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Old 07-11-2012, 10:24 AM
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Monsters

I am looking for a gory monster book.

When i say monster i am talking about creatures,the non human kind.

I have read the James Herbert trilogy The Rats and the Shaun Hutson`s Slugs books but what else do you recommend.

Creatures like the Relic or the Cloverfield would fit the bill.Anything that make the imagination run wild.
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Old 07-11-2012, 12:53 PM
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It by Stephen King
The Beast House series by Richard Laymon
Crota by Owl Goingback
The Return by Bentley Little
Watchers by Dean Koontz
Phantoms by Dean Koontz
Ghoul & The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene
Lurking Fear, Call of Cthulhu, Shadow Out of Innsmouth, At the Mountains of Madness, The Dunwich Horror, Haunter of the Dark, and many more by H.P. Lovecraft
They Hunger by Scott Nicholson
Crimson by Gord Rollo
The Hollower & Found You by Mary SanGiovani
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
Dweller by Jeff Strand
Monstrosity by Ed Lee
Moonwalker by Rich Hautala
The Mist by Stephen King
Clickers, Clickers II, and Clickers III by J.F. Gonzales and friends
The Keep by F. Paul Wilson
Creature by Peter Benchley
Night of the Crabs by Guy N. Smith
Monster Hunters International by Larry Correia

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Old 07-12-2012, 08:42 AM
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Cheers Bob,i`ll check some of those out.
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Old 07-12-2012, 09:50 AM
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No problem, enjoy.
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Old 07-12-2012, 08:59 PM
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Thank you

Thanks for that list, I also am a huge monster fan and can appreciate a good monster movie/book. The film industry is lacking in decent monster movies, although I did enjoy the movie Monsters (2010). Thanks again for the list of books.
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Old 07-12-2012, 10:10 PM
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That is a good list. Going to try to remember where it's located.
Here's something you might find interesting:

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Old 07-13-2012, 08:27 AM
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I have wanted to read Night of the Crabs by Guy N. Smith for over twenty years and still not done so.But i havent exactly heard good things about it.Could i have heard wrong?

Although not a book i didnt like the movie Monsters,i thought it was a great attempt and one for such a low budget but it wasnt for me.

I like my monsters to be outragiously ugly and vile and totally different to the human monsters like the vampire,to me they have become so boring.

Monsters and creatures like the ones i mentioned earlier,also King-Kong and Godzilla,The Fly,The Thing,the creatures from the mind of Ray Harryhausen,The Blob,the Triffids,Giant insects..............you kinda get my drift.But in book form.

Something to scare the bejeezus out of me.:D
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Old 07-16-2012, 03:30 PM
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Night of the Crabs itself is very good as well as the first couple of sequels but the last two are not impressive at all.
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