Cult: Extreme Horror

by Ash Ericmore

Sam and her family are moving from beautiful Camden to a rundown seaside tower block. In it lives a cult, run by an octogenarian sadist known as Nanny, hell-bent on keeping her family growing. And if that means people have to reproduce or die, then so be it.

Cult is a novella that skates the thin line of being so brutal and disgusting that it is unpalatable, so if you don’t like your fiction so gross you don’t want to look at it, then perhaps you might want to give this one a miss, yes?

Full of sex as grotesque as it is beautiful, and violence so pure it will make your skin crawl, Cult is an extreme horror, painted with the blackest of humour. Consider this a trigger warning for just about everything.

Genres: Horror, Splatterpunk, Dark

97 pages, Paperback

Published July 12, 2022

Reviews

[Khalid Abdul-Mumin · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a sick gore-fest of depravity!!!

Mr. Ash Ericmore has a very unique and splendid facility to blend the ordinary and the macabre, the totally brutal, abhorrent and the disgusting with a nice and much needed reprieve of black humour.

It's absolutely sick and funny at the same time (this is quite unseemly but I love it!).

I present you with a sort of sanitized snippet from the book.

After a second of silence, Sam’s father began to scream so loudly it rounded the ball-gag and could probably have been heard in the flat above. Blood erupted from between his legs, mixing with the piss at first and then overtaking it, dripping from the chair to the carpet, trickling down his legs. He bit down on the gag so hard, his front teeth cracked, and one split in half, splitting his gum and causing a torrent of blood from his mouth.

Cult begins with a family of three moving into a seaside apartment block where they unfortunately encounter a group of people with truly sick predispositions.

This is their daughters' story. I'll highly recommend this to extreme horror affictioniados, happy reading. I've definitely gotten a new sub-genre to wallow in. NOT!!! for the faint of heart at all.

2022 Read

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sam (not West, LOL) and her family move into a cheap high rise on the coast from their former London home. Strange things are going on there. When Sam is kidnapped and her parents are murdered the situation is getting tight. Will she find and ally and come out of it alive? The story sounds compelling but was paper thin and a bit worn. Primarily it was about incest and using Sam as a new breeding vessel... you can imagine how descriptive those parts were (but even here nothing new under the sun). It was okay but there is better stuff out there for this kind of genre (okay, I came from reading Sam West). At least the cover was good and alluring and it was quickly finished.

[Janie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A family of three moves to a shabby council tower block that looks as ominous as it feels. They are pursued by a cult that rules the block in a most violent and bloodthirsty regime. The daughter, Sam, tries the best she can to protect her parents and to survive the cruel "family" that wants her to join them. If you fear for your life, consider one thing when looking for a new home: location, location, location!

[Leeanne 🥀 The Book Whor3 🥀 · Rating 4 out of 5]

CULT!!

Well, that was a f***** up little read!! Full of incestuous sex, gore, blood, violence and depravity.....and I loved it!!
Sam moved to a run down apartment building with her parents, from beautiful Camden, and is thrust into a nightmare with the building being run by an elderly sadist ‘Nanny’, who wants to keep the family bloodline alive!! This was a short story but was a complete hoot and packed full of all the ‘good’ stuff!! Definitely NOT the type of place I’d move to!

[Peter Topside · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really unsure whether to rate this 2 or 3 stars, but I try to give most authors the benefit of the doubt. This was very messy, both figuratively and literally. A really obscene amount of sexual content and body horror. The thing here was that I really liked the core premise about the new family moving into this creepy apartment building overrun by a cult. Possibilities here were endless. However, Ash Ericmore really forced things like rape, gore, etc, without giving anything proper footing, so it all felt out of place. Now, in case anyone hasn't noticed, I am enamored with splatterpunk, horror, etc, so I should really be a target reader for something like this. But it all just felt very mishmosh. Nothing really made much sense and it was all just random vulgar ideas tossed together, with some loose connections, but no real flow or pace. Any semblance of a plot was lost amongst the nonstop bloodshed and rape, which is a shame because there really could have been something good here. One of my least favorite Ash Ericmore books to date.

[MadameD · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cult by Ash Ericmore is a good extreme horror story.. The torture scenes are very well described. It was so realistic I recommend it.

