Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Tyke Tiler not being a boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint dave Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 'Salems Lot - The Death of Charlie Rhodes https://jayrothermel.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-lonesome-death-of-charlie-rhodes.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 8 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: I have a book of his short stories and one was about a set of windup walking mechanical teeth that come to life and save someone from a car jacking by biting the perpetrator to death. It was quite funny. Loved King's short story collections when I was a young shaver. Clive Barker had a surreal short somewhere in his Books of Blood about body parts randomly gaining sentience and becoming murderous. I'm sure there were some brilliant and hilarious images of people being chased down the street by their own arms and suchlike. I need to read those again - that's where the film Candyman came from, among others. Chuck Palahniuk has a short story called Guts. If you've read it, you'll know. There's a moment where the narrator is confused about something that's happening in a swimming pool; I realised a few seconds before they did, and it was like a bucket of ice water to the face. If anyone's curious, and has a strong stomach, I recommend just reading it rather than looking up the synopsis as it's not very long and you won't get the full effect 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 3 hours ago, Richey Edwards said: I remember when that was in the pictures we passed a butchers in Stirling* that had a sign outside it saying You've read the book, you've heard the song, you've seen the film, now try the cast. *My memory might be making that up but as far as I'm concerned it happened. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 24 minutes ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: Tyke Tiler not being a boy I remember that from P1 haha. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 6 hours ago, Leith Green said: I always thought the rat scene in American Psycho was pretty brutal. Didnt watch the film, as I knew they couldnt do it justice. I found the zoo scene pretty shocking. I did watch the film but always knew it would be very weak in comparison. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappiecat1.2 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 2 hours ago, Soapy FFC said: My memory might be making that up but as far as I'm concerned it happened. I remember it as being "now try the pie". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BFTD Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 1 hour ago, BillyAnchor said: I found the zoo scene pretty shocking. I did watch the film but always knew it would be very weak in comparison. Aye, I'd forgotten about that bit when I was listening to the audiobook a while back. Ellis is quite good at applying pressure to sensitive areas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 When Lyra leaves pan on the shore to cross the river of the dead had me in bits. Philip Pullman, his dark materials trilogy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 The bit in Hannibal where Krendler’s brain is served up at the dinner table. I always wondered if that scene would make it into the film (it did). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I remember reading Greenvoe by George McKay Brown in school. Turned to page 33 and someone had drawn a massive pair of tits on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: I remember reading Greenvoe by George McKay Brown in school. Turned to page 33 and someone had drawn a massive pair of tits on it. You go to the same school as @Alert Mongoose ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said: You go to the same school as @Alert Mongoose ? Same class but I was kept back for drawing in the books. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peil Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 17 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: If graphic novels count... I would have been about 8 when I found that in the school library. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 A pal of mine at Uni read The Wasp Factory and the bit he found shocking was the bit with the maggots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky_nomad Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: A pal of mine at Uni read The Wasp Factory and the bit he found shocking was the bit with the maggots. There were quite a few shocking bits in The Wasp Factory, tbh. I'd imagine that the "reveal" nowadays would hardly raise an eyebrow, but in the mid-80's it was a proper jaw-dropping moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I read The Wasp Factory during a nightshift years ago and remember there being multiple quite effed up parts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Bob Coyle being irresistibly attracted to the smell of his mum's sex game shite in The Acid House 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I chose the Wasp Factory for my book report in Higher English. Mostly so I could talk about the weird stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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