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Sto caricando le informazioni... Video Palace: In Search of the Eyeless Man: Collected Stories (edizione 2020)di Dr Maynard Wills (Autore), Nick Braccia (A cura di), Michael Monello (A cura di)
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A collection of chilling stories from the leading writers in horror and suspense exploring elusive urban legends. In the popular documentary podcast, Video Palace, Mark Cambria, aided by his girlfriend Tamra Wulff, investigated the origins of a series of esoteric white video tapes. Cambria went missing in pursuit of these tapes, but not before hearing whispers of an ominous figure called the Eyeless Man. Fascinated by the podcast and Cambria's disappearance, Maynard Wills, PhD, a professor of folklore, embarks on his own investigation into the origins of the tapes and the Eyeless Man, who he believes has lurked in the dark corners of media culture and urban legends for at least seventy-five years. As part of his study, he has invited popular writers of horror and gothic fiction to share their own Eyeless Man stories, whether heard around the campfire or experienced themselves. Get swept away in this thrilling and terrifying collection of tales to read at your own risk! Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.087380806Literature English (North America) American fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Horror fiction; Ghost fiction Horror fiction CollectionsClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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I liked the structure of the book, framing a series of short stories from different authors with one professor's obsessive search for the truth. The stories are interspersed with notes from the professor detailing the progress of his search, as well as his own descent into madness. The collection appears to be based on a podcast, and everyone involved is writing with such honesty and earnest that it started to mess with my mind (like is there even a Eyeless Man mythos or is it all just made up for this book?).
I've never done hard drugs (great way to start a sentence), but I've always been intrigued by psychedelics, lucid dreaming, thought control experiments, and so forth. Stands to reason those elements of the story were the most interesting to me, and also why my favorite stories were "Ranger Ronin Presents...," "The Inward Eye," and " Ecstatica".
As with all collections, some stories were better than others. At about the halfway point it all started to feel fairly repetitive though, and I began to lose some interest. I did appreciate attempts to portray the Eyeless Man in different ways, but most hit the same basic beats. There's definitely some creepy scenes, but the scares also began to lose their luster. I could see this working well in a visual medium (perhaps a TV show?).
3.5 stars rounded up for Goodreads. ( )