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nonersays's review
3.0
I downloaded this one because I love horror, and it has become harder and harder to find horror. I pick up something thinking its horror, and it turns out to be thriller....or sci-fi.
This one is horror. It is horror in the way that the campy slasher movies of old are horror, complete with sex. Except in this case there is no actual sex, just mastrubation. And no boobs, just....man parts.
In fact, what stuck with me more than the story itself was the sex. It was almost as if the whole story was a metaphore of masturbation and sexual violence/rape that I just can't put my finger on.
Anyway....The premise of the story is that Bruce's bathtub is alive, and apparently hungry. It eats his cat. It tries to eat him. It somehow transforms from the tub itself being alive, to a beastie living in the tub bursting forth to attack.
Okay, I like horror. I like monsters. I like the shock value of said monster in this story. Too much "horror" I've read lacks that shock value.
BUT...there is a bit of meat lacking out of this.
A good horror story is supposed to leave you slightly afraid of whatever seemingly innocent thing the story is about. While some readers who have reviewed this said they would never look at bathtubs the same after reading this....I can still bathe and shower without the slightest shiver of fear.
This one is horror. It is horror in the way that the campy slasher movies of old are horror, complete with sex. Except in this case there is no actual sex, just mastrubation. And no boobs, just....man parts.
In fact, what stuck with me more than the story itself was the sex. It was almost as if the whole story was a metaphore of masturbation and sexual violence/rape that I just can't put my finger on.
Anyway....The premise of the story is that Bruce's bathtub is alive, and apparently hungry. It eats his cat. It tries to eat him. It somehow transforms from the tub itself being alive, to a beastie living in the tub bursting forth to attack.
Okay, I like horror. I like monsters. I like the shock value of said monster in this story. Too much "horror" I've read lacks that shock value.
BUT...there is a bit of meat lacking out of this.
A good horror story is supposed to leave you slightly afraid of whatever seemingly innocent thing the story is about. While some readers who have reviewed this said they would never look at bathtubs the same after reading this....I can still bathe and shower without the slightest shiver of fear.
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