Thursday, September 29, 2011

James Herbert - The Secret of Crickley Hall, A Great Gothic Horror Fiction

James Herbert is an English gothic horror writer. Beforehand, he was a singer and an art director (authors with a knack for other arts are great ones, just look at Chet Williamson or Stephen King). James Herbert’s latest horror fiction is The Secret of Crickley Hall.



The setting is somewhat Lovecraftian: an eerie, remote house is always a favourite place for horror authors. Crickley Hall, a peculiar mansion, is known for strange phenomena: whispers in the darkness, cellar doors opening on their own accord, eerie figures that can be seen after nightfall. A family, the Caleighs, although they have heard all the rumours in the village about certain terrible past events that occurred in the mansion, decide to stay in Crickley Hall. It was not a wise decision to make. It is likely that it may cost them their lives…

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