Die And Rot In Hell

by Harrison Phillips

Something is very wrong in the town of Dunswell.

At only seventeen years of age, Liv feels as though she has lost everything. But she will come to learn there is always something more to lose.

Leonard is a sexual deviant. Although he doesn't yet know it, the dark visions plaguing his dreams have been guiding him towards this town.

Father Matthews witnesses a miracle. Does this have any connection to the catacomb recently unearthed beneath his church?

We all die eventually. We just have to pray we don't rot in hell...

This book contains scenes of explicit violence and gore.

Genres: Horror

229 pages, Paperback

Published April 12, 2026

About the author

Harrison Phillips is an English author of horror, sci-fi and fantasy. His literary influences range from Clive Barker and Stephen King, to Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee. He was born and raised in Birmingham, England, where he still resides with his long-suffering wife, their two daughters, and a schnauzer named Minnie.

Reviews

[Άννα ⛧⛧⛧ · Rating 4 out of 5]

'Alive. Without death, there can be no life.' 💀

This is a horror novel that clings to you long after it’s over: half-alive, it lingers decaying in the back of the mind, creepingly rotting away at anything that tries to take its place.

[Dead Inside · Rating 4 out of 5]

““Ever since you were a boy, you’ve been in pain. But now, you’ve learned to love it. You’ve embraced the darkness.”

[Veronica ☠️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whitney and Izzie got talked into the woods in search of The Black Altar. Legend has it, witches did human sacrifices as offerings to Satan. The girls were skeptical, until they finally reach The Black Altar. The boys had nefarious ideas on what they were about to do, but they didn't count on them being offerings as well.

Father Andrews was performing the funeral for young Izzie, and Liv her girlfriend, was distraut. When very strange occurrences start to happen in the church, all hell starts to break loose. Everyone is scared and shocked at what they see. Far away from the town of Dunswell, a sexual deviant gets a calling. A strange calling from something non human. Something evil. He's chosen to carry out the ritual that wasn't completed. In hopes to help Hell rule earth.

Dunswell will never be the same. Deep under the ground, the dead are awake. Something has awoke. SomeTHING has come to take over. Evil secrets are revealed and nobody is safe from the dead. Will Hell finally reign on earth? Welcome to Dunswell. May god have mercy on your souls

Delicious. Delicious. DELICIOUS! I'm a sucker for a good Hell setting and this did not disappoint. From the demon description, to the undead, to the depraved catacombs, and straight blasphemous scenes, I loved every single bit of this book. Harrison really nailed this one and I would love to read more demon and Hell stories from him. Oh Leonard, I enjoyed him more than I should have. This could easily be a great movie adaptation. What an excellent job! I highly suggest!

[Evillllllyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely FANTASTIC!! I couldn't put it down. It is exactly like a classic Italian horror film and it gave me everything i wanted. One of the best books i've read this year.

[Spooky Loz Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full review to come🖤

[Becki 🤎 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Die And Rot In Hell 🔥

Firstly thank you so much to Harrison for sending me this! I am so so grateful to be part of your ARC team & absolutely love reading & supporting you along the way.

If you’ve read any of Harrison’s books you will know they all take you on a different journey & this one was a journey to hell…oh my daaaays it did not disappoint in the slightest!

Something is happening in the town of Dunswell, Liv has recently lost her girlfriend Lizzie. It’s said it was an accident but her nightmares are telling her the gateway to hell is partially open thanks to her friends sacrificing Lizzie. And now she keeps seeing corpses, visions of death surround her…

Leonard’s need for pain & pleasure is increasing. He’s having visions, demons are calling to him, he’s told to go home kill the girl & he’ll get his true desires

Father Matthew’s saw the blood pouring from the statue, he saw the empty graves…he’s unearthed catacombs that he didn’t know existed, what does it all mean?

“We all die & rot eventually. We just have to pray we don’t rot in hell…”

Ohhhh this was goooood 👏🏼 the way it all came together!! 😮‍💨👌🏻I did not predict the ending to go that way! It was certainly no fairytale that’s for sure 😅

As usual there were the occasional gaggy parts (maggots) 🤢 but this story was an easy read! I loved it! It’s available now & also on KU so make sure to add it to the TBR!!

Thanks again Harrison! I can’t wait to see what’s next from you 👏🏼🤎

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[shyra ☾ · Rating 4 out of 5]

i knew i would be directly plagued into a bloody & rotting decay bliss!

die & rot in mf hell b!tch!

well that was all around bonkers in a good way lol. this read like entering a portal that transports you through hell.
a sexual deviant gets possessed into becoming pregnant by an unearthly demon then gives birth to its baby.
the pencil & birth scene? ah the hilarity!
the visions, a miracle witness with a priest involving the beloved catacombs beneath a church <3

crawling out of its grave, a classic italian horror story mingling with delicious supernatural gore. it was exactly as it mastered to be.
i encourage everyone who has this on their tbr to move it up a notch

”we all die eventually. we just have to pray we don’t rot in hell…”

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review to come.

