(pb; 1980)
From the back cover
“Cooper Falls is a small, quiet New Hampshire town, the kind you’d miss if you blinked an eye. But when darkness falls and the full moon rises, an uneasy feeling filters through the air; an unnerving foreboding that causes the skin to prickle and the body to tense.
“Because faintly from across
the water, a low moaning howl begins to rise and a massive, black shadow with
burning green eyes stalks the night. It is part man, part beast—a victim of the
past, a creature of evil—who hungers for flesh, thirsts for blood and lives to kill
again. . . again and again and again. . .”
Review
Fans of Stephen King and his creative ilk, 1950s-1970s Hammer films, sensualized Satanism and witchcraft, and small-town horror novels are the target audience of this well-written, steady-pace terror tale with multilayered characterization (even if the lead characters, Bob Wentworth and Lisa Carter, have a weird, constantly shouting at each other vibe between them, early on in their budding, melodramatic romantic relationship—one that does not bode well for realistic longevity). The ending is fun, memorable, the suitable finish for a good entry in the small-town horror subgenre. Worth owning, this.
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