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rachellemarie's review against another edition
5.0
"How do you argue with a sadistic serial murderer? Answer: you dont."
This is campy horror loving fun at it finest! Plus this cover, I mean come on!!
This is campy horror loving fun at it finest! Plus this cover, I mean come on!!
b_for_book's review against another edition
4.0
Horrorama is the book version of a horror movie marathon! Horrorama brings you three novelettes reminiscent of those popcorn fueled all-nighters; Grindhouse press describe their releases as horror films from the 60/70’s, where the storylines are completely bonkers, in line with low budget B-grade movies. This is exactly what Horrorama delivers!
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This books is made up of three novelettes; all of which are completely strange and totally satisfying! The books is a really quick read and once I got started, I was sucked in and couldn’t put the book down.
“Stor-all self-storage by A.S Coomer”
Richard Dennison, is a night security officer, who lands a new job - with a strange boss and encounters even stranger people who only seem to visit their storage lockers at night. Richard is given one bit of advice - if any thing strange happens - call the police! This was COMPLETELY bonkers but completely fit the brief that Grindhouse Press wanted to achieve, this does read like a low budget movie and I bloody loved it.
“Primitive by Lucas Mangum”
The classic story of old school friends who’ve not seen each other for a while, meet-up and head up the mountain on a camping/hunting trip. I mean - nothing could possibly go wrong....ha! The friends encounter a strange, disheveled woman who is looking for her son.... and of course, there are wolves.... do they all make it back down the mountain? who is this women and what happened to her son? I LOVED THIS STORY! Again, so completely bonkers, fun and I couldn’t stop reading - I really want to watch this as a movie - I’m all here for B-grade horror!
“The Vessel by Matt Harvey”
A cult who are hellbent on reviving their dark god/master thingy.... all they need for this is a body for their master to inhabit... poor Elise Abbington awakes in the night, feeling a little unusual and on a crash course to hell! On her journey, she encounters a “deprogrammer” who is trying to stop this cult from achieving their goal.....but does he succeed or is it too late for Elise? Again, this was fun to read and I loved the strange cult vibes!
Overall, this was like entering a house of horrors from the 80’s! I lapped up the really weird vintage vibes from this book and it completely for me out of my reading slump!
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This books is made up of three novelettes; all of which are completely strange and totally satisfying! The books is a really quick read and once I got started, I was sucked in and couldn’t put the book down.
“Stor-all self-storage by A.S Coomer”
Richard Dennison, is a night security officer, who lands a new job - with a strange boss and encounters even stranger people who only seem to visit their storage lockers at night. Richard is given one bit of advice - if any thing strange happens - call the police! This was COMPLETELY bonkers but completely fit the brief that Grindhouse Press wanted to achieve, this does read like a low budget movie and I bloody loved it.
“Primitive by Lucas Mangum”
The classic story of old school friends who’ve not seen each other for a while, meet-up and head up the mountain on a camping/hunting trip. I mean - nothing could possibly go wrong....ha! The friends encounter a strange, disheveled woman who is looking for her son.... and of course, there are wolves.... do they all make it back down the mountain? who is this women and what happened to her son? I LOVED THIS STORY! Again, so completely bonkers, fun and I couldn’t stop reading - I really want to watch this as a movie - I’m all here for B-grade horror!
“The Vessel by Matt Harvey”
A cult who are hellbent on reviving their dark god/master thingy.... all they need for this is a body for their master to inhabit... poor Elise Abbington awakes in the night, feeling a little unusual and on a crash course to hell! On her journey, she encounters a “deprogrammer” who is trying to stop this cult from achieving their goal.....but does he succeed or is it too late for Elise? Again, this was fun to read and I loved the strange cult vibes!
Overall, this was like entering a house of horrors from the 80’s! I lapped up the really weird vintage vibes from this book and it completely for me out of my reading slump!
stephrabig's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
icameheretoread's review against another edition
4.0
Design-wise, this book gets a 5. It looks like an old VHS tape, and my favorite touch is that interspersed in the stories are old TV Guide listing pages that feature the story as a "feature film". It's worth the price of admission right there. The idea behind the book (a horror movie marathon) is genius. I hope this will be a series, but I hope it features a more diverse pool of authors.
