The Devil's Night [Paperback]

David Jacobs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 6, 2001

When a full moon rises over a dark mountain citadel, the Werewolf of London is reborn.

On a Caribbean isle, where zombies rise and walk, Frankenstein's monster is more than a legend. He is alive.

In an archaeological excavation, a preserved cadaver moves-and Dracula is awakened.

The classic monsters from Universal Studios' cinematic vault of horror return-in a brand-new novel from the author of The Devil's Brood.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; First Printing edition (February 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425178609
• ISBN-13: 978-0425178607
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,634,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am the author of over three dozen works of fiction and non-fiction, including The Mafia's Greatest Hits, The Complete Idiots Guide to the FBI, and Snakes on a Plane: The Complete Quote Book.

Other non-fiction titles include The Shield: Notes From The Barn - The Elite Strike Team Files, Best of Court TV Volumes I-IV, and the western Big Iron.

I am also a longtime member of the Mystery Writers of America.

In 2006, I founded a new publishing company, Idea Men Productions (IMP)- a media company dedicated to spearheading a new wave of mass marketing entertainment.

IMP Titles include: The Crime Doctor, The Monster of Frankenstein, The Zombie Factory, Klan Ku Klux Klan: America's First Terrorists Exposed, Tales of Terror, and Hellcats, Vixens, & Vicedolls: Women, Crime, and Kink of the Fifties.

Be on the lookout for some of my new projects for 2008 including: Convicts, Jailbirds and Reform School Girls: Crime and Punishment in the 1950's and Hoodlums, Hopheads and Hepcats: Rogue Males of 1950's Crime.

For both old and new fans alike, I promise a wild ride for the year including new visions of true crime, military intrigue and horror - so stay tuned!

David Jacobs
2008

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like the classic monster movies..., November 8, 2002

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Doug62 (Arnold, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Devil's Night (Paperback)

You will enjoy this book. The first movie to feature the 'Big Three' monsters was 'House of Frankenstein' in which all the monsters appear all to briefly, and then die. This book takes us into the minds of the monsters to experience their thoughts and feelings in extended action sequences. If a sequel to those movies were made today, it would have to be more graphic and more violent than the originals. I enjoyed the bloodlust of the werewolf of London and the survival aptitude of the Frankenstein monster (I'm not sure if he could breath underwater, but if he could be drowned that easily he would have been killed long ago.) True, Dracula's daughter is no longer seeking a cure, but who wouldn't go through changes over sixty years? I only regret that a sequel hasn't been released yet.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Universal Splatterpunk, June 12, 2001

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Kurt McCoy (Morgantown, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Devil's Night (Paperback)

One of the problems facing readers of Jacobs' work is that their expectations are rooted in an appreciation of the original Universal Monster films. Jacobs is writing from a different perspective. His monsters are modern, post-splatterpunk versions of the Universal classics. His novels evoke the mood of the old Eerie Publication magazine-covers of the '70's, which depicted werewolves, vampires, zombies and Frankenstein Monster type creatures in vicious bloody battle. Jacobs' versions of the Monsters EAT people! They rip them limb from limb! They drool and slaver. They do all the things that deep down, you KNOW the originals were doing--"off stage". In Jacobs' version, you get to see ALL the gore and horror that the monsters were always supposed to have caused, but this time it's stage center, instead of discretely hidden. His greatest achievement is in his depiction of the landscape of the original Universal films. His "Visaria", a fictional European micro-nation, contains all the towns and castles contained in the old movies. Visaria, in some ways, has more character and personality than many of the minor characters who gasp and bleed their way through the novel. Jacobs' novels are NOT for fans of the Universal Monster cycle who are looking to find that same classic atmosphere in print. (check Jeff Rovin's RETURN OF THE WOLFMAN instead for that) They are for modern fans who cut their teeth on FANGORIA more than FAMOUS MONSTERS and have always wondered how those old films would look updated with modern special effects and CGI. You probably know which type of fan YOU are.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best One Yet, June 17, 2001

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Carl Slim (the factory) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Devil's Night (Paperback)

I figure a great work of literature deserves 5 stars, a really good novel 4-that's what I gave all 3 installments in this series (so far). Here, Jacobs really matures from his first one in this series, and works out the bugs that were present in "Devil's Brood". You'd be lost if you started with this, so begin (if at all possible) with "Return of the Wolfman" by Jeff Rovin, after you've seen the movies. This book is almost as good as the best of the movies, I'm not kidding. Dracula is more realistic in this book, and again, this guy writes the Frankenstein monster better than anyone since Mary Shelly, without a doubt. I'll go out on a limb and say Jacobs has a very unique style of writing, and would get more respect if he wrote something other than "pulp". I get the impression this is his last installment in the series, and that's too bad if true. The complaints that he isn't true to the originals are half true-this is HIS vision, not theirs. Anyway, From "Dracula" to "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein" there is a world of difference, so why shouldn't it be the same between the movies and the books that turned up 50 years later? I'm speaking as someone who prefers Famous Monsters to Fangoria any day-these are monsters who can put the fear into you in the 21st century. I like the new Mummy movies, but these stories are much better. Read all three installments, and be prepared to save the best for last.