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Hell House
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312868857
Edition: 1st Tor Trade Paperback Ed
ISBN: 0312868855
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 13, 1999
Publisher: Tor Books
Studio: Tor Books
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Editorial Review:
Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newpaper publisher, starts thinking seriously about his impending death, he offers to pay a physicist and two mediums, one physical and one mental, $100,000 each to establish the facts of life after death.Dr. Lionel Barrett, the physicist, accompanied by the mediums, travel to the Belasco House in Maine, which has been abandoned and sealed since 1949 after a decade of drug addiction, alcoholism, and debauchery. For one night, Barrett and his colleagues investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townfolks refer to it as the Hell House.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Hill House was creepy, Hell House is schlocky
A friend gave me this one a few years ago, telling me it was "the sickest thing he had ever read." I finally picked it up and read it today (yes, in one day, it is that short) and I understand why he said that, because titillating nuggets of Marquis de Sade-style sacrilege and perversity are the centerpiece of the book. Even though the sadistic sexuality is described in mercifully elliptical terms, Matheson still tells enough to make you imagine it, and it created a very uncomfortable squirmy sensation ... Read More
Rating:  - Definitive Haunted House Novel
After reading Hell House, I immediately ordered all three volumes of Richard Matheson's Collected works. It is hands-down the best haunting novel I've read, and possibly the best horror novel. Steven King often refers to Matheson as his main influence - and it is abundantly clear why when you read this book. I think I can safely say that The Shining, Pet Semetary, 1408, Rose Red and others would not exist without this book having lead the way (and I think it is better than each of those, including Kubrick's ... Read More
Rating: - A good read!
A good read kept me on the edge. Great plot well written. Worth the price of admission.
Joe
Rating: - Awesome haunted house story
I first was introduced to Matheson's work by the novella "I Am Legend", which I loved. I got this book from the local library and it kept me up for two nights. Matheson's a skilled storyteller and he never lets up on the action, even during smaller passages that he uses for character development. I can see why Stephen King calls him a great influence. I'd place Matheson on equal footing with HP Lovecraft any day.
Rating: - Scary stuff
Richard Matheson, well his name alone is a trademark. To be totally honest I picked up Hell House just because of the reviews and the authors name. I just wanted something to read and pass the time. I never imagined that a book could be scary at all, and let me tell you.
Once you start reading and get familiar with the characters you will difinetly, at least at one point, get a bit scared. It's the basic formula of the horror genre. A haunted house, a terrible past, a place where all the excess ... Read More
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