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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
Human Remains alone deserves a five star rating. Brilliant writing, poetry of horror. I'd recommend this book even if only for that last story in it.
Il terzo «libro di sangue» ha perso parte della freschezza (da macelleria, ovviamente) che caratterizzava invece la prima, fondamentale, raccolta della serie. Abbiamo dunque trame più classicamente horror che hanno il pregio di centrare con precisione i luoghi comuni del genere, consolidato anche attraverso queste opere. Parallelamente, Clive Barker come regista porta innovazioni all’orrore visivo con i due meravigliosi film Hellraiser e Cabal; in questo libro sembra fare il contrario, istituzionalizzando la propria scrittura per farla scorrere su un binario più tradizionale. Il racconto finale Spoglie umane ricalca una linea da favola atroce che ricorda più da vicino gli abomini visionari della produzione più celebre dell'autore. In Confessioni di un sudario (di pornografo) fa capolino l’ironia che abbondava in Infernalia, prima pubblicazione della serie. I tre capitoli cinematografici di Jeepers Creepers devono non poco al lungo racconto Testacruda Rex.
La copertina che Sonzogno ha destinato al volume è talmente brutta da non poter essere mostrata in luoghi pubblici.
La copertina che Sonzogno ha destinato al volume è talmente brutta da non poter essere mostrata in luoghi pubblici.
Of the three I've read so far, this has been the most grim. I'm not a great fan of too much gritty material in my horror. That depressing feel that emanates from some stories just reminds me too much of the real world, and if I wanted to immerse myself all the more in that kind of world I'd simply put away my novels and dive right back into real life.
Of the five stories in this volume, the only one I can say I really, really enjoyed was Son of Celluloid which was helped by being less grim and gritty than the rest, and being set in a movie theater just helped push it to the top of the pile for me. Rawhead Rex was the real surprise for me in that I've seen it mentioned a few times around the net as being the stand-out story of the bunch, which simply wasn't the case for me.
Not as enjoyable as the first two then, but my dislike for the grim realism seen in a few of these stories may have turned me against it more than it would someone else.
I think this one's no more than a 3 star collection.
Of the five stories in this volume, the only one I can say I really, really enjoyed was Son of Celluloid which was helped by being less grim and gritty than the rest, and being set in a movie theater just helped push it to the top of the pile for me. Rawhead Rex was the real surprise for me in that I've seen it mentioned a few times around the net as being the stand-out story of the bunch, which simply wasn't the case for me.
Not as enjoyable as the first two then, but my dislike for the grim realism seen in a few of these stories may have turned me against it more than it would someone else.
I think this one's no more than a 3 star collection.