Reviews

Attack From the '80s by Eugene Johnson

aaronlindsey's review

3.0

I spent my teenage years in the 80's, the greatest decade the world has ever seen. So it's always fun to venture back there in fiction.
This is a nice collection of short horror stories based in the 80's.
I enjoyed most, loved a couple (Top Guns of the Frontier, Ghetto Blaster) and didn't like a few.
All-in-all a decent book.

charm_city_sinner's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

spaceykate's review

4.0

Ok so first off - I am not a fan of horror but a lot of my friends are, so I've been exposed to a few different "tricks of the trade" throughout the years in visual and written formats. I actually really enjoyed a few of the stories in this collection! Altogether they made a great thematic group - 80s horror vibe - complete with camp, overt references to the time period. I think there's probably something for everyone in here.

Personal faves (no particular order, but the frontier one probably was my overall top pick):
- "Top Guns of the Frontier"
- "Catastrophe Queens"
- "Permanent Damage"
- "Munchies"
- "When He Was Fab"
- "Welcome to Hell"
- "Stranger Danger"
- "The Garden of Dr. Moreau"

christopherward's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

joelrsundquist's review

4.0

This book was to DIE FOR. As cliché as that is. Whatever. I like clichés.

This book has a great range of stories from the time of the 80's and I had a BLAST reading it. Stories in places from Junkyards to movie sets to the streets on a Halloween night.

The neon colors and fluffy hair really shows itself in this book. I can feel it when I read it. The two stories that begin this collection start it off with a BANG. Top Guns and Snapshot are devilishly fun and gruesome stories. Some of my favorite authors are in here --such as Grady Hendrix with a little Halloween tale, the ending of which floored me -- to Jeff Strand with a cursed boombox that sticks to your face. Stephanie Wytovich's story I knew would be intense because I know her work, and lordy was it ever.

You will have fun and laugh, you will be disgusted, but by the end you will sigh in relief because you are proud that you finished this book without becoming too deranged...maybe. I would tell anyone to read this book. If you have any love of horror, or the 80's, this is it, my hair-metal, neonspandex-laden friends. It's a riot.