Out are the Lights

by Richard Laymon

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The vampire movie came first - the girl died in a welter of blood as the vampire bit clean through her jugular. Then came the spider film, followed by the story of the axeman. This was a horror movie series to end them all. The action seemed real, but it couldn't be - could it?

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‘Apagadas están las luces’ (Out are the Lights, 1982), de Richard Laymon, se divide en dos tramas bien diferenciadas. Por una parte tenemos a Connie, escritora, que se verá involucrada en la venganza de su ex novio. Y por otra parte, tenemos las películas snuff y el Palacio Encantado, el cine en el que se estrenan estos cortos con muertes reales, pero que la gente que asiste cree que son ficticios. Esta parte es la más sangrienta. En la parte final es cuando ambas tramas convergen. Hasta llegar aquí, la novela no tiene el ritmo trepidante habitual en Richard Laymon, pero aun así entretiene y mantiene el interés del lector.
Out are the Lights - Richard Laymon ***

Not the best Richard Laymon I have read, to be honest if this was the first book of his I picked up it would possibly be the last.

The plot is relatively simple, a horror film producer lures unsuspecting teens into dangerous situations that results in their death. The onslaught is filmed and released in another state.

as with a number of Laymons offerings there are 2 plots that merge together at the end, expect plenty of sex and splattering gore, just not a particularly great read.

Try Island or Beast house as an introduction.
The first story is a long one. I really liked that one except for the end. It could have been better. The shorter stories which I normally like were a bit of a disappointment, but all in all a good book again.
3.5 stars
El autor de "El sótano" descorre en su última novela el telón tras el cual se ocultan aberraciones indescriptibles. Cada semana, cuando se apagan las luces, el cine del pueblo proyecta una nueva película de terror. Las escenas, morbosas y sádicas, impresionan por su realismo. Los cuerpos desmembrados, las vísceras arrancadas, las decapitaciones, los banquetes antropofágicos, la sangre que mana a torrentes... todo produce una truculenta sensación de autenticidad. Los espectadores reaccionan histéricamente pero se consuelan pensando que son trucos cinematográficos...
The vampire movie came first - the girl died in a welter of blood as the vampire bit clean through her jugular. Then came the spider film, followed by the story of the axeman. This was a horror movie series to end them all. The action seemed real, but it couldn't be - could it?

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Out are the Lights

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Fiction and Literature, Horror, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PS3562 .A956 .O87Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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