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Shivers
92 pages, Paperback
Published October 15, 2018
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October 31, 2020
This sequel to The Book of Light & Darkness is a significant improvement. For one thing it is a longer play, devoting more pages to each of the three featured stories. Even the short midsection tale gets the chance to explore its creepy concept to the utmost.
As for the subject matter, Robinson dabbles in previously unexplored territory. Vampirism came as a welcome surprise and audio is generally much better utilised. I would have liked to see more precise scene direction on the page to show how the sound balance would work but I suppose that would ultimately be the decision of the stage director.
Of the three stories I preferred Dead Air for how it utilises familial guilt and static crackle. A close second was A Horror in Porcelain because it is a spooky doll story that shows the wicked hand that moves it. The New Priest of Blackpines makes an honourable runner-up because, while a stone forced into a beheaded skull makes for a thoroughly disturbing image, the end of this tale arrives too soon for my liking.
Regardless Shivers is a tremendous follow-up from Robinson, giving his soul-chilling storytelling chance to really stretch its batwings. Like with The Book of Darkness & Light I recommend it to fans of the classic ghost story form and innovative theatre.
As for the subject matter, Robinson dabbles in previously unexplored territory. Vampirism came as a welcome surprise and audio is generally much better utilised. I would have liked to see more precise scene direction on the page to show how the sound balance would work but I suppose that would ultimately be the decision of the stage director.
Of the three stories I preferred Dead Air for how it utilises familial guilt and static crackle. A close second was A Horror in Porcelain because it is a spooky doll story that shows the wicked hand that moves it. The New Priest of Blackpines makes an honourable runner-up because, while a stone forced into a beheaded skull makes for a thoroughly disturbing image, the end of this tale arrives too soon for my liking.
Regardless Shivers is a tremendous follow-up from Robinson, giving his soul-chilling storytelling chance to really stretch its batwings. Like with The Book of Darkness & Light I recommend it to fans of the classic ghost story form and innovative theatre.
May 5, 2020
Gloriously old school spooky horror!
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