Apeshit
As a long time horror fan, I'm tough to gross out and/or disturb, but this book just about managed to do it. Mellick's take on the classic "teenagers go to a remote cabin in the woods, crazy things happen" is so amped up, so extreme, so incredibly messed up, that's sort of mesmerizing in a way. I think what I liked the most is how the author peels back layers upon layers (figuratively and literally) from the main characters revealing the ugliness and profound degree of "messedupness" that makes
What the fuck can I say about Apeshit, well pretty often, almost as easy as the flip of a coin, the story went from flat-out batshit crazy to head shaking incredulous wonder. We have six college kids taking off for a break to a country retreat, one of the kids grandfather has died and left him the cabin. So thats where they are heading. There's plenty of weirdness in this story, on the way up the perilous mountain road to the cabin they run past an area full of dead animals and a random dead
I really don't know how to rate this so I'm not going to do that. This is one of the most messed up things I've ever read. I expected something more along the lines of Zombies and Shit! but I didn't find Apeshit entertaining in the slightest. It's just too dark and tonally weird to really 'entertain'. Don't get me wrong, a lot happens in this book, and I did make it to the end, but I'm hard-pressed to say what exactly kept me interested. Maybe it was just the characters and their dynamics. They
Six characters bring all their dysfunctions and emotional baggage to a cabin in the woods up on Turtle Mountain. Desdemona is a cheerleader with a mohawk and covered in butterfly tattoos. She is in a threesome relationship with Kevin and Rick (who has recently undergone a sex change but not to be a woman, just a guy with a vagina). Crystal has an abortion fetish. She and her 'lover', Jason, can't get off unless they're looking at black market photography of said operations. Stephanie has vagina
Speaking as someone who's read --and completely enjoyed-- a lot of crack fic, parody novellas, and disturbing horror stories; this was extremely badly written crack fic at its worst. Perhaps there are people who want to read stories where none of the characters are relatable, redeemable, or even remotely realistic. It tries so hard to shock while not realizing that you have to care to some degree to be shocked. The characters are so removed from reality that it's impossible to care for them even
There's a big bunch of goresque stuff going on here. Six guys -three boys, three girls- decide to spend a weekend at a lost cabin in the woods. But soon things will turn up really bad for them. This is a classic re-tell of FRIDAY 13th with a twisted bizarro vision. Fans of gore-y and splatter movies might definetely enjoy it. (Not really my thing), but it is a catchy story with interesting plot points. The most appealing thing for me in this book was the weird web of relationships among the six
Carlton Mellick III
Paperback | Pages: 178 pages Rating: 3.7 | 1118 Users | 147 Reviews
List Regarding Books Apeshit
Title | : | Apeshit |
Author | : | Carlton Mellick III |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 178 pages |
Published | : | October 22nd 2008 by Avant Punk Books/Eraserhead Press |
Categories | : | Horror. Bizarro Fiction. Fiction. Splatterpunk. Fantasy. Weird Fiction. Novels. Science Fiction |
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Friday the 13th meets Visitor Q. Apeshit is Mellicks love letter to the great and terrible B-horror movie genre. Six trendy teenagers (three cheerleaders and three football players) go to an isolated cabin in the mountains for a weekend of drinking, partying, and crazy sex, only to find themselves in the middle of a life and death struggle against a horribly mutated psychotic freak that just wont stay dead. Mellick parodies this horror clich and twists it into something deeper and stranger. It is the literary equivalent of a grindhouse film. It is a splatterpunks wet dream. It is perhaps one of the most fucked up books ever written. If you are a fan of Takashi Miike, Evil Dead, or Eurotrash horror then you must read this book.Details Books In Favor Of Apeshit
Original Title: | Apeshit (Avant Punk Book Club) |
ISBN: | 1933929766 (ISBN13: 9781933929767) |
Edition Language: | English |
Rating Regarding Books Apeshit
Ratings: 3.7 From 1118 Users | 147 ReviewsCriticism Regarding Books Apeshit
This book started really well for me. The story was already fairly obvious which kinds of teen slashers it was going to be spoofing and the characters were breaking all the stereotypes of the horror movie group of teens. I was sold. However, as the story progressed further I felt like I wanted a refund. The story remained entertaining throughout but not necessarily in a good way. More in a 'oh my god, what the fuck?' kind of way. Which, I guess means the author still did their job but the moreAs a long time horror fan, I'm tough to gross out and/or disturb, but this book just about managed to do it. Mellick's take on the classic "teenagers go to a remote cabin in the woods, crazy things happen" is so amped up, so extreme, so incredibly messed up, that's sort of mesmerizing in a way. I think what I liked the most is how the author peels back layers upon layers (figuratively and literally) from the main characters revealing the ugliness and profound degree of "messedupness" that makes
What the fuck can I say about Apeshit, well pretty often, almost as easy as the flip of a coin, the story went from flat-out batshit crazy to head shaking incredulous wonder. We have six college kids taking off for a break to a country retreat, one of the kids grandfather has died and left him the cabin. So thats where they are heading. There's plenty of weirdness in this story, on the way up the perilous mountain road to the cabin they run past an area full of dead animals and a random dead
I really don't know how to rate this so I'm not going to do that. This is one of the most messed up things I've ever read. I expected something more along the lines of Zombies and Shit! but I didn't find Apeshit entertaining in the slightest. It's just too dark and tonally weird to really 'entertain'. Don't get me wrong, a lot happens in this book, and I did make it to the end, but I'm hard-pressed to say what exactly kept me interested. Maybe it was just the characters and their dynamics. They
Six characters bring all their dysfunctions and emotional baggage to a cabin in the woods up on Turtle Mountain. Desdemona is a cheerleader with a mohawk and covered in butterfly tattoos. She is in a threesome relationship with Kevin and Rick (who has recently undergone a sex change but not to be a woman, just a guy with a vagina). Crystal has an abortion fetish. She and her 'lover', Jason, can't get off unless they're looking at black market photography of said operations. Stephanie has vagina
Speaking as someone who's read --and completely enjoyed-- a lot of crack fic, parody novellas, and disturbing horror stories; this was extremely badly written crack fic at its worst. Perhaps there are people who want to read stories where none of the characters are relatable, redeemable, or even remotely realistic. It tries so hard to shock while not realizing that you have to care to some degree to be shocked. The characters are so removed from reality that it's impossible to care for them even
There's a big bunch of goresque stuff going on here. Six guys -three boys, three girls- decide to spend a weekend at a lost cabin in the woods. But soon things will turn up really bad for them. This is a classic re-tell of FRIDAY 13th with a twisted bizarro vision. Fans of gore-y and splatter movies might definetely enjoy it. (Not really my thing), but it is a catchy story with interesting plot points. The most appealing thing for me in this book was the weird web of relationships among the six
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