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A review by joshgauthier
Night of the Ghoul by Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.5
A fantastic mashup of classic creature horror films with a modern twist, all framed through dual stories of fathers and their sons. A search for a lost monster movie leads to a secret history and an all-to-real danger in this dark adventure of cults, creatures, and the fate of the world.
Snyder's writing carries a longstanding tradition further, balancing a range of elements across a well-paced and gripping story. At the same time, Francavilla's bold art and shifting color palate captures the mystery and the horror of the modern story as well as the film footage that underlies it. Moments of turmoil and chaos unfold in a rush of panels across the page while the rest of the sequences unfold in more traditional fashion. The human and the monstrous are large and often unsettling as these two characters find themselves plunging into a nightmare beyond anything they are prepared to face.
Not for the faint of heart, <i>Night of the Ghoul</i> is a sendup to a past era that still looks for the lives of the characters at its heart. It's a wild ride well worth taking the time to read.
Snyder's writing carries a longstanding tradition further, balancing a range of elements across a well-paced and gripping story. At the same time, Francavilla's bold art and shifting color palate captures the mystery and the horror of the modern story as well as the film footage that underlies it. Moments of turmoil and chaos unfold in a rush of panels across the page while the rest of the sequences unfold in more traditional fashion. The human and the monstrous are large and often unsettling as these two characters find themselves plunging into a nightmare beyond anything they are prepared to face.
Not for the faint of heart, <i>Night of the Ghoul</i> is a sendup to a past era that still looks for the lives of the characters at its heart. It's a wild ride well worth taking the time to read.