The Beast House [Mass Market Paperback]

Richard Laymon (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Headline Book Pub Ltd (1995)
• ASIN: B002LL8PJO
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sequel to "The Cellar", June 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Beast House (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the second novel in the now legendary Beast House series. The first one is "The Cellar" and the third one is "The Midnight Tour." I read this book for the second time a few weeks ago and enjoyed it. It's not as exciting as some of Laymon's other novels but it's a quick read. If they made a movie of this book it'd be part action movie and part horror movie.
Some of the characters in "The Cellar" are referred to in it so I'd recommend reading it before you read this book. It's not for the squeamish though - there's a lot of strong violence and gore. Though this isn't Laymon's best, he occasionally wrote something that proved he was a genius. "No Sanctuary" and "In the Dark" are two of those books.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One stop horror shop!!!!!, December 7, 1998

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This review is from: The Beast House (Mass Market Paperback)

I picked this book up one day after i recieved it for a birthday present. I am not one so popular on quite thick books. Normally taking me months to proceed to the end of large novel. I read this book in 48 hours and is truly one of the most mesmorising books i have ever read. A carefully twisted plot and well thought out content mixed in with some steamy horror is a sure fire hit of a read. The Beast House is a harbour for horrors be it human or not at all. The house has a long past of gruesome murders and missing people. But when money and greed gets involved with the house it all starts to unravel. The houses quaint exterior peels to unearth its reality. This is a must read!!!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book 2 in the Beast House Trilogy, May 20, 2005

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Heather Smith "Frosti Rabbit" (Atl., GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Beast House (Mass Market Paperback)

A wonderful read. Of course it answers the whatever happened to.. questions from the 1st book (The Cellar) and it added some more backstory. If I had a complaint it would only be that it does not have the shock value of the 1st book and it has the "happy" ending. Not that I have a problem with the occasional happy ending, it just makes this book a little bit of a lighter read than The Cellar.

I'm not saying it isn't a good book, I really like how he tied in the new characters to the old ones. It was quite visionary. I totally reccomend this book to fans of Laymon. He is quite quickly becoming my favorite author.

As always, I reccomend picking up the UK edition. Headline is the publisher.