[Jonny Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 review to come

[Zane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book doesn’t ease you in it drags you face first into rot, blood, and something deeply, spiritually wrong.
Die And Rot In Hell feels like a town already dead before the first page even breathes. Dunswell isn’t just cursed it’s festering. Every character is either breaking, hiding something, or already halfway gone. Liv’s grief is raw and suffocating, Leonard is straight up disturbing in a way that makes your skin crawl, and Father Matthews? That man is standing way too close to something ancient and unforgiving.The real horror here isn’t just the gore (and yeah there’s plenty of that). It’s the slow realization that nobody is getting out clean. The visions, the catacombs, the “miracles” none of it feels holy. It feels infected.
This book reads like:
* A sermon whispered through a corpse’s mouth
* A nightmare that smells like damp earth and decay
* A warning you’re already too late to hear
And when it hits? It doesn’t pull punches. It breaks bones.
If you like your horror:
* Bleak as hell
* Morally rotten
* And unapologetically violent

…then this one will absolutely ruin your day in the best way.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — Pure rot. No mercy.

[Claudia Rambles · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I saw this cover I knew I was in for a treat. What I didn’t know was how invested I was going to be in this story.

It starts with kids performing a ritual and opening the gates to hell, then moves quickly to a very masochistic character, a grieving 17 year old, and a priest!

The fact that each chapter focuses on one character only completely pulled me in, and I couldn’t wait to see how it would all tie together.
For me, this is just very clever writing, and even though it’s completely different from all the other books I’ve read by Harrison Phillips, it makes me want to go through his backlog.

Don’t get me wrong! You do get the gore, the graphic images, and the humour, as usual, but this one just hits differently.

Instant 5 stars for me.

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[Nicola (deathandthemacabre) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a bit different from Harrison's usual tales - still depraved and gruesome but with more of a main storyline and character development.. as much as I shouldn't, I really liked Leonard 😂 so many hilarious moments around him if you like or understand fetish/debauched humour.

As usual, it was well written and funny and had so many WTF moments.

It felt like a fever nightmare.. or like a terrible acid trip that would make you never want to touch the stuff again. The visions some of the characters have are truly terrifying and horrific.

There's a scene involving a pencil that'll make your eyes water - 👀✏️🍆

Check/ask for triggers with this one, and honestly , I genuinely hope that IS what happens to evil people in Hell🤞

[Ashley Glover · Rating 2 out of 5]

I went into this book with high hopes due to the numerous 4/5 star reviews and I was thoroughly disappointed. The jump from one perspective to another right in the beginning of the story sets this up to fail as you have no basis of understanding as to what the plot even is and are lost until halfway through. I also understand this is a horror/gore novel and went into this expecting to be unsettled or slightly disturbed, but this author added unnecessary deeply disturbing sub text regarding the corpse of a child which from my perspective was abhorrent to read and completely unnecessary to plot or story. This is an author I am unlikely to read again.

[Margaux · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a journey. It was shocking, absurd, bloody, hellish, with plenty more that, despite its dark subject matter, makes it a great slasher read. It’s definitely not for everyone. I had my fair share of “What am I even f**king reading?” moments, but I kept coming back to it, and ended up finishing the whole thing in almost one go. If you’re into slasher, body-horror, classic Italian horror, extreme gore, type of books, this one’s for you.

[Tricia Montes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Witchy tree stumps, coffin blood sprinklers, men birthing dead babies, corpse orgies, and pencils…

What a lovely little apocalyptic fever dream and firm reminder to skip Sunday service and always check virginity validity.

The bargain-bin deal with the devil worked out well for me and my psychological decline. 5⭐️

[C.S. Gorman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dunswell that end’s well….

I loved a lot here, and with some bad dubbing, it’d be such a rad movie.

[Mallory · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every page of this book was more wild than the last. I don’t even know how to rate this because I ripped through it in two days while thinking “what the fuck am I reading” the entire time.

[Francesca · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️ this was not at all what I expected it to be but it was an interesting read

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fucked up. The ending was expected but the twists and turns to get there had me fucked up. Hallucinations? Fucked up. Like…. Fuuuucked up. Loved it, honestly.

[Begotten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely worth a read.

[Eva Malone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun ride through hell.