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The Norfolk coast made for a perfect holiday - as long as the sun still shone. But when the rain came, the creatures left the shadows....

Worms

Spectres from the past tortured James Hildebrand's mind. His blackest nightmares were crowded with malevolent, coiling images of decay. Then, suddenly, he knew the threat was real.

Worms

The dead alone could not quench their hunger. And, for the living, the horrors that fed and multiplied in the darkness of the night became more terrible with the dawn....

Written by screenwriter Christopher Wood (The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker) under the pseudonym James R. Montague - an homage to the great ghost story writer M. R. James - Worms (1979) is a rediscovered horror gem that will make your skin crawl.

©1979 James R Montague (P)2019 Valancourt Books LLC Horror Scary
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This story is predictable, contrived and derivative with ludicrous characters, unbelievable situations and laughable dialogue – but I love it! It is pure, unadulterated fun, and this element is sorely missing from many contemporary horror books. And hey, any audiobook that features killer worms has to be worth a listen!

However, although the book itself is thoroughly entertaining, the narration almost made me give up a number of times. No offence to the narrator, but his style and delivery was not at all suited to this particular book. It felt as if I was listening to a first school teacher at story time, with every sentence overemphasised, over enunciated and overdramatized. He stressed the word ‘worms’ every single time it appeared in the book (which is a lot!), and this became extremely grating. Also, it was very obvious that the narrator was reading a text, the delivery was not at all natural. Such a performance would be ideal for audiobooks for children, but unfortunately it is totally unsuited for the intimacy required for an adult audiobook of creeping dread. In short, the narration was not a good fit with this book.

But one good thing about the narration were the hilarious voices for the secondary characters, most of who sounded like pantomime dames or drag queens (honestly!). Considering the pulpiness of the book, I cannot tell if these narrative choices were intentional or not – but I hope they were.

In conclusion, although I do recommend this audiobook for people looking for a short, fun, schlocky horror story, I will avoid any books featuring this narrator.

Oh no, beware of the killer worms!!!!!!!!

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I wasn’t sure what to expect when I read this book… But it wasn’t what I got.
It was certainly Strange… Maybe I just read harder horror novels… But this didn’t really scare me. As for the narration, I think hills sounded bored at the beginning… And it wasn’t until towards the end that he really seem to get into it.
This isn’t one I would read again, but if you are beginning the genre… Then maybe I would suggest this one. But I suppose as it was written in the 70's, they couldn't write the same stuff they do now.

I’ve heard scarier books in my time…

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I love old sci-fi and horror and this book was right up my street.
Cheesy and rather stupid, it would make an excellent B-movie (provided they dialled down the inherent sexism rife throughout but alas, political correctness was rather sparse back in 70s cult literature).
Performance wise, Hills does a decent job but it does take a while for him to hit his stride with this book. Would be interesting to hear others he has narrated for a sense of style.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request via Audioboom and have voluntarily left this review.

Old Style Horror

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I like the narrator overall (having heard other books he narrated), but I HATE the narration of this book. Also, how he enounciates the word "worms" (which is close to "woohoooormmmmms") is hitting a nerve for me.

Story-wise this isn't great, but it is a light reading for horror readers. There are strong 80's vibes, and themes, along with prices that are long lost to memory. I can't say I didn't enjoy it, but it wasn't really a masterpiece.

Overall I enjoyed it. If you like light horror and don't really mind horrible narrations, maybe give this a go, otherwise skip it.

Wooooormsss, Whaaaoooormmmms

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Purely judging from the title and cover, I assumed this audiobook was going to be a cheesy '70s man-vs-nature horror, but, in fact, it was a well-written dark thriller about the consequences of guilt, with the titular worms lurking menacingly in the background. I thought the pacing of the story was perfect and I was gripped throughout.
Hannibal Hills has a wonderful, natural style to narration, and I like how he differentiates each character well.
Valencourt Books does great work bringing attention to forgotten stories from yesteryear and Worms is yet another triumph.
Highly recommended.

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