4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Overall a great anthology, July 10 2005
By Reb - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Vampires (Paperback)
Great collection of stories by a variety of authors; Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Kim Newman, Bram Stoker, to name a few. I liked "Midnight Mass," best, the story of a priest, a Jew, and vampires, as it brought up some interesting theology questions. I have wondered since I was a kid how Jewish people protect themselves from vampires. What a great story. The best stories, IMHO, were the novellas at the end, "Midnight Mass," "Yellow Fog," and, "Red Reign." There are shorter stories that are great, but the novellas made the book for me. There were only two stories that didn't interest me and I skipped. That's not bad for such a large book, and believe me, it lives up to its name, it is big!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Reading with Tequila, Oct 23 2009
By Jennifer Sicurella - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Mask of the Night (Paperback)
Each one had at least one twist to the vampire lore that I had never seen before and enjoyed immensely. Unfortunately, while those four stories were exceptional, the remaining 25 were not. While none of the stories were bad, they all seemed to lack something new or different. They failed at grabbing my attention. 75 pages of some of the best vampire fiction I've ever read just isn't enough to carry the rest of this book.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic vampire tales; both alluring and haunting., Oct 8 1997
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Vampires (Paperback)
This collection contains some of the best known writers in the genre: Clive Barker, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch, Edgar Allen Poe, Richard Christian Matheson, Graham Masterton, Melanie Tem and Basil Cooper. Most of these tales are modern-day although there are a few classics peppered throughout. The Mammoth Book of Vampires represents the variety of tales and legends to its fullest extent.