As a result of Amber’s attitude and behavior, their business is struggling, and the repo men are circling. Jolene works hard to keep their business afloat while Amber parties hard and smokes the drugs. The funeral home is run by a pair of friends Amber Hawtorne and Jolene Harris. I recommend this one to anyone that’s looking for an old school well-written horror that values action over character development.Ĭhop Shop is the story of complex happenings centered on The Hawtorne Funeral Home near Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slimer is the first book from Valancourt Press that I’ve read, and if this is the kind of book that they are resurrecting from the horror trash heap, then I’ll be throwing my money at them for a while to come. We also get several POV chapters from the creature’s perspective, which I much enjoyed. The setting of the oil rig makes for some unusual scenarios that make this one different enough to feel still original. The characters are universally terrible people and not overly developed, but the focus of this one is on the action and the creature hunting them. And despite being published 36 years ago and reeking of 80’s sexism and misogyny, I had a lot of fun with this one.

I picked this one up because I read comparisons to John Carpenter’s The Thing, which is my absolute favorite film. With no way to call for help or escape, they have to figure out what is hunting them and how to kill it.

Soon, the six drug smugglers find that they are not alone and are being hunted by something, not human. Also, the rig isn’t decked out like an oil drilling equipment but scientific research equipment instead. They find the platform deserted with only piles of clothes as evidence of the former inhabitants. Initially published in 1983, Slimer is the story of six drug smugglers stranded on an oil rig after their boat sinks. BOOK REVIEW: Matt Reviews SLIMER by Harry Adam Knight and CHOP SHOP by Andrew Post

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