Authors: Harry Adam Knight with John Brosnan, Roy Kettle
Language: English
Length: 161 pages
Publisher: Valancourt Books
Release date: October 26, 2023
I grabbed myself a copy of “Slimer” by Harry Adam Knight. I’d go into more detail about who “Harry Adam Knight” was (pseudonym) but I figure if you have interest that can all be found with a quick Google search.
I will start by saying I picked this up because in my childhood I was (and still am) a large fan of the movie Carnosaur. Harry wrote the original book that movie was based off of, and after reading it, I figured I’d look into seeing what other pieces of his work I could find. Most of his writings are long out of print and very expensive, but they did do re-issues of Carnosaur, Slimer and The Fungus.
Back to Slimer—as for this book I found it to be highly enjoyable. Aside from a handful of very forgivable typos, I can say that this was a refreshing blast of cheesy British B horror. The only thing I will add is that there was a lot of graphic sexuality, and if it didn’t exist within the pages of the book, Slimer would be more accessible to younger readers. With that said, I do understand it is acceptable to have things “just for adults” and overall I will say this was well worth a read (or two?).
Slimer was the basis for the movie “Proteus”—so I will need to look into giving that a spin. Next up—The Fungus! -Devin J. Meaney
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