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dnemec's review against another edition
3.0
I thought this was going to be totally horrible, but I was pleasantly surprised. I actually had a hard time putting it down to go to work. It was totally entertaining!
magiicalanna's review
3.0
Sehr spannend, aber auch sehr ekelerregend ab und zu. Ich bin mir sicher, dass abstoßendere und gewaltsamere Bücher geschrieben wurden.
Und es ist eher ein Thriller als wirklich gruselig.
Und es ist eher ein Thriller als wirklich gruselig.
dadoodoflow's review
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
It won me over, it feels like returning to one his films you never really liked and finally clicking with it.
mcholodewitsch's review
1.0
Tobe Hooper made one of the most important horror movies, and some other ones. With midnight movie, he cowrites a metanovel that is more in line with Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 than the original. While there is nothing wrong with that, the sequel is a great wild ride of a dark comedy, it doesn’t quite work as a novel. I think creating his documentary style filmmaking through a collection of interviews, online posts, etc works well. But how he creates horror on the page doesn’t really work. Nor does his overly juvenile stoner comedy. It’s too jumbled and ineffective to be worth recommend.
lirael's review
2.0
Felt repulsed throughout! Ugh. Wanted it to be over asap. However, the format was fun--blog posts, interviews, Twitter, website with comments, etc.
leucocrystal's review
4.0
This was nuts. In such a fun way, though. What a trip. Quick, gross, imaginative, insane, very fun read.
vylotte's review
4.0
Done in a documentary style using interviews, blog articles, twitter feed and newspaper articles, this first novel by the director of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is all that you would imagine. A movie created by the adolescent Tobe is unearthed but more than a novelty, viewing spawns a horrific disease that manifests as sexual obsessions, violence, madness and zombies. You might not think so, given the the subject matter, but it really was a fun little book.
booksandbosox's review
2.0
What a weird book. I picked this up because it's by Tobe Hooper and I wanted to see what he would do in book form. The story is told interestingly - it's like an oral history of The Game. But a lot of details were left out and the plot line felt incomplete. I didn't expect it to be logical, but it doesn't even make sense within the nonsensical context of the story. It seemed to be working overly hard to be shocking and it was, but not in a comical or horrifying way. I didn't expect all that much from this book - I guess I expected it to be scarier. So I can't say I was disappointed. Not very good.