Splatter-Punks: The Definitive Anthology

by Paul M. Sammon, Nancy A. Collins, Ray Garton

Book Overview

Driven and Reckless, the young writers who lead the splatterpunk movement have one rule: "There are no limits". Editor Paul Sammon--himself a talented writer and moviemaker--has assembled the first... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312045816
• ISBN13: 9780312045814
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

a bit extreme, but entertaining

I recently bought this book and devoured it in two days. I found it extremely entertaining and thought provoking. Some people have called splatterpunk unnecessarily disgusting, shocking just for the sake of being shocking, but I don't agree. Once you get past all the gore, the only shocking thing about most of these stories is the messages they are trying to convey. Incest, rape, murder - those things are shocking, and they happen every day. It seems to me that the authors in this book are simply trying to get readers to look at the horror that goes on every day and think about it, rather than just change the channel to something more aesthetically pleasing. Besides the seriousness of those issues, there are a few tales included in this book which should make you laugh out loud if you have any sense of humor at all. I highly recommend both Splatterpunk I and II.

Great Book! (*BARF!*) ...IF you can stomach it.....

This has to be the SICKEST, MOST REPULSIVE book I have ever read, yet it's still VERY scary and disturbing, and all of the stories and essays are well written. Pleasent Dreams.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

It will haunt you for the rest of your life

"Abandon all hope , ye who enter", is what should be written on the first page of this book. Abandon all hope of ever ridding your mind of the horrific images conjured up in this collection of depraved short stories, Richard Christian Matheson's RED, a mere two pages, is the most horrifying, discusting,perversity of circumstance I have ever read in my life;I have never forgotton it and still have periodic nightmares where I wake up screaming and clawing at the air... And I'm not even going to think about "Crucifax Autumn" by Ray Garton, it makes my gag reflex violently act up..... If there is one book to buy, or fear it is "Splatter Punks"..

This book made me sick and thats a commpliment!

Many of theses tales made me uncomfortable with their depravity and sexual violence. However if you can stomach it -read on. The stories themselves are worth reading but some of the commentary in between is verbose. Not for entry level horror fans or the weak of heart.