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" A Horror Classic..Now A Major Netflix Movie.. "
Synopsis
A film adaptation of The Influence is in production in Spain and will be released in June 2019.
Queenie is the ageing matriarch of the Faraday family,and even death can’t break her hold over her eleven-year-old granddaughter Rowan.
She’s buried with a locket that contains a lock of Rowan’s hair and by the time anyone sees what effect the ghostly influence on Rowan is having, it may be too late for her.
My Review
This book was a real journey in to a horror classic.
Re-released in line with the new Netflix film based on the book, this intense tale of horror, possession and fear slowly burned and amp-ted up the creepiness and the jump factor!
Rowan, oh how i felt for this character, unwanted and feeling nothing but a burned she is sadly making her way through childhood when her great- aunt Queenie dies
Rowan did love her great aunt but to other family members Queenie cased a lot of problems and misery so they are quite happy she has now gone.
But Queenie was not ready to die and she makes plans to possess poor Rowen after she finally dies.
Slowly Queenie manipulates Rowan and takes over her body bit by bit, can rowan fight back? can she overcome Queenie's power, and with Rowen's body as a vessel what horror can Queenie cause now?
This story felt original and yet classic in it background with child possession and horrors like the exorcist and The Conjuring.
This Is a terrifying and intense read filled with almost movie like jump scares and real fear. The story slow burns through the manipulation and then takes off at speed through the last 3rd as it build to a thrilling climax.
Mr Campbell is known as one of the best horror writers in Britain and wow! this book shows why in every way!
Author Bio
Ramsey Campbell was born in Liverpool in 1946 and still lives on Merseyside.
The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes him as “Britain’s most respected living horror writer”.
He has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Publisher
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched recently in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners,and exciting, original voices.
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Thank you to the Publisher and Author for sending me an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this novel and for the opportunity to review these works.
All reviews are my own unbiased opinion.