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Summary: To all those who shun the ancient Indain legends: Beware
Review: A suspenseful tale of an American Indian legend encountering modern day hunters in the deep woods of Canada. The Hunters become the hunted when they wander into the stalking ground of what was believed to be just a myth. Read this once and you may never want to go camping again.
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Summary: Down in the Woods
Review: I grew up running the woods and I know that the forest can be a genuinely scary place. But too often horror writers who set their tales in the woods don't capture the potential for that fear. T. Chris Martindale captures it in "Where the Chill Waits." Although not many have heard of this book, I would rate it as one of the top ten horror novels that I've read, and I've been reading them for thirty years. This is the real stuff.Charles Gramlich
Author of "Cold in the Light."
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Summary: Down in the Woods
Review: I grew up running the woods and I know that the forest can be a genuinely scary place. But too often horror writers who set their tales in the woods don't capture the potential for that fear. T. Chris Martindale captures it in "Where the Chill Waits." Although not many have heard of this book, I would rate it as one of the top ten horror novels that I've read, and I've been reading them for thirty years. This is the real stuff. Charles Gramlich
Author of "Cold in the Light."
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Summary: Great book, I was enthralled!
Review: I had heard about this book before and after reading the reviews here, I had to have it. Only problem was it was out of print! I looked everywhere trying to find it. Eventually, the Amazon people found it and shipped me a copy. To make a long story short, it is an amazing horror story that will have you hooked. Trust me on that. You may have a hard time finding the book, but it is definatly worth the trouble.
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Summary: Great book, I was enthralled!
Review: I had heard about this book before and after reading the reviews here, I had to have it. Only problem was it was out of print! I looked everywhere trying to find it. Eventually, the Amazon people found it and shipped me a copy. To make a long story short, it is an amazing horror story that will have you hooked. Trust me on that. You may have a hard time finding the book, but it is definatly worth the trouble.
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Summary: One of the best horror novels I've ever read
Review: I love this book. One of the few horror novels I've read lately that relies on solid characterization, a well-thought out story and good writing to create atmosphere and suspense rather than relying on mind-numbing doses of sex and violence to do the job. 'Chill...' is one of the only books since 'The Shining' to send chills (no pun intended) up my spine while I was reading it. Recommended to anyone who loves being scared...or who really wanted to see more of the Wendigo in 'Pet Semetary.' Here's hoping 'Chill...' gets made into a motion picture too!
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Summary: One of the best horror novels I've ever read
Review: I love this book. One of the few horror novels I've read lately that relies on solid characterization, a well-thought out story and good writing to create atmosphere and suspense rather than relying on mind-numbing doses of sex and violence to do the job. 'Chill...' is one of the only books since 'The Shining' to send chills (no pun intended) up my spine while I was reading it. Recommended to anyone who loves being scared...or who really wanted to see more of the Wendigo in 'Pet Semetary.' Here's hoping 'Chill...' gets made into a motion picture too!
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Summary: Disappointing!
Review: I really wanted to like this book, after reading all the great reviews here and then taking the time to track down a copy. But, sorry to say, this just isn't very good. Sure, there are moments and scenes of great originality, but on the whole, Martindale's book just doesn't live up to the hype. The characters aren't particularly original, especially the rotten old man who gets everyone in trouble to begin with, inviting them on a "fishing trip" that quickly gets re-routed and becomes a survival test. When a character is already halfway crazy to begin with, it's hard to feel anything when he goes over the edge completely. Also, I'm not a big fan of horror novels where the horror happens off-stage. Some of the most horrific happenings in this novel happen away from our perspective as readers of the novel and we're left to read the aftermath and try to fill in the blanks and imagine what happened. And then there were the multiple endings--come on, just pick one and stick with it, for crying out loud. The book could easily have ended 50-80 pages sooner. I'm disappointed that I spent as much as I did for a used copy of this book. You might want to look for it on eBay.
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Summary: Great Chilly Campfire Story!!!
Review: I've always been afraid of walking alone in the woods, I feel like something or someone is watching me. After reading this terrifying masterpiece what more can I say but... WOW!!!, Horror fans out there who are endlessly looking for that perfect scary story your wait is finally over. Take the best moments from Algernon Blackwood's "The Wendigo" "The Willows", James Dickey's classic "Deliverance", the super scary "Crooked Tree" by Robert C. Wilson, the ultra violent run for your life realism of "Hunter's Blood" by Jere Cunningham and that's just in the first half of the book. Exceptional writing, fully fleshed out characters, suspensful unpredictable storyline, thrilling action and a dark spooky atmosphere that seems to rise off the pages!. I was so wrung out and emotionally drained by the time I reached the exciting last chapter, I was sad because I didn't want the book to ever end. So do yourself the favor!..."Where the Chill Waits" is Outstanding and well worth any praise it has earned.
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Summary: Underrated classic....and chilling to the bone!
Review: Let me ask all you horrorgeeks a question? When was the last time you were really scared after (or when) reading a horror novel. Me it only happened a few times before, and that was with short stories by Clive Barker and Stephen King. I was also twelve years old at the time, so maybe that's saying something? Anyway, all that changed when this book came along. You guessed it WHERE THE CHILL WAITS was the first horrornovel to come along in a very long time (and I've read dozens of them) that REALLY scared me. I am in awe of T. Chris Martindale for accomplishing that feat, very few writers are that skilled and it's a shame he's only written a handful of books (that I know of). Whatever happened to you? Please don't tell me you're writing police thrillers under a pseudonym! On to the plot. WHERE THE CHILL WAITS is about this bunch of company executives who go on a hunting trip. Before you can say DELIVRANCE meets PET SEMETARY they stumble upon this dead part of the forest (quite literally dead) and, after that, all kinds of weird, and totally frightening things start happening to them.
I won't spoil it, but the plot was incredibly harrowing and unsettling and especially Martindale's descriptions of these 'haunted' woods were spot on and had me at times shaking all over when reading this book.
It's also worth mentioning that when the survivers stumble out of these woods it's only the beginning for something much more evil and vile! INCREDIBLE! Can I praise this writer too much? There have been novels written about Indian terror before (think Graham Masterton and more recently Owl Goingback) but in my opionon nobody does it as good as T. Chris Martindale.
There are also some wonderful light and comedic touches like for example the native Indian guide who just happens to be a big Star Trek fan. GREAT! This book almost had me crying afterwards, not only because it was so scary, but also because it had me yearning for the earlier days of the wonderful eighties and early nineties, when horrorfiction was enjoying a boom like never before and we had outstanding books like this (and for example Robert R. McCammon's 'Mystery Walk') and we didn't all have to buy King's 'Black House' just becauce we were so horror starved and nothing better did come along in a long, long time. Before I get too nostalgic. I have T. Chris Martindale's other books on my shelf. Whenever I get depressed I'll be sure to whip one out. Mister Martindale; YOU RULE! P.S: too bad Amazon didn't let me give this one ten stars!
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