
marianasreading's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Gore, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Blood
grayreadsmanga's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Animal death, Body horror, and Murder
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Domestic abuse
strawberryteeth's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
bookopinions's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
2.0
This truned pretty gory in the second half, nontheless there were certain boundaries that were visibly not touched, the line of nudity was not crossed for example.
The manga felt a bit cartoonish and the characters looked comicly exagerated, I wasn't really able to take them seriously, although the underlying tone seemed to be meant to go in a more sinister direction.
However, I did enjoy the wtf-moments and the way that the story went apeshit with it's climax. I would have apreciated a clearer ending but then again, I haven't read the following volumes yet, so maybe there's something coming into play later on. As for now, it made the gore in the story seem a bit purposeless.
Overall super disgusting while staying simple on the details.
The manga felt a bit cartoonish and the characters looked comicly exagerated, I wasn't really able to take them seriously, although the underlying tone seemed to be meant to go in a more sinister direction.
However, I did enjoy the wtf-moments and the way that the story went apeshit with it's climax. I would have apreciated a clearer ending but then again, I haven't read the following volumes yet, so maybe there's something coming into play later on. As for now, it made the gore in the story seem a bit purposeless.
Overall super disgusting while staying simple on the details.
lovewitch's review against another edition
5.0
I bought it because i wanted a cheap book and although i'm not a fan of manga it was only 1euro and it is horror so i gave it a shot and it was suprisingly excellent
doomluz's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The trippiest and creepiest of the Hino Horror collection I've read so far
poisoned_icecream's review against another edition
5.0
I read this at least once every year and I always end up enjoying reading about this freakish family who makes the Addams family look normal in comparison.
xterminal's review against another edition
4.0
Hideshi Hino, Hino Horror, vol. 1: The Red Snake (DH Publishing, 2004)
I've read some of the Hino Horror series before, but I've never attempted a systematic approach; this is the first time I've read the first volume in the series, and of those I've read, it's the one that seems most like Hino's earlier, more graphic/misanthropic work. The narrator of the tale is a young boy who lives in a house with his crazy family, including a grandmother who believes herself to be a chicken, a father who raises chickens (so mother can use the eggs as a treatment for a huge growth on grandfather's face) and bugs to feed them (for which his sister has a sexual fetish). They live in a small portion of the house, the rest closed off by a huge mirror that, grandfather says, holds back demons. And one night, our humble narrator has a dream that he goes beyond the mirror...
If you're not used to Hino, who made his mark with such brutal manga as Panorama of Hell and as a director of extreme gore films (he was the director on the first two movies in the infamous Guinea Pig series), then you may find this pretty shocking. (One way or the other, there's something in here to gross you out.) Veterans of Hino's earlier work who know what they're in for won't have the same reaction, but he's still at least reaching for, if not pushing, the envelope at this point. *** ½
I've read some of the Hino Horror series before, but I've never attempted a systematic approach; this is the first time I've read the first volume in the series, and of those I've read, it's the one that seems most like Hino's earlier, more graphic/misanthropic work. The narrator of the tale is a young boy who lives in a house with his crazy family, including a grandmother who believes herself to be a chicken, a father who raises chickens (so mother can use the eggs as a treatment for a huge growth on grandfather's face) and bugs to feed them (for which his sister has a sexual fetish). They live in a small portion of the house, the rest closed off by a huge mirror that, grandfather says, holds back demons. And one night, our humble narrator has a dream that he goes beyond the mirror...
If you're not used to Hino, who made his mark with such brutal manga as Panorama of Hell and as a director of extreme gore films (he was the director on the first two movies in the infamous Guinea Pig series), then you may find this pretty shocking. (One way or the other, there's something in here to gross you out.) Veterans of Hino's earlier work who know what they're in for won't have the same reaction, but he's still at least reaching for, if not pushing, the envelope at this point. *** ½
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