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Le Ali Dell'inferno (2009)

by Joe R. Lansdale(Favorite Author)

3.26 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

8861233716 (ISBN13: 9788861233713)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Edizioni BD

review 1: This isn't like Hitchcock's The Birds. The Pigeons are just part of the lore. I found this horror novel to be pretty decent vengeful spirit story but felt that I've seen this plot before. This is based on an older story and it's probably been adapted more than a few times already. I'm not sure if this was on purpose but I liked the ambiguous feeling of which era it might be. You know you're in a modern time but the characters almost look 70's and then there's this home based in the 1880's. it's oddly unsettling but in a good way.
review 2: Two sisters (and their group of three friends, all expendable) inherit a rundown plantation home. Dead pigeons are stacked in an upstairs room, ghosts haunt the yard outside, and a murderous shadow creature inhabits the hous... moree. Could it have something to do with a slave's curse? Of course! The sisters must find a way to defeat the evil once and for all, with the help of an unnamed lawman and a 150-year old "sentinel". Some of the pictures were really dark, and I found it difficult sometimes to tell what was going on. The ones I could see worked effectively, though. Storywise, it was a satisfying read, but the story wasn't really too remarkable.After reading it, I tracked down the original short story by Robert E. Howard, but I haven't checked it out yet. An episode of Boris Karloff's 1960's tv show Thriller also featured the story, but odds aren't good that I'll track a copy down. less

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