[Hail Hydra! ~Dave Anderson~ · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Will you remember my mum when you’re drinking this? Open wide.”
And Noah stabbed him in the dick.
Peter screamed and Sam squirted the liquid down his throat. When it hit the gag reflex he started to choke.
Noah came back around. “I lost the knife. It’s kinda hanging outta his dick and I ain’t getting close enough to retrieve it.”

[John The Crippledgimp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well that was a messed up short read. This story kinda was that movie wrong turn but in a big ass apartment building. This was a pretty good read definitely messed up plenty of gore throughout but was disappointed at the ending because after all the shit that was done to that girls family the got off to easy I give it 4.5. Good quick read

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun, but violent, short tale about a ‘Cult’ group that take control of a high rise apartment block that deal out their own brand of punishment to anyone that refuses to fall into line and follow their special rules and directives.

Sam and her parents have arrived to take occupancy of their new home and it’s not long before they fall foul of some of the local residents which soon leads into experiencing a welcome that they will truly never forget.

An entertaining, yet highly improbable, piece of pure escapism which has more than a touch of the original ‘Die Hard’ movie about it. Slightly disappointed with the convenient ending that felt a little rushed and also appeared to provide a rather abrupt and incomplete halt to affairs.

Rating: 3.1 stars.

[Mindy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Okay so. Dnf at 45%. Want my honest thoughts and burning feelings on this book? Check StoryGraph.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the spunky heroine in this one..

So I asked around for some recommendations. A reading friend pointed out she had not seen any Ash Ericmore titles in my reviews. I was having a weird day and kept messing up the name. Searched several times for "Eric Ashmore" and was starting to think she was playing a trick lol Thankfully I got that sorted out. You can believe i won't forget his name again. What a wild ride!
Absolutely love the main character in this one. She is spunky and sarcastic and tough as nails. Cannot wait to read more by this author.

[Shadow Girl · Rating 5 out of 5]

RTC

[Dakota Dawe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cult is a fast paced rollercoaster, going 60 miles an hour with all the loops, drops, and whiplash you can handle. Think backwoods inbred hillbillies, but give them a UK accent and have them all live under one giant roof, taking in new tenants to either recruit or use as breeding cows. The book is as wild as it sounds!

[Lindsay Crook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

Another bloody vote fest...Who doesn't love a good incestuous cult in a block of flats..This one is going in my favourites pile.I'd of liked a little more from Noah but it didn't take from the story which made my black soul happy.

[Mellisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary: Sam and her family are moving from beautiful Camden to a rundown seaside tower block. In it lives a cult, run by an octogenarian sadist known as Nanny, hell-bent on keeping her family growing. And if that means people have to reproduce or die, then so be it.


Review: This is short, vicious extreme horror that doesn’t hold back. Brutal, gory, and uncomfortable in all the right ways. Exactly what you want if you’re looking for something truly disturbing.

[Ieva Valentinavičiūtė · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a depraved little read packed with gore and all kinds of extreme twisted horrors.
When Sam and her family move into a new apartment building, things quickly spiral into a fight for survival because the place is ruled by a weird inbread cult.
I'd love to read a prequel exploring the origins of the cult and the twisted family behind it.

[Sharon Leung · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good short read

I enjoyed this read, it was simple, to the point , with plenty of action. I enjoyed the surprise near the beginning, and I definitely will be checking air vents no matter where I see them. Also love the nan, she made me laugh. I think I know of a few women whom would like to be in her shoes concerning certain things. But loved her character, although I can't say I enjoyed a lot of what she did. It definitely made me cringe in parts. All in all it was a fast paced nasty read that I thoroughly enjoyed. I would recommend.

[Nicki Thoirs · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was twisted! A new family move into an apartment. The building is busy, large and run down. While there the family is targeted by a depraved cult and all sorts of shenanigans start to happen.
Some of the topics are quite taboo. At points, I felt down right disturbed! I found myself confused at certain points, for a short story, there are a lot of characters. I would like to see a prequel style story, and have the ability to re read this with more context and understanding of the characters.

[Tara Losacano · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a nasty tale of brutality and revenge! I never know what I'm going to get when reading Ericmore and it always makes for an exciting read. I do, however, know it'll be intense, it'll be violent, and it'll be brutal.. and those are some of my favorite things in a horror book! 4/5 decapitated skulls 💀

[Mark Alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great read from the author! Violent, creepy, gross and yet in places oddly...erotic?
Some good humour in places as usual.

[bex · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it!!

