Author-turned-actor
Thomas Tryon wrote two of the best of pre-Stephen King horror bestsellers of the early 1970s,
The Other (1971) and
Harvest Home (1973). Here are the UK paperback editions; you can see the US editions
here. If you haven't read 'em, get to it! Such chilling delights.
They were also made into movies, of course, the former title
I've seen, while the latter was
made for TV but still starred Bette Davis. Creepy kids and malevolent old ladies...
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ReplyDeleteOoooh. These look like good old fashioned, nostalgic reads. I'm not at all familiar with Mr Tryon, but I'll be keeping an eye out for his work in my local second hand book shop. Thanks for the heads-up!
ReplyDeletejust bought a hardback ed of Harvest Home... it's next on my list...
ReplyDeleteI've read THE OTHER and have tried to read HARVEST HOME. Both novels are among the worst books I've ever struggled through. I've never understood the appeal, at all.
ReplyDeleteI loved 'em both, maybe HARVEST even a little more, but I did read them when I was in high school...
ReplyDeleteAnybody read Night of the Moonbow?
ReplyDeleteDitto, Will -- that is, I read them both in high school & thought very highly of them.
ReplyDeleteThe movie adapatation of THE OTHER I was lucky enough to see in a drive-in, as it happens.