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3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining but dumb, Jun 16 2003

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Chris Lee Mullins (Highlands Ranch, CO) - See all my reviews
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The Nightmare People opens with a bang, quite possibly the 2nd best opening chapter I've ever read (Blood Music by Connelly being the first).

Ed Smith spies a particularly hideous monster peering in his window one hot August evening. He halks it up to a waking dream or hallucination, only to find out the next morning that all 200 occupants of his apartment complex have gone missing. Those neighbors are eventually found, but have apparently been replaced by...otherworldly creatures wearing their skins.

The plot is downright implausible and silly. The author throws in some rather idiotic complications to delay Smith and his band of "nightmare people killers" from going to the police. It seems fairly obvious that Watt-Evans wrote himself into a corner here.

There are some very audacious set-pieces in this book, some that make you shiver to your very bones. The creatures in this novel aren't circumspect about their purpose - call one of the telephone (yes, they'll answer) and it'll be more than happy to tell you about its (evil) purpose in this world.

Characterization, beyond the main character, is lacking but to be expected of a 200 page book. The action is fast, lose, and while nonsensical, ends up being satisfying. I found the final resolution to be a tad pat, almost "deus ex machina"-like, but I'm still glad I read it.

Given a few changes, such as the creatures' main weakness, this would make a very scary horror movie.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Truly Frightning Story, April 17 2000

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Keeron (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightmare People (Paperback)

I first read this book years ago when my friend(who,like myself, has read many horror novels) told me that this book actually scared him. I, of course, had to read for myself. Never before in all my reading has a book given me the willies like this one. I had a hard time going to sleep for weeks afterward. This book was passed on to every skeptic (macho guys as well) and every one, to the last, was physically scared by it. Great read if you can find one. The original copy I had was lent out and never returned. Whenever I see a used bookstore,espcially when travelling, I always stop in to see if I can find a copy. No luck yet. I guess anyone who ever owned it knew not to let such a gem out of their hands. If you can, READ THIS BOOK! I guarantee you'll be scared (but loving every minute of it!).

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5.0 out of 5 stars CHILLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Mar 2 1999

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bageera00@yahoo.com (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightmare People (Paperback)

this book will make you look at people differently

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