Hell Hound
Books | Fiction / Horror
4.2
Ken Greenhall
Jessica Hamilton
'What are the possibilities of my strength? That is a thought I have never had before. What if some morning as the old woman stood at the head of the staircase she were suddenly to feel a weight thrusting against the back of her legs? What if she were to lunge forward, grasping at the air, striking her thin skull against the edge of a stair? What would become of me if she were found unmoving at the bottom of the stairway?' Such are the thoughts of Baxter, a sociopathic bull terrier on the hunt for the perfect master, as he contemplates the demise of his first victim. The basis for the acclaimed 1989 film Baxter, Ken Greenhall's utterly chilling and long-unobtainable Hell Hound (1977) has earned a reputation as a lost classic of horror fiction. This first-ever reissue includes a new introduction by Grady Hendrix. 'An unsung classic of the bizarre that ranks with Crash and The Wasp Factory.' - Fright.com 'Deserves to be much more well-known and not simply as a "cult classic" . . . I cannot recommend it highly enough!' - Too Much Horror Fiction 'An author who has been criminally neglected by modern readers . . . It's time to start celebrating Ken Greenhall.' - Jonathan Janz
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Author
Ken Greenhall
Pages
150
Publisher
Valancourt Books
Published Date
2017-03-14
ISBN
1943910650 9781943910656
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"This book was much more than it was marketed to be. You look at the cover and read the synopsis and think it will read much like "Cujo" by Stephen King. But it doesn't, I wouldn't say the horror aspect of it is even an animal attack. It's more psychological. Carl is genuinely one of the creepiest MCs I've ever read. Baxter is so well written too, giving personality to a dog while also making him very much a dog is a feat that I'll applaud. For a 150-page novel, the character arcs were impressively high as well, both Carl and Baxter change so much over the course of the novel. Do they make each other worse? It's an interesting question to consider. I think that Carl was already going to be disturbed but Baxter just awakened the certain disturbed he ended up being. Baxter himself had a moral compass that wasn't in any way malicious, which is why I ended up sympathizing with him which I assume was intended by Greenhall. His moral compass is mostly masculine traits and he puts a lot of value specifically on things like fearlessness, freedom, and independence.
All in all, a fascinating novel with characters that aren't super likable but are definitely likable to read."
Cole Johnson