The Wells of Hell

This ended up being a bit different than I thought it would be. Rather than focusing on a whole town experiencing creatures coming from the wells and attacking, you follow a few characters throughout. It focuses more on the origins of the crustacean like creatures. I really enjoyed this one, although it felt really different than most of Masterton work. It showcases yet another dimension of his writing abilities, and once again, he doesn't fail to impress. Score another one for one of my faves in the genre.

This is one of Masterton's early horror novels and as far as I'm concerned this author can do no wrong.

Back Cover Blurb:
New Milford was a peaceful old town where nothing ever happened. Until overnight the water turned a hideously sinister colour. Then Alison and Jimmy Bodine disappeared and the body of a young woman was discovered - the gory remains of an inhuman feast. Rumours of the scaly crab creatures on the outskirts of town had already thrown the citizens into a state of total terror but nothing had prepared them for the unimaginable horror of the evil that had worked its way with young Oliver Bodine's body: SOMETHING HAD CHANGED AN INNOCENT CHILD INTO A LOATHSOME, SOULLESS MONSTER, A NIGHTMARE VISION FROM THE BOWELS OF show more HELL.....
Far beneath the town a legacy as old and as evil as Satan, a legacy of supernatural force and destruction, had returned to claim fresh victims to swell the ranks of a race that sprang straight from the Wells of Hell. show less

Dans les profondeurs dorment des êtres sombres, inconnus et tout à fait infréquentables. L'un d'eux, grand parmi les grands, possède le pouvoir de changer les humains en des créatures abjectes, nées pour le servir. Il invente un virus terrifiant qui contamine peu à peu les eaux de la région, et un homme va mener une enquête pour savoir ce qui arrive à ces gens aux comportement étrange.