百蛇堂: 怪談作家述說的故事

作家

by Shinzō Mitsuda, 三津田信三, 王華懋 (Translator)

《蛇棺葬》是《百蛇堂》裡主角聽男子講述的完整故事。兩者可獨立閱讀，但搭配服用會更有樂趣。

這個世上，存在著絕不能目視的禁忌之物
若你非見不可，歡迎來百蛇堂冒險一遊。

不該出世的怪談實錄，一步步吞噬好奇心旺盛的人們！

異常崇拜蛇神的鄉下望族，總在「百蛇堂」舉行繁複的喪葬儀式，所有不能言說的祕密，都螫伏在一份怪談實錄《蛇棺葬》裡。
只要看過一眼，你就再也無法抽身……

編輯兼作家三津田信三，經介紹認識一名出身地方望族的男子，聽了一段圍繞詭異喪堂「百蛇堂」的回憶。

三十年前，男子的父親依循家族慣例，在密室狀態的「百蛇堂」裡為他的祖母送終，卻離奇人間蒸發。三十年後，換成男子返回家鄉替後母送終，相同的經歷在他身上重演……

不料，這恐怖又迷人的故事，成為惡夢的開端。
收到整理成文字的書稿《蛇棺葬》後，三津田身邊狀況頻仍。
不僅同事遭神祕黑衣女子跟蹤，從此下落不明，兩個摯友也遇上無法解釋的異象。
於是，他決定與男子見面詳談。

沒想到，排除萬難踏進男子的住所，三津田才赫然察覺，
一切的源頭是早該埋葬地底深處的禁忌之物……

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

See 三津田 信三 (Japanese)、 三津田信三 (Traditional Chinese).

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG I'd just finished this book and it's so fucking mind-blowing! But I'm not saying this book is flawless but OMG OMG! The entire story is so frightening, intensive and twisted.

Outline of the story: Shinzo Mitsuda, editor of horror novel series and a part-time novelist, is introduced to an indie author, who wrote his frightening childhood experience into his soon-to-be-published debut novel. Mitsuda is intrigued by the author's strange tale but he soon realizes the manuscript gifted to him seems to attract a series of strange events: unseen eyes watching him, strange noise in the dead of night, shadows lurking at the corners, a strange woman in black showing up to haunt Mitsuda and his female coworker; plus the mysterious indie author and his beautiful 'daughter' are also hiding something and it doesn't take long for people around Mitsuda to start disappearing without a trance. So where does reality end and where do fantasy and nightmares begin? Mitsuda, our horror novelist, is going to find out at personal cost.

PS: this book is related to a prequel, more information here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

And the author, Shinzo Mitsuda (the real guy, not the fictional horror novelist, you know), demonstrated with his book that he has the proper taste and knowledge of a horror fan, why would I say that? Because this guy obviously knows some tasteful and legendary bunches of old horror movies and novels, etc.

For example, movies directed by Mario Bava:


(Link: http://www.filmcaptures.com/lisa-and-...)

Movies by Dario Argento:


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(Link:http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/2012...)

There're more reasons for me to adore this book as well, I will mention them here:

I like the haunting scenes in this book, those scenes are first-class spooky and at the same time, they are tastefully done without relaying too much on the shock value. If you like Japanese horror movies, you may most likely enjoy those scenes too.

I also like how this story ends, surprisingly there are reasonable explanation for most of the mysteries! Shocking, right?

However, I did find part of the 'explanation' for the secrets of the remote village to be a bit forced and too surreal.

[Sophia · Rating 3 out of 5]

适合黑灯瞎火阅读（。）跟《作者不详》是一种风格，三津田信三在三津田信三的故事里陷入人生大危机。前面铺垫部分有些啰嗦，关于日本恐怖小说的背景介绍占了不少篇幅，不过怪谈开始之后的气氛营造依然优秀（来源不明对长头发和黑暗里苍白的双脚从不让人失望）。

[Wini Sham · Rating 4 out of 5]

氣氛很棒，但太拖拉，結局的謎底也有點牽強。