Stuart’s Reviews > Chillers for Christmas > Status Update

Santa. 3.5. Short and thought provoking but not a great deal to see here. 105.5:27

Wings of song. 3. Interesting and original enough, though more Boy’s Own than Tales of Terror. 102:26

Night before Xmas. 4.5. Beautifully horrible, reminiscent of EF Benson with extra awfulness. 99:25

Deliverer. 4. Not wholly sure what’s going on here, may need another read, but it’s fairly scary. 85.5:24

Xmas Present. 4. Quite fluent and well told, though not particularly original. Good sense of mounting horror. 81.5:23

Uninvited. 3.5. Great storytelling, gripping stuff, but it’s just a tale of wronged revenants implausibly wreaking vengeance (reanimated corpses really not my bag). 77.5:22

Buggane 4. Atmospheric and spellbinding if a little predictable. 74:21

Just before dawn. 2.5. Promising first half but descends into inexplicable and implausible body switch unwitting revenge tale. 70:20

Grotto. 3.5. Decent “lost victim” story though a bit slight. 67.5:19

Hanging Tree. 5 Typical Ron - great characters, interesting slant on a potentially stock situation. And if I interpret the ending correctly, more disturbing than meets the eye. 64:18