I love C.V. Hunt. I read [b:Halloween Fiend|43550319|Halloween Fiend|C.V. Hunt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547344532l/43550319._SY75_.jpg|67747710] last year and it ended up being one of my favorite books. It's too bad C.V. doesn't have a story in this collection.
Sadly, it falls prey to my usual experience with story collections. Some of them are great, some of them are meh. I'm not going to get into which ones I liked and which ones I didn't. I'm still glad I read it.
I love C.V. Hunt. I read [b:Halloween Fiend|43550319|Halloween Fiend|C.V. Hunt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547344532l/43550319._SY75_.jpg|67747710] last year and it ended up being one of my favorite books. It's too bad C.V. doesn't have a story in this collection.
Sadly, it falls prey to my usual experience with story collections. Some of them are great, some of them are meh. I'm not going to get into which ones I liked and which ones I didn't. I'm still glad I read it.
raechel's review against another edition
5.0
First of all, how freaking cool is that cover??
This was an absolute blast to read! The book is going for a B-horror-movie triple feature, like something you'd rent on VHS for the weekend. And it absolutely hits the mark!
There are three stories featured here, all with the gritty horror movie aura, but with very different plots and themes.
Stor-All Self-Storage - slightly meta, about a struggling writer who takes a weird nighttime job at a self-storage location. Bizarre and very entertaining.
Primitive- parts of this gave me actual dread that I've only gotten from some horror movies. Also,it's so difficult to find good werewolf stories but this one was great!
Vessel - a very cool cult story, I loved all of these characters.
This was an absolute blast to read! The book is going for a B-horror-movie triple feature, like something you'd rent on VHS for the weekend. And it absolutely hits the mark!
There are three stories featured here, all with the gritty horror movie aura, but with very different plots and themes.
Stor-All Self-Storage - slightly meta, about a struggling writer who takes a weird nighttime job at a self-storage location. Bizarre and very entertaining.
Primitive- parts of this gave me actual dread that I've only gotten from some horror movies. Also,
Vessel - a very cool cult story, I loved all of these characters.
brennanlafaro's review against another edition
4.0
Short story anthologies are cool and all, but collected novelettes/novellas? They are less frequent, but it’s a format that works for various reasons. Last year’s Lullabies for Suffering, edited by Mark Matthews allowed its authors to explore character deeper than the standard 10-20 pages of a short story allows. A very necessary component in a book that focuses on addiction and grief. Horrorama, edited by CV Hunt utilizes the longer form for a different reason.
Each story is meant to mimic a ninety minute schlocky horror movie. Maybe it reminds of you parking yourself in front of the TV on an October evening, letting the scrolling TV guide channel be your, well, guide. Maybe it reminds you of a drive-in double (triple, in this case) feature. From the stories themselves, to the cover resembling a VHS tape, to mock-ups of an old issue of TV guides within, everything about Horrorama screams nostalgia, and despite my best efforts, that draws me in.
The strongest in the bunch is the first, Store-All Self Storage, from A.S. Coomer. The first person narration and vivid descriptions of the narrator’s new job make you not want to touch anything because it’s definitely going to be sticky. From a dull and kind of strange new job to nightly happenings that get weirder and weirder with every day that passes, Commer winds up taking us to some very messed up places. Like the kind of movie, it sets out to represent, the story doesn’t overstay its welcome.
Primitive, from Lucas Mangum, gives us the group of friends on a getaway trope. We simply assume from page one they’re not all making it off the mountain alive. What follows is a gore-riddled creature feature with enough lore and character development to keep the reader turning the pages.
I had a bit more trouble getting into The Vessel, from Matt Harvey. A cult’s attempt to revive their dark god seems the perfect cap to a triple feature of this nature. Despite the subject matter, this last offering doesn’t offer up the same cinematic, picture-this-in-your-head quality as the other two. An enjoyable enough story, it just strayed from a well put together theme.
tattooedhorrorreader's review
dark
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
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