We all go a little mad sometimes

Kuvaus
These are books that read like a slasher flick. They usually follow 'the rules'- from the killer being unknown and seemingly invincible, to the final girl survivor. But not all are so cut and dried. So enjoy, gentle reader, what you can of them. Although if you find these books enjoyable, God help us. Unlike most of my other lists I'm not trying to bring lesser known works to light but to tag an idea wherever it might fester, so some of these books may be familiar to you.
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tekijä: John Sandford
3,128 jäsentä
70 arvostelua
3.8
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tekijä: Iain Banks
2,452 jäsentä
24 arvostelua
½ 3.7
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Stepn
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Stepn: A political giallo of some charm.
3
7,159 jäsentä
106 arvostelua
½ 3.7
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Stepn
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Stepn: A reply to Psycho in which Janet Leigh plays the heroine.
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tekijä: Marian Babson
157 jäsentä
4 arvostelua
3.2
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: A perfect example of the genre, really.
5
tekijä: Peter Straub
1,459 jäsentä
17 arvostelua
½ 3.6
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Stepn
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tekijä: Stephen Crye
22 jäsentä
1 arvostelu
5
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tekijä: Alan Moore
3,850 jäsentä
88 arvostelua
4.2
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Stepn
8
tekijä: Ray Russell
65 jäsentä
3 arvostelua
2.8
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tekijä: Peter Lovesey
172 jäsentä
2 arvostelua
½ 3.7
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Stepn
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Stepn: Unread by me - tragically!
10
tekijä: John Russo
21 jäsentä
2.8
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Slasher flick novelization.
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tekijä: Dean Koontz
1,952 jäsentä
29 arvostelua
3.1
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: This is something of a cheat, the novelization of a slasher flick.
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tekijä: George Baxt
31 jäsentä
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Brother and sister psycho killers dispatch in novel ways. This one is something of a stretch, but Baxt is so much fun that I wanted one book by him on the list. Although I haven't read it, his 'Process of Elimination' may more squarely hit the mark...or certainly the Sue! Bwahahahaha!
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21,126 jäsentä
533 arvostelua
4.2
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: May be the portrait and flower of the genre. One of the most disquieting books I've read.
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tekijä: Gerald Kersh
73 jäsentä
2 arvostelua
½ 3.3
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tekijä: Robert Bloch
1,772 jäsentä
59 arvostelua
3.9
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401 jäsentä
21 arvostelua
½ 3.5
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tekijä: Thomas Altman
40 jäsentä
4
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: More of a crime thriller, it reads like a slasher flick and follows another of the 'rules'- part of the narrative is in the killer's PO.
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48 jäsentä
3.1
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Slasher(ish) flick novelization.
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133 jäsentä
2 arvostelua
3.9
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Slasher flick novelization.
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tekijä: Lee Hays
7 jäsentä
4
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Slasher flick novelization. Black Christmas, directed by Bob Clark, is a wildly successful slasher. I haven't read the book.
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80 jäsentä
1 arvostelu
3.8
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Slasher flick novelization.
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174 jäsentä
1 arvostelu
½ 3.4
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Film novelization. Really, you need to see this movie. It's a gem. I haven't read the book.
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579 jäsentä
26 arvostelua
½ 3.6
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: I detest Richard Laymon, who strikes me as a grotty little perv and not in the good way. Still, this is a slasher. I haven't read it, and barring the destruction of all books and phone books in the known universe, I never will.
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tekijä: Max Franklin
11 jäsentä
5
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Written to coincide with a movie release by the same name, the book stays true to the slasher concept while the movie turns into a sci-fi bug hunt thingy.
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tekijä: Simon Hawke
28 jäsentä
½ 2.7
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Film novelization. First in a series.
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tekijä: Frank Lauria
20 jäsentä
½ 2.5
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Film novelization.
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tekijä: Robert Drewe
378 jäsentä
12 arvostelua
3.8
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: This autobiography reads just like a slasher flick. Genuine chills.