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We come at least the final story, about a caving expedition that goes wrong and the personal impact of it. Rounding out the collection is the Epilogue which fills in one gap while reminding us the themes of the collection.
A small acting troupe is launching a play in an old disco hall. Dripping water sends one of the crew up to investigate where he discovers something otherworldly. The most meta of the stories, and one of my favorites though the ending might irk some.
A fairly satisfying horror story about a quick sailboat excursion brushing up against something darker. It spends little time on speculation and more on the social awkwardness of the situation, which is perhaps what makes it work so well.
A divorced mom navigates a sense of dread as a series of strange coincidences lead her to suspect something sinister is going on with the water in her apartment building. A subtle horror story about the growing weight of old generations.
A nunsploitation horror that belts out several gross notes and moments of fairly extreme cruelty but which still manages to tell an engaging story. Only for those who are ok with the harder edge of horror, but when it hits it hits.
Moan is the 2025 English Version of the 2013 Japanese Language Junji Kessakusha 8: Umeku Haisuikan which, in turn collects Junji Ito’s short stories from the early 90s. If you like Junji Ito, you’ll like it. It is not the strongest collection, but Blood-Orb Grove and Flesh Colored Mystery are both worthy of further note, and others will spark interest.
Nevill hits all the right notes in one of the best paced and balanced books of his long and (hah, pun!) storied writing career. While already a fan, this story of kayakers caught up in the tail-end of a much broader horror tale has helped to rekindle a spark. Too bad I’ve read pretty much everything by him, eh?
This hybrid ghost- / animatronic-horror movie coasts on a mixture of good visuals and the good chemistry of the sibling pair at its core but regularly slams into walls of non-sense. More a missed-chance than modern classic but fair enough when it just lets the cast shut up and the screen do the talking.
Jeff Long’s The Descent is a hefty novel overfull of plot and characters, many elements that are simply too underdeveloped to stand up to their own weight. Still, throughout its labyrinthine plotlines and setting, there are many elements that make it an interesting read.