Charnel House

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Summary: charnel house
Review: been a huge fan of masterton's for years-finally have his complete collection of horror and this was a great read(again).

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Summary: MASTERTON'S FIRST GREAT BOOK
Review: Charnel House was not Graham Masterton's first novel but it was his first BIG novel and the first that really garnered him some serious attention in the horror genre. The novel itself is about an investigation into a house that has a strange life of its own. The owner, Seymour Wallis thinks his house is breathing. A private Detective, John Hyatt, comes into investigate and finds something quite sinister. What appears at first to be a typical haunted house novel soon becomes something quite original, with a demon staging its own resurrection in a horrific way. To say much more would spoil too much of the plot. It's been well over 20 years since I first read this book but I still think it's one of his best.

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Summary: very scary and highly researched about indian folklore
Review: I read the book in 1980. The story deals with an ancient indian witch doctor who, by manipulation of innocent people, tries to come back to life.

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Summary: Early Masterton
Review: I'm a huge fan of Masterton's work and although CHARNEL HOUSE is one of his earlier novels I just recently got around to reading it. Masterton has a talent for taking real myths and bringing them into a modern day context. He does his homework on the subject and it makes his work credible and very eerie. CHARNEL HOUSE is about an American Indian demon that has orchestrated it's rebirth into our world through an old house in San Francisco. It becomes apparent to a small group of people that all of humanity is on the brink of extinction should the demon succeed. Things go from bad to worse as they rally themselves to try and stop it and there's some genuinely creepy elements to the story. I think so highly of Masterton it's hard for me to be critical, but it's fairly transparent that this is his early work. He was just starting to hit his stride with this novel (in my opinion) and it's a little rough in places and not as convincing (especially towards the end,) as most of his later work. It's still good stuff, however, and recommended to Masterton fans and horror fans.

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Summary: If you hear breathing in your house, GET OUT!!!
Review: This book is about a spirit of a Indian medicine man who wants to get back at the white people for killing his kind. Great book to read for being his 3rd book, but the ending was one you can live without. I loved the plot and the gore and suspense. I recommend this book to all MASTERTON lovers!!