Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've read. Let's look at The Howling from 1977! I won't be comparing the book to the movie, but I will say I wish I had read the book before seeing the movie. They are both equally as good in my eyes, and the movie was pretty close to the book. One of the biggest themes in the book is isolation. The town of Drago is secluded and that amplifies the feeling of alienation the Karyn feels whil

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've read. Let's look at Ring from 1991! Originally published in Japan as Ringu. I am so glad I decided to read this! Even more creepy and terrifying than the movie. Of course the movie is very different because it's the Americanized version. If I had read the book before I had seen the movie, I wouldn't have watched The Ring, I would have searched for Ringu and watched that instead. I'm c

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've read. Let's look at The Wolf's Hour from 1989! I had heard such great things about this book and I have to say I was disappointed in it. I know I'm in the minority when I say that, but it just didn't do it for me as a werewolf book. If I ignore the fact that Michael Gallatin is a werewolf, I will say this was a great WWII thriller! The first reason I was disappointed is that there is

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at Header from 1995! The first thing I want to say is I was shocked to learn that a book published two years after I graduated High School could be considered "vintage". The second thing I want to say is this book is vile. I just don't have any other words to describe it. I'm not new to extreme/splatterpunk horror but this book takes the cake! I guess that's why Le

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at Witch, Witch, Burning Bright from 1972 ! I bought this solely based on the cover and the title. Imagine my surprise when I discovered it's not a novel, but a teleplay of an episode of the show Sixth Sense from the 70s (not to be confused with the Bruce Willis movie). The format of the book made it a quick read. But even though it was a quick read it was still ve

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at The Fungus from 1985! Another random book purchase that was a very good choice! When I bought it I didn't realize it was from 1985. And I was surprised to find out that the author name is a pseudonym for John Brosnan and Leroy Kettle. This book was so weird and unsettling it's amazing that two people had the same weirdness rolling around in their heads. If ever

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at I Am Legend from 1954! This was my first time reading I Am Legend and I have to admit I had no idea it was about vampires. I always thought it was a zombie apocalypse story. I also didn't realize it was written in 1954. Yes I had seen the Will Smith movie version, but honestly I don't recall much of it and at that point had no idea it was based on a book. I'm no

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at The Sentinel from 1974! I really loved this book. It had all the elements of a good horror novel. I've never been a city girl, and this book made me wonder why anyone would want to live in NYC. There is so much going on with the story. Allison's past with her father, leading to terrible nightmares. Her attempt at suicide. Her boyfriend being a suspect in his wif

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at Worms from 1979! Not sure why I wanted to read this book, worms creep me out. But, the worm action didn't come until the last 70 pages or so. Several murders, a nuclear power plant and lug worms taking over a small Norfolk village this was a good combination of horror and thriller. I will say the author was able to tell a story that really didn't have a defined

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at The The Rishi from 1985. Another random thrift store purchase that turned out to be quite an adventure! I was going back and forth while reading on if I liked this book. The first two parts are a very slow burn. Taking place between India and Boston, I just didn't know is this was my type of story. But then I got interested in what I was learning about Indian sp

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at The The Exorcist from 1971. Going into this book after having grown up watching the movie I had some preconceived notions on what to expect. I thought for sure since the book and the movie both came out in the 70's they had to be pretty close to the same. I did find the book pretty similar to the movie, but there were some major differences. The first thing I'll

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at The Devil In A Domino from 1897. One of the earliest books to take inspiration from Jack the Ripper, published in 1897, I thought it was an intriguing read. As the story progresses you can see influences also from Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray. As with most Victorian era horror, a modern reader might find the horror aspect understa

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. To start off, I'm going to talk about The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Now most wouldn't consider this horror, but with a cannibal and a killer who is building a suit out of human skin, how could it not be horror. I didn't realize this book had been written in the 80's until I read it for the first time. It still holds up to this day. The psychological horror between

Today's review will take you back the glory days of horror, when mass paperback racks were full of creepy dolls, scary kids, horrible rodents, and gaunt faced pale men in black. Those covers were incredible and to this day, those books are still among my favorites of all time. If you are a new to horror fan, or have not yet tried vintage horror, I strongly encourage you to go browse eBay or Thrift Books for some of the best vintage books out there. Most are campy, gory, wild,

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on books I've enjoyed. This week's review is another Halloween read, Allhallow's Eve by Richard Laymon. Not my favorite Halloween read, but still enjoyable. I've read several books by Laymon, and I find that the ones that should be more horror focused, are firmly in the Ok range for me. While I did enjoy this book, it kind of fell flat for me, especially the ending. I also would have liked for it to be more Hallow