A review by tobin_elliott
Michigan Basement by Thomas Ligotti

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Gotta say, while this is Ligotti, it's also Trenz and, after reading both CRAMPTON and now this, I feel Trenz adds a bit of a "commercializing" aspect to the standard Ligottian nightmare. I find that reading Ligotti on his own is like entering a really bad dream.

But reading a Ligotti/Trenz collaboration is a slightly different experience. It's still dreamlike, but it's a touch easier to grasp, a little more mainstream. The pros and cons can be argued, however, I just choose to run with it.

And, in this case, I enjoyed the hell out of this. It's bizarre, it's mostly unexplained, and there's a lot less clowns than the source material, but overall, this is a movie I'd enjoy watching. It's got a bit of a David Lynch feel to it.