Horror Books > Richard Laymon Horror Books

Advantages: A bit of suspense and thriller
Disadvantages: Poorly written and a but far fetched sometimes

...town and gets a job in the local Library. She feels her life is very mundane and boring and she will not be able to meet new people but then an envelope appears on her desk in the library with her name on it. She opens it to find $50 and a note with a clue which leads her upstairs to a book where she finds another envelope with a note but this time with $100. The notes are signed MOG (Master of Games) and each note has another clue which leads her ...
...in order to get the next envelope, each containing twice as much money as before. I started off really enjoying this book and thought the suspense was quite good and 'where will she be sent and what will she have to do next?' but then I thought the book started to get a little far fetched. First of all she is being sent to stranger and stranger places and being asked to do horrible things (such as walk into an abandoned house, go upstairs to an ... Read review

Advantages: ooooohhh scary
Disadvantages: oohhhhh scary

Dr Corrie Dalton thought it would be a good idea to throw an end of term party for her six summer class students.She may have thought differently had she known they would find her Ouija board and get it into there heads to play it. Reguardless of her caution they decide to try it out anyway and summon the spirit of Butler who claims that it can lead them to hidden treasure.After leading them to some cash stuffed down the back of the sofa they ...
...Before they can go any further they are interrupted by the doorbell.It's Chad the brother of Corries deceased husband she hasn't seen since he left without a word several years earlier.The students leave so Corrie and Chad can catch up (and catch up they do!!!) but not before they steal the board so they can claim the treasure Butler claims is in the mountains. When Corrie realizes what has happened the next morning she feels responsible so ... Read review

Advantages: Another gore feast from Laymon
Disadvantages: Too many sex scenes

...days of high school. In the desert she manages to injure and escape from Rodney the psycho, but she decides to go back and get the car keys off what she thinks is a dead body... Although Rodney isn't dead he soon will be when the mysterious Sharpe turns up and saves her. Pamela then awakes on a bus where the driver will not speak to her "while the bus is in motion - it's against company policy!" Pamela soon discovers the bus is full of mannequins ... Read review

Advantages: Answers questions about the Ripper
Disadvantages: It's just fiction

Follows the story of Trevor Bentley a fifteen year old boy that lives in London East End. The date is 8 November 1888 and Trevors mother has been beaten by a drunken friend of his fathers (who is deceased).After rendering the man unconscious with the fireplace poker Trevor heads out to retrieve his uncle.Finding his uncle not at home Trevor sets out on foot determined not to return home without him. After several mishaps and some nasty close ...
...warm himself.After a bit of investigating he finds the room is the dwelling of an unfortunate named Mary Kelly.Hearing voices returning to the room Trevor dives under the bed to hide. Eventually they leave and Trevor drifts off to sleep.Later he is awoken by a squeal,not a squeal of pleasure like she had been making earlier,but one filled with pain and fear.Frozen in fear he hears the wet smacking sounds of flesh being carved and blood drips ... Read review

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 "Goosebumps" or ...
...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. ... Read review