tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post534924206793392074..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Ancient Images by Ramsey Campbell (1989): The Wheat is Growin' ThinWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-60344030897578050232021-04-25T01:55:53.629-07:002021-04-25T01:55:53.629-07:00The Polish title of the novel was Wieza Strachu ( ...The Polish title of the novel was Wieza Strachu ( The Tower of Fear ). It was published in 1994 and had pretty cool cover art: https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/165106/wieza-strachusssshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071478598934164376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-44569993530704196232020-03-17T15:10:25.793-07:002020-03-17T15:10:25.793-07:00Regarding FLICKER, I read it about two-and-a-half ...Regarding FLICKER, I read it about two-and-a-half years ago after it had been on my TBR for ages. I liked it at first but it kept going on and on and I began to find it tedious, pretentious, and just plain silly (“sub-sub”?!). It really began to grate on me, and I can’t quite put my finger on it since I thought I was really gonna love it! Same goes for BOY WONDER, another fictional film novel Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578872853239121306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-53604965275931931662020-02-20T14:53:18.183-08:002020-02-20T14:53:18.183-08:00I really liked Flicker though.I really liked Flicker though.Griffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675128293286048756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-56387937330500302382020-02-13T09:18:46.012-08:002020-02-13T09:18:46.012-08:00Cambpell's short stories are almost always gre...Cambpell's short stories are almost always great, but his novels are hit-or-miss for me. I've loved some, I've hated some. Fortunately, this is one of the ones I loved. And I'm thinking that if you haven't read _Grin of the Dark_ yet, oh my friend, go NOW and find a copy, because if you liked this one, you'll love that one! It's got a similar "looking for lostZwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364540771153476179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-7023917016942279532020-02-11T20:14:55.243-08:002020-02-11T20:14:55.243-08:00Does anyone know what's going on with The Doll...Does anyone know what's going on with The Doll Who Ate His Mother? I thought I heard someone had acquired print and ebook rights a couple of years ago, but it still seems missing in action. TT.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14699282223544538076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-11887868096243640342020-02-05T17:55:50.652-08:002020-02-05T17:55:50.652-08:00Ancient Images is my favorite Campbell novel I'...Ancient Images is my favorite Campbell novel I've read thus far. Folk horror? A lost Karloff/Lugosi film? What's not to like?!? It's been a decade or more since I've read it, but wasn't there a scene involving an old still picture come to life...similar to the scene in "It" with Pennywise? I remember being weirded out by that scene...hope I'm remembering Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809452324368005896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-22884441130960303872020-02-05T08:52:17.754-08:002020-02-05T08:52:17.754-08:00One of my favourite RC books, too. A few years ago...One of my favourite RC books, too. A few years ago, the podcast A Very British Horror did a mock-film-review episode on Tower of Fear:<br /><br />https://podtail.com/en/podcast/a-very-british-horror/ep-34-tower-of-fear/Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082197948948958365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-83557201898384185272020-02-04T16:47:34.868-08:002020-02-04T16:47:34.868-08:00This sounds like the Campbell novel Ive been looki...This sounds like the Campbell novel Ive been looking for...and it also brings to mind the extreme folk horror of my own favorite Campbell tome from recent years: The Darkest Part of the Woods, which I will forever urge anyone even slightly interested in his work to pick up and read a masterpiece! It has the frights and underlying sadness of his best work.It really left me shook.highwaykneeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458606266831050852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-62460155640636959232020-02-03T23:14:55.245-08:002020-02-03T23:14:55.245-08:00This is one of my favorite Ramsay Campbell novels,...This is one of my favorite Ramsay Campbell novels, it's not just the respectful use of cinematic history, there's also a nod to the history of horror fiction. The lost film at the heart of the story is based off a tale written by what appears to be a thinly disguised version of M. R. James.Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885769183690278872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-23415980656195425472020-02-03T21:16:16.108-08:002020-02-03T21:16:16.108-08:00If Len Stilwell is based on a real critic, I might...If Len Stilwell is based on a real critic, I might guess Leslie Halliwell just based on the names. The author of a Film Guide noted for its "laconic comments and dismissive attitude on more recent films," Halliwell had just recently died when Ancient Images came out.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Halliwell<br /><br />Interesting piece about strongly place-based "EnglishArkhivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09708879860117997676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-54418757248229526732020-02-03T16:09:51.537-08:002020-02-03T16:09:51.537-08:00Just read this at the end of last year. It was, as...Just read this at the end of last year. It was, as you recommend in your review, my first Campbell novel. <br />I enjoyed it, mostly, but admit that the constant "out-of-the-corner-of-my-eye/oh-well-it-must-have-been-the-wind" angle became kind of annoying after awhile. <br />Although it eventually became fun, wondering in what ways he would explain away these eerie little occurrences, B-Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896200959442563077noreply@blogger.com