[Sam Mitchener · Rating 1 out of 5]

it's a no from me, thanks

[Sea Caummisar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Violence and graphic bloody scenes. What's not to enjoy?

[PaigeReads · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 ⭐️

I enjoyed this one a lot more than the first of his that I read. I really liked the main character and the pacing was super quick.

Loved the ending. So fucked up

[linnea — lnnvs · Rating 3 out of 5]

definitely a whole lot of content warnigns for this one, it really had me questioning human kind at certain points.. like, a lot..👹a little bummed out about a certain death that just felt *too easy* and the ending was a bit rushed, a few more pages would’ve been the finishing touch in both those instances. other than that, very enjoyable and such a quick entertaining read!

[Lee Crucefix · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is brutal but such a fun read, if you have a strong stomach i can't recomend it enough

[Mikepottz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A family move to a seaside shithole, an abomination of an apartment block. The daughter Sam will be chased by a bunch of redneck inbred freaks and try to hide in an old ladies apartment. The old lady Nanny is the leader of these sexually charged depraved fucks. Sam wakes up tied to a gurney and her mum in stocks. Her mum has her head chopped off thudding onto the floor and her corpse ravaged in all holes by the sickos. Her father has his dick cut off with rusty garden shears. Sam has to kill to escape and unleashes her punishment causing these sick fucks pain and suffering. Only fire can fully eradicate pure evil. Very strong content and sickly entertaining.

[Tilly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m so grateful for this book recommendation because I would never have found this book! It’s a great short, very dark read. Now I’m on to the next.
If you haven’t got an open mind. Have lots of triggers. This book isn’t for you.

[Mark M J Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

A family move from their lovely home to a rather decrepit tower block. The type of place where words such as 'grim' and 'ominous' spring to mind as they look at it. And it is not just the drab exterior and poorly scrawled graffiti that conveys that image, because there is, of course, the expected group of surly bicycle-riding teens lurking around and leering at the female members of the family.

Although things are a lot more down to earth than the family has been used to, they are trying to muddle through and make their flat feel like home, although they’re off to a bad start when teenage daughter Sam finds her room still contains a grubby bed from the previous owner.

The crusty bed might be enough to signal how grim life can be in the block of flats, but things rapidly get worse after Sam witnesses a murder and finds herself running for her life. In what at the time appears to be a stroke of luck, Sam is rescued by a seemingly pleasant elderly woman who introduces herself as Nanny. And who doesn’t love a sweet old lady?

Sure enough, one drugged cup of tea later, and Sam finds herself in a nightmare of decapitated corpse necrophilia, ancient sausage rolls - or maybe they are vegan ones - and the results of what happens if you make a mess on Nanny’s floor.

Cult is a tale that is as gruesome as it is fun. It moves along at breakneck speed and can easily be completed in a single reading. Sam is a great character, and it is easy to get behind her and want her to escape the horror of the coastal tower block.

[❤ArtfullySinful❤ · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Welcome to the Court of Lanner.”

When her family fell on hard times, Sam and her parents; Lillian and Roger found themselves so far removed from the elegance they once lived. Now, they find themselves in a dilapidated apartment complex full of disgusting furniture left behind and neighbors who are anything but friendly. Only six months her father said as he struggled to get back on his feet. Yet this would prove to be a fatal move for the family. After they rolled the disgusting mattress from their room, the boys around the complex already began to threaten them with severe violence. It wouldn't be until the first night they actually spent there that Sam would encounter the first real savageness of them. Hanging a man out a nineteenth floor window looking for Noah Miles. As Sam tries to interject they drop him and let him plummet to his death before giving chase to capture her. Running as fast as she could she fell into grasps of an elderly woman named Jenny, nicknamed Nanny who drugged her with tea to let the boys get ahold of her. Waking up strapped down she witnesses the decapitated and sexual abuse of her mother's corpse before the same happened to her father. After being rescued by the elusive Noah, they travel through the ducts of the apartment complex as revenge circulates through Sam's mind. Stabbing and slaughtering them, Noah is kidnapped after the death of Nanny and Sam is willing to fight to the death to rescue her new companion. Finding him in the basement she sets it ablaze with petrol before together they killed ten of them. With Peter the last man left they tie him up before leaving him and the rest of the apartments to burn. Watching from the outside, they see the other captives; pregnant woman fighting between burning alive or jumping to their deaths. One thing is for certain however, nobody will believe what happened here.