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| Value for Money | 10/10 |
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| Overall rating | 10/10 |
Full review by
Dreadlocksmile
on 31st Aug 2004
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Good Points: An awesome sequel to the cult splatterpunk novel 'The Rats'. The sequel is packed with even more extreme violence and vivid depictions of the gory mutilation. An excellent release from the master of the genre.
Bad Points: Nah...you can't fault this sequel.
General comments: James Herbert, Lair - Synopsis:
"The mutant white rats had grown and mated, creating offspring in its own image. They dominated the others, the dark-furred ones, who foraged for food and brought it back to the lair. Now the dark rats were restless, tormented by a craving they could not satisfy. But the white slug-like thing that ruled them knew. Its two heads weaved to and fro and a stickiness drooled from its mouth as it remembered the taste of human flesh."
Back in 1979 we saw the release of Herbert's sequel to his splatterpunk fest 'The Rats' (released in 1974) with the release of 'Lair'. Herbert had already acquired somewhat of a cult following from his five previous novels which had founded the controversial splatterpunk genre. Returning to his debut release with this violent sequel, we were again treated to Herbert's passion for the more grotesque and nastier side of the horror genre. With 'The Rats', Herbert had set a heart-racing pace with his rollercoaster of a storyline that packed in more mutilation and gore than you can shake a stick at. Again with the sequel he has proved that he is the king of his newly founded genre with an even more splatter-filled violent blood bath of a novel. His depictions of the deaths caused by our favourite vermin are graphically vivid, throwing in as much action and suspense to make putting down the novel impossible.
'Lair' is one of my favorite ever Herbert releases and one which should be read by any fan of his work. Herbert did follow on with another installment into the rats collection with his 1984 release of 'Domain'. There was also a graphic novel released in 1993 titled 'The City' that followed on with the rats series. Neither of these two releases came close to the sheer grotesque genius that were the original two Herbert novels.
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