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ISBN:	0751507318 (ISBN13: 9780751507317)
Characters:	Jack & Randy Reed, Father Bell, Quintus Miller
Setting:	United States of America

Walkers Paperback | Pages: 345 pages

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Title	:	Walkers
Author	:	Graham Masterton
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 345 pages
Published	:	1991 by Time Warner Paperbacks (first published September 1989)
Categories	:	Horror. Fiction

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Ah, Mr Masterton. People think horror, they think King, Straub, Herbert, Barker, etc. I think that Graham Masterton should be up there as a...ahem, master. He constantly writes tight, gripping, balls-to-the-wall horror. Walkers is no exception. Jack narrowly avoids running down a child in a grey hooded jacket, and pursues the figure into the woods on foot. He there discovers a grand building, unseen from the road and instantly falls in love with it. With plans to covert the dilapidated house into a country club, he starts to inquire about it. Unfortunately, The Oaks used to be a home for the criminally insane, and inside the crumbling walls, the one hundred and thirty five maniacs still reside, despite all the inmates mysteriously vanishing one night in 1926. On an impromptu inspection of the place, Jack finds that his son is missing, like he's vanished into the walls themselves... This is the perfect amalgamation of two Masterton books I have previously read: The House That Jack Built and Ritual. In Ritual, we have a desperate father trying to save his kidnapped son, and in House, we have the wonderful sprawling haunted house akin to The Haunting. Walkers has elements of both. First off: gore. Lovely, lovely gore. Masterton sets up a strong cast of supporting characters, which will always prove to be lots of meat for the grinder. He even lets the chaos run free, so that no one in Milwaukee is safe! This gives us plenty of mini stories within the plot were we see everyday characters meeting various sticky ends. I love it when books do this! I think the biggest plus point in this story is that we start with standard, yet very atmospheric, very creepy haunted house fare. While I appreciate haunted house novels (and as people who follow my reviews will know, they crop up a fair bit) the big reveal is usually...ghosts. While this may be the case here, Masterton gives them a very unique spin on how they exist and how they can attack and kill. The result is an enigmatic blend of, say the movies 1000 Maniacs and Tremors! I'll admit that some parts may border on the far-fetched, but it all adds to the fun. The pace is on the nose and it never lets up. What I call the squeam-factor is there in spades. Trust you, Graham! The edition I read was part of an omnibus alongside Ritual, one of the most squeamish books I've ever had the pleasure of reading. Together, and due to their refusal to be put down, this is one of my favourites. Any horror fan should let their hair down, settle in and have some fun with this little gem. Highly recommended.

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best book ever!!! Read in 1992

A horror set in a disused mental institution inhabited by resentful psychopaths - it's a winner!

This is my first Graham Masterson that I've bought and read. I ordered it off of Amazon a few months ago but never really got around to reading it. I had never even heard of him until I had searched for the greatest horror authors. I was NOT disappointed. I read this book in lightening speed. I just couldn't put it down. From page one I loved it. There wasn't a boring part of the book. It was very well written and captivating. This book reminded me of how I felt when I was young and had

Jack stumbles upon an abandoned mansion in Wisconsin. He wants to convert it into an upscale country club and resort. He puts in an offer to anonymous owners and they accept. He finds out it used to be a nursing home/ asylum. many of the patients disappeared without a tract. As the remodeling of the property is under way, strange, scary things begin to happen. Research on the location link it to the convergence of powerful supernatural lines of the earth.

A really nice, solid eighties horror novel. For those of you who are not familiar with eighties horror novels, that was the period where setting up an atmosphere, establishing characters, and scaring the reader was more at the fore of horror fiction than rape scenes and outrageously dull gore. This novel is a quick, satisfying read. There are a few scenes where the character's action left me scratching my head, but overall the writing is strong enough to get the reader to drink the Kool-Aid.



Don't let the cheesy cover art fool you -- I immediately regretted judging this particular boom by it's cover! I thought it was going to be a delightfully corny 80's horror story and it was actually creepy enough to make me contemplate sleeping in my chair instead of walking down the hallway to my bedroom. Creepy houses with people in the walls? Brr.