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The House

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The Pig: If you're faint of heart, put this book down now! 'The Pig' is a viscous tale of junkies, bestiality, sodomy, scat, necrophilia, and snuff ... Edward Lee at his grossest. Filmmaker wanna-be Leonard, after a horrible stint in prison, steals his previous boss's filmmaking equipment and heads to New York to make it big. He just needs four thousand dollars, and winds out borrowing from the wrong man, mob-boss Rocco. When he can't pay back the loan, he's beaten and divorced from one of his testicles, and forced to work for the mob as their filmmaker, creating masterpieces of animal-human carnality, brutality, gore, and much worse. Things culminate to a mystical and demonic ending when a pig is brought in by Rocco for Leonard's films. Warning: this piece is very graphic. On another note, Leonard's original piece that he wished to make into his first film, titled 'The Confessor' is in this story, and it's a very good piece of work. I wonder if it really is an early piece of Lee's.

The House: While fine as a stand-alone story, 'The House' is actually a sequel to 'The Pig'. It's 23 years later, after the incidents Leonard went through at the mob's hideaway house. Introvert Melvin is assigned to write a story for his newspaper on the "old haunted house", and his glamorously sexy, yet ditzy, young stepmother Gwyneth travels with him. Despite the stories he's heard from his boss, a drugged out hooker, and even the county sheriff, Melvin still doesn't believe in haunted houses. Until things begin to go terribly wrong for both him and Gwyneth. It's not just images that begin to haunt Melvin, but bizarre urges and radio broadcasts from the 1970's. Then, when Melvin notices Gwyneth going off the deep end in the most depraved ways, he understands that there's more to the tales of haunting than meets the eye. But is it too late for the two of them to break away from The House's grasp?

'The Pig' definitely out-grossed 'The House', in my humble opinion, but 'The House' contained more creeping "look over your shoulder" horror than 'The Pig'. These are not stories for the weaker constitutions; these are tales worthy of the gross out readings at the horror conventions. You won't be licking your lips after reading this novel, you'll be washing your hands over and over again. Gross and gory, Edward Lee delivers what he does best, hardcore horror in a handbag filled with scat. Enjoy!

I wanted to try some of the splatterpunk genre and this is the most disgusting thing that I have ever read. That being said, I still have to give it three stars because it really is a page turner. Good story, but just really goes over the top in more than a few instances when it didn't have to. Nothing is left to the imagination. It is spelled out in excrutiatingly vivid detail.

If you like that sort of thing, this is the book you have been looking for.

Makes Offseason seem like Mother Goose.

As extreme as the 70's could possibly get!
This novella, deamed fiction, has an explict underground reality that an unlucky few could have possibly experienced(to a certain point). Great creativity and great research into a very grisly and sadistic way of life. The sequel fits like a puzzle despite an 8 year gap in the writing. Absolute demoralization to anything pure and holy. Lee hold's nothing back in the conclusion of this story, it's sure to leave a sour taste in your mouth as well as your stomach. An elaboratly sculpted illusion of vulgar obsenity. This imagery should flashback for a long time to come. Be warned and enjoy!

If you are a Lee fan then u know what his style is like.I loved the book.I think I liked the house better than the pig.Both are good reads tho!! Not for the weak stomach....

There are few authors in the world of horror as "hardcore" as Edward Lee. Known for his extreme use of bloody violence, perverted sex, and every other manner of obscenity; Lee has developed his own cult-like following of avid readers. Amongst the favorites of these fans are gore-filled sex romps such as The Bighead, Header, and Splatterspunk. Lee has mostly existed in the expensive world of small press, with the occasional mass-market paperback from Leisure Books. Necro Publications has been kind enough to give fans affordable paperback editions of some of Lee's more gruesome works. The House is the latest in Necro's paperback line and all fans of extreme horror should rejoice.

The book contains two novellas. The first novella, entitled "The Pig", is one of Lee's classic works. Originally published in 1997, it is about aspiring filmmaker Leonard D'arava. Whom, after a series of very unfortunate events, is making illegal pornographic films for the mafia. When a pig is brought to the safe house for the purpose of making another movie, things go from very bad to hellish for the doomed characters. "The Pig" is notorious as being one of Lee's more sexually demented works. Rape, sexual torture, and bestiality are all on constant display to sickening effect. A cast-iron stomach is required for this story.

The second novella, the brand new "The House", is not nearly as disgusting as the first story, but it does contain some dry heave inducing scenes. The story follows journalist Melvin and his investigation into a rumored haunted house. A house that he understands the mafia used to film some very nasty movies in. While the "The Pig" constantly assaults the reader with gross-out gore, "The House" develops at a slow pace creating an overwhelming sense of dread as Melvin uncovers the mysteries of the house.

A self-described "modern-pulp author", Lee's work is normally filled with monsters, serial killers, and all manner of perversion. His work may sound like it is aimed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, but it contains an undeniable literally quality. The House is a wonderful example of the power Lee holds over prose. His descriptions and word-play delight the reader, while at the same time inducing the gag-reflex. The plotting is extremely tight, as the reader will be compelled to find out the fates of Leonard and Melvin. This is no paint-by-the-numbers work of hackery like most of what is considered "extreme horror", but is a complex plot with many surprises to delight and thrill the reader.

Edward Lee manages to walk a very precarious line, he writes works of extreme horror but never lets the blood, guts, and bodily fluids detract from the plot. Each sickening scene propels the plot forward, a talent that many lesser horror writers would kill for. Necro Publications deserves commendation for printing these two stories in an affordable paperback (the pervious publication of this book was a limited-edition hardcover). If you are a fan of extreme horror, you need to buy this book. If you have never delved into the darkest parts of the literarily horror world, prepare yourself. You might be offended and you might be grossed-out, but you can be sure you will never forget The House.

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As a 20 year old woman, I was sick and disgusted by this great book. I wanted to throw up and continuing reading all at once. These two books come together smoothly.

This book is sick. Lots of violence, sex, rape, murder, bestiality. Even after reading plenty of reviews on the book, and other Edward Lee stuff, I wasn't sure what to expect. Having finished it now, I'm still on the fence about it. Definitely takes you places not a lot of other books dare to go.

The first half is really vicious, be prepared for a few mental images you'll wish you could forget.

The second half is a slightly tamer, and introduces some more traditional horror elements, still with lots of sex.

Not sure I'll purchase any more of his books, but at least now I can say I've had the experience of one!

So this is my first Edward Lee book and I'm really impressed. The subject matter really would be unreadable if it weren't for his dark sense of humor. I agree with other readers that "The Pig" is far more extreme than "The House" but they complement each other really well. "The Pig" gives you the horrible history behind "The House" and it makes the second half more suspenseful.

Of course there are some period WTFs in "The Pig," most glaringly that the Sundance Film Festival wasn't around in 1977 but it's easy to forgive because the book is so good.

If you like hardcore horror you definitely should buy this. BTW, if you want to buy a signed hardcover copy of this book, Ed Lee sells them for 100 bucks on this website. ([...]) For those of us with a Kindle, 9.99 is just right.

I have read a few of edward lees books ( all the infernals) and enjoyed them very much, hes a risky, dark writer. But this book WONDERFUL.

His imagination astounds me. I read more to see how far his conceptions will go. Gore at it's rawest.