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November 19th, 2008 11:19 PM

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New Gene Simmons House of Horrors review

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From http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=214756
748&blogID=450388247, the blog of Horror film reviewer Rob Freese

Gene Simmons HOUSE OF HORRORS (2008), various writers, Simmons Comic Group/IDW Publishing

Not really a book, or even a graphic novel, this is a reprinting of the first three issues of the Gene Simmons House of Horrors comic book. I really loved this collection because most are written by guys who, while they probably didn't grow up reading the EC Comics of the '50s, they obviously grew up reading the black & white Warren Comic Magazines like Eerie and Creepy in the '70s and '80s. Here, the four color stories cover every kind of horror imaginable. My favorite story was Nymph, written by Sean Taylor and drawn by Jon Alderink; it outdoes what M. Night Shyamalan attempted to do with The Happening in twelve lean, mean, gut-wrenching pages. Other favorite stories include Crude (written by Tom Waltz, drawn by Esteve Polls), Circle Seven (written by Chris Ryall, drawn by Steph Stamb), Wings Of The Deep (written by Jason Henderson, drawn by German Torres), Acid Rock (written by Mike Baron, drawn by Gabe Eltaeb), Last Meal (written by Ivan Brandon, drawn by Jeffrey Zornow) and Chicken Warrior (by Tom Waltz, drawn by Ricardo Arreola), to name a few. Each issue includes an introduction by Simmons as well as a short terror tale from his offspring, Nick Simmons. If you dig horror comics and have missed this comic, seek out this handsome, gruesome collection for some bloody chills.

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