· The Woods are Dark is set in the forests of Eastern California, near Yosemite National Park. The narrative follows a group of college girls and the Dills family. Captured by the townsfolk of Barstow, they are brought into the woods and offered as sacrifices to cannibalistic savages, known as the “Krulls.” With the help of a distraught local, the two groups manage to escape. The Krulls give www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins. The Woods are Dark, one of his earliest works, shows again why he stands out from the crowd. If movies can have director's cuts, so can a book have a writer's cut. The original version of The Woods are Dark was substantially different from Laymon's manuscript and it had been left to his child to put it together the way Laymon intended/5(5). The Woods are Dark is a fast paced, gore fest, and right up my alley. There were hardly any breaks, and although usually, this leaves the reader almost breathless, Laymon does it perfectly. It's not a rush, it's fast paced in a gripping way that really makes you crave more, and I found this so impossible to put down, I passed out when reading it at night because I was so tired/5().
The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 1: The Beast House Trilogy: The Cellar - the Beast House - the Midnight Tour () The Woods Are Dark () The Woods Are Dark. Richard Laymon. Adult, Horror, Thriller. Series missing. Leisure Books / July Reviewed by: Vince A. Liaguno. The new Leisure edition of Richard Laymon's The Woods Are Dark is testament to the kindness of time to writers and their work. Closing in on thirty years since its first publication in , this classic horror tale of cannibalism finally hits bookshelves the way the late Laymon intended. Laymon's standard formula of copious amounts of gore, sexual encounters, and interesting characters is present in spades, in this, one of his first novels. Laymon fans more than likely have read "The Woods Are Dark" early in their encounters with his work, but for those new to Laymon's style of horror, this book is a definite read. ().
The Woods are Dark, one of his earliest works, shows again why he stands out from the crowd. If movies can have director's cuts, so can a book have a writer's cut. The original version of The Woods are Dark was substantially different from Laymon's manuscript and it had been left to his child to put it together the way Laymon intended. The Woods are Dark is set in the forests of Eastern California, near Yosemite National Park. The narrative follows a group of college girls and the Dills family. Captured by the townsfolk of Barstow, they are brought into the woods and offered as sacrifices to cannibalistic savages, known as the “Krulls.” With the help of a distraught local, the two groups manage to escape. The Krulls give chase. THE WOODS ARE DARK: Pure, undistilled Laymon mayhem, for better and for worse. THE WOODS ARE DARK presses the pedal to the metal on the very first page and never lets up. The enjoyment it offers is as superficial as you can possibly get, but there's something to be said for a horror story this unrelenting and unpredictable.
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