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Fengriffen: A Chilling Tale

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Anybody interested in this book has probably seen the film called And Now The Screaming Starts, which is the film version of this book. Set in the 18th century, young-bride Catherine is tormented with ghastly gohsts, and a hand the crawls around and kills anybody who tries to reveal to Catherine about Fengriffens secret... this is a very good book, and everybody should read it!

This is a wee novel, aye, coming to just 176 pages in the Lancer pb edition of 1970. In America it was published as a Gothic Romance and I doubt that it found its proper audience, although it had some different editions. It was filmed as AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS -- a wretchedly stupid film title, when the original title, FENGRIFFEN, has so much atmosphere and simplicity. The book relates the story of a family curse, delves into the past from which that curse infiltrates into the future and clutches its victims with remoresless hold. The atmosphere of gothic mystery is superbly evoked, and the final supernatural revelation, subtly revealed, is absolutely chilling. The author, David Case, has read a number of books for Books n Tape, and one wishes that his excellent voice had been used to narrate this, his finest book. He will be appearing as a guest this year, 2010, at the World Horror Convention in England. I love this book and have read it many many times. Highly recommended!

I have searched for this book for years and am very happy to find it at last. I first read this in my Senior Year of high school. It scored me the only A+ I ever received for a book report. This is really a great read and I would highly recomend it to anyone who enjoys this genre.