Out Are The Lights is interesting because it contains one novella and five other short stories. The big story though, is obviously the most important thing about this book.
Although I found it quite an enjoyable read, I thought the storyline was a little cheesy. The plot is that there ... Read review
The vampire movie came first - the girl died in a welter of blood as the vampire bit clean ... more
through her jugular. Then came the spider film, followed by the story of the axeman. This was a horror movie series to end them all. The action seemed real, but it couldn't be - could it?
Advantages: Scary, and quite original Disadvantages: Wanders off topic sometimes
Out Are The Lights is interesting because it contains one novella and five other short stories. The big story though, is obviously the most important thing about this book.
Although I found it quite an enjoyable read, I thought the storyline was a little cheesy. The plot is that there is a couple of mad people out there who put people into various horrific situations, film them and sell it to a film. company. It all sounds a little ... ...
All in all Out Are The Lights isn't bad. As a Richard Laymon fan I was quite dissapointed, but it's not exactly the worst book I've read. There are parts of the story I will always remember, but I wouldn't pick it up and read it again, unless it was for one of the short stories. ... more
Out Are The Lights is interesting because it contains one novella and five other short stories. The big story though, is obviously the most important thing about this book.
Although I found it quite an enjoyable read, I thought the storyline was a little cheesy. The plot is that there is a couple of mad people out there who put people into various horrific situations, film them and sell it to a film. company. It all sounds a little "Goosebumps" or "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?" to me. Keeping in mind however, I believe this was written in the early 90's, so this kind of thing wouldn't seem as "lame" back then. It does make for a good climax to the story. I won't go into too much but I will say that I would be lying if I said my heart wasn't racing at the end.
There is another side to the story too though, and from start to finish the only thing it seems to involve is a husband and wife having troubles, meeting other people and splitting up. There are sex chapters a plenty (As is normal in any modern book these days) but for this book it seems to be sex just for the sake of throwing it in, it doesn't really effect the storyline.
The five short stories are great. My personal favorite is "The Tub", which just sends a shiver down your spine.
All in all Out Are The Lights isn't bad. As a Richard Laymon fan I was quite dissapointed, but it's not exactly the worst book I've read. There are parts of the story I will always remember, but I wouldn't pick it up and read it again, unless it was for one of the short stories.
Advantages: short,sharp thrills that end with a bite Disadvantages: stories are too short to have a major impact
Out Are The Lights is a collection of one novella and five other short stories-all with a short,sharp shock at the end-reminiscent of the old Tales From The Crypt comics and their ilk from the sixties and seventies.
Starting with the title story,this short mini-novel tells the story of a delapitated theatre which re-opens for the showing of classic horror movies-showing two or three films a night interspersed with little shorts directed by an unknown ... ...nature-shot on amateurish film and displaying a very realistic amount of blood and gore.Almost like short snuff films in fact.....something that becomes more suspicious when a visitor to the movie theatre on a date recognizes one of the actresses as an old school friend even though her voice has been dubbed over!!
As with many of Laymon's other novels,Out Are The Lights seems to feature two independent sets of characters whose lives appear completely ...
sparkymarky1973 23.08.2006
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Advantages: Interesting ideas Disadvantages: Only occasional flashes of brilliance
Out Are the Lights is one of Laymon's early books, and depending on which edition you buy, it also comes with five short stories. The main novel is the story of a series of films which are shown at a cinema, and appear to show people actually being murdered, though of course no one can really believe that. For the most part the novel is competent, but nothing special, but there is one moment of brilliance which raises the novel above the average. ... ...genius, and then carries it out with flair, that makes this novel stand out. It is the first sign of the sort of thing Laymon would go on to do in later novels. The short stories which are included are OK, but in my opinion Laymon needs a longer format to really shine, and his novels are always better than his short stories. ...
philsammie 13.07.2000
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The vampire movie came first - the girl died in a welter of blood as the vampire bit clean through her jugular. Then came the spider film, followed by the story of the axeman. This was a horror movie series to end them all. The action seemed real, but it couldn't be - could it?
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