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Star Prey
Accepting a job playing a "channeller" at a Hollywood party, would-be actor Adriean Finesse finds the role easier than he would have thought it when something or someone actually tries to take over his mind. Original.
- GenresHorror
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First published May 1, 1992
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January 18, 2023
Ehly based this on an interesting premise, but Star Prey felt like a book produced to finish her contract with Zebra; I guess we all have to pay the bills. Our main protagonist, Adrian Finesse, is your basic has-been actor in his 50s, moving over time from leads in good films, to horror roles, to basically anything that will pay a buck. One day his agent calls him with an offer-- it seems some rich Arab guy in Beverly Hills wants a 'channeler' at his next bash (tomorrow!). A channeler seems to be the latest new-age fad, where ghosts and such are 'channeled' via medium and the medium interacts with the audience. Adrian played a clairvoyant in some B film once so his agent thinks he is a shoe-in. It goes swimmingly, but the ghost channeled is actually Jack the Ripper, and Adrian is perhaps haunted by this ghost...
Star Prey is more splatstick than serious horror, although Ehly's humor is not that pronounced as found in her other works. Adrian keeps falling in and out of something like possession as he gleefully commits some murders in L.A., carving up the bodies just like Jack used to do. This has some aspects of a police procedural as some of the main characters are detectives in Homicide, and features some rather droll commentary on Hollywood as a whole. With Adrian/Jack's star initial performance, he becomes all the rage in the 'upper set' in Hollywood, as stars and such line up to have him at their next party. Ehly tosses in some voodoo foo just for kicks, and some Egyptian mysticism as well. Interesting read, but if this was the first Ehly novel I stumbled across, I would not look for more of her work. Her best, Evil Eye, outshines this 100%, and I highly recommend that one. This? Meh. 2.5 stars, rounding up.
Star Prey is more splatstick than serious horror, although Ehly's humor is not that pronounced as found in her other works. Adrian keeps falling in and out of something like possession as he gleefully commits some murders in L.A., carving up the bodies just like Jack used to do. This has some aspects of a police procedural as some of the main characters are detectives in Homicide, and features some rather droll commentary on Hollywood as a whole. With Adrian/Jack's star initial performance, he becomes all the rage in the 'upper set' in Hollywood, as stars and such line up to have him at their next party. Ehly tosses in some voodoo foo just for kicks, and some Egyptian mysticism as well. Interesting read, but if this was the first Ehly novel I stumbled across, I would not look for more of her work. Her best, Evil Eye, outshines this 100%, and I highly recommend that one. This? Meh. 2.5 stars, rounding up.
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