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We may surround ourselves with the trappings of technology, but in the face of the powers of darkness we are as helpless as our ancestors at the dawn of time. The concrete, plastic and metal cannot keep out the vibration of the unknown which lurks rabid in unseen corners. Here, in this chilling collection first published in 1976, are stories from writers who have plumbed the dankest recesses of those terrors which haunt our sleep and bring us suddenly awake.… (meer)
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The Hands of Mr Ottermole by Thomas Burke: While rather different in plot, the atmosphere of the story suggests Hitchcock's silent film, "The Lodger", and Lang's "M". A city in the grip of terror during the deadly reign of The London Strangler! Hitchcock did adapt it for his TV show, and in 1949, the tale was voted the best crime story ever! Burke was already famous for his Limehouse stories of London's Chinese immigrants, banned in some quarters for shocking bourgeoisie sensibilities by referring to intimate relations between Chinese men and white British women 😱 Interesting that in "Ottermole", the panicked Londoners cannot believe an Englishman could commit such heinous and baffling crimes, and therefore suspicion descends on Eastern European and Middle Eastern immigrant scapegoats: plus ça change... A wonderfully executed non-supernatural chiller. 4/5🌟 The Open Window by Saki:A slight, somewhat amusing tale. Teenagers! 🙄 3/5🌟 ( )
We may surround ourselves with the trappings of technology, but in the face of the powers of darkness we are as helpless as our ancestors at the dawn of time. The concrete, plastic and metal cannot keep out the vibration of the unknown which lurks rabid in unseen corners. Here, in this chilling collection first published in 1976, are stories from writers who have plumbed the dankest recesses of those terrors which haunt our sleep and bring us suddenly awake.
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Burke was already famous for his Limehouse stories of London's Chinese immigrants, banned in some quarters for shocking bourgeoisie sensibilities by referring to intimate relations between Chinese men and white British women 😱
Interesting that in "Ottermole", the panicked Londoners cannot believe an Englishman could commit such heinous and baffling crimes, and therefore suspicion descends on Eastern European and Middle Eastern immigrant scapegoats: plus ça change...
A wonderfully executed non-supernatural chiller. 4/5🌟
The Open Window by Saki:A slight, somewhat amusing tale. Teenagers! 🙄 3/5🌟 (