Post by The Warden on Sept 25, 2012 1:48:13 GMT -5
Review written by: Kyle
"WARNING: SPOILER ALERT FOR COMIC.
This week I am reviewing a comic book from the 1950’s called Tales from the Crypt: The Haunt of Fear. It’s the 14th issue of the series and contains 3 chilling horror tales.
The first horror tale is called “A Little Stranger!” A man is killed with half his corpse eaten and two puncture wounds in his neck. Some people say vampire, some say werewolf. Long story short they find the killers and kill them. But they don’t stay dead for long. I loved this story. It was very well written, and the art is superb for over 60 years old, the color is great. The direction of the panels is very easy to follow and read and the language is not hard to understand at all. They don’t go to extreme with shapes of the panels and don’t put too many panels on one page. All and all I give this story 4 out of 5 NEEDLES.
The second spooky tale in this book is called “Take Your Pick!” It’s about a woman with a cheap husband who drives her crazy to the point that she kills him with a pick-axe. Again, like the last story, the writing was great. Great story. The art is fantastic. A lot of cast shadow which make up a good horror comic. The color is a bit off in some panels but all and all I don’t really have anything bad to say about this story. I did like the plot of this story more than the less so I am going to give it 4½ NEEDLES out of 5.
The next story is “Ship-Shape” Four occupants of a small plane find they need to ditch in the ocean. They inflate a life raft and come upon a derelict drifting at sea. The ship is completely covered with a strange fungus and one of them makes the mistake of trying to sample it with a pocket knife. Upon tearing the membrane a digestive-like fluid spills over him, dissolving him alive. Two of them make it back to the life raft, and are spotted by a search plane; unfortunately the raft is now infected with the fungus as it was moored to the derelict. The story for this wasn’t bad, but it did start off very slow and quickly lost my attention. Like the other stories the art is very good. Besides the story being relevantly boring, it’s not bad. They just could have done it better. I have to give this one 3 out 5 NEEDLES.
Finally, last but not least…“This Little Piggy” A British officer visits his uncle in India during the occupation. His uncle warns him off hunting the wild boars in the area which are sacred to the natives. He disregards him and kills a boar, then prepares it by boiling the hair off, roasting it upon a spit, and finally serving it on a plate with an apple in its mouth. A native servant present during the dinner witnesses this and is horrified. The uncle apologizes to the native head, but word gets out, and though the officer is to leave the area tomorrow, the natives get hold of him and give him the same treatment. This story scared the crap out of me. Ever since I saw the King Kong remake I have been terrified of natives. I do not want to be served on a dish. There are a lot of shadows that add to the effect of fright. I know this is getting repetitive, but, from an illustrator’s point of view the art is amazing and the color is great. I’ll give this story 4 out of 5 NEEDLES.
For the whole book I’ll give it an average score of 4½ out of 5 NEEEDLES
Sincerely,
The revolting reviewer, Kyle."
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horrorfansasylumreviews.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/tales-from-the-crypt/
"WARNING: SPOILER ALERT FOR COMIC.
This week I am reviewing a comic book from the 1950’s called Tales from the Crypt: The Haunt of Fear. It’s the 14th issue of the series and contains 3 chilling horror tales.
The first horror tale is called “A Little Stranger!” A man is killed with half his corpse eaten and two puncture wounds in his neck. Some people say vampire, some say werewolf. Long story short they find the killers and kill them. But they don’t stay dead for long. I loved this story. It was very well written, and the art is superb for over 60 years old, the color is great. The direction of the panels is very easy to follow and read and the language is not hard to understand at all. They don’t go to extreme with shapes of the panels and don’t put too many panels on one page. All and all I give this story 4 out of 5 NEEDLES.
The second spooky tale in this book is called “Take Your Pick!” It’s about a woman with a cheap husband who drives her crazy to the point that she kills him with a pick-axe. Again, like the last story, the writing was great. Great story. The art is fantastic. A lot of cast shadow which make up a good horror comic. The color is a bit off in some panels but all and all I don’t really have anything bad to say about this story. I did like the plot of this story more than the less so I am going to give it 4½ NEEDLES out of 5.
The next story is “Ship-Shape” Four occupants of a small plane find they need to ditch in the ocean. They inflate a life raft and come upon a derelict drifting at sea. The ship is completely covered with a strange fungus and one of them makes the mistake of trying to sample it with a pocket knife. Upon tearing the membrane a digestive-like fluid spills over him, dissolving him alive. Two of them make it back to the life raft, and are spotted by a search plane; unfortunately the raft is now infected with the fungus as it was moored to the derelict. The story for this wasn’t bad, but it did start off very slow and quickly lost my attention. Like the other stories the art is very good. Besides the story being relevantly boring, it’s not bad. They just could have done it better. I have to give this one 3 out 5 NEEDLES.
Finally, last but not least…“This Little Piggy” A British officer visits his uncle in India during the occupation. His uncle warns him off hunting the wild boars in the area which are sacred to the natives. He disregards him and kills a boar, then prepares it by boiling the hair off, roasting it upon a spit, and finally serving it on a plate with an apple in its mouth. A native servant present during the dinner witnesses this and is horrified. The uncle apologizes to the native head, but word gets out, and though the officer is to leave the area tomorrow, the natives get hold of him and give him the same treatment. This story scared the crap out of me. Ever since I saw the King Kong remake I have been terrified of natives. I do not want to be served on a dish. There are a lot of shadows that add to the effect of fright. I know this is getting repetitive, but, from an illustrator’s point of view the art is amazing and the color is great. I’ll give this story 4 out of 5 NEEDLES.
For the whole book I’ll give it an average score of 4½ out of 5 NEEEDLES
Sincerely,
The revolting reviewer, Kyle."
View the original entry here:
horrorfansasylumreviews.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/tales-from-the-crypt/