Susan has withdrawn from the world  after her divorce from her abusive husband.  Her mansion contains state of the art household automation.  She is secure from the dangers of modern Life.  She is safe from an unsafe world... Too bad her mansion had other ideas... The idea of a Alexa/Siri controlled house going haywire may sound like something written within the past decade, but you might be surprised that Dean Koontz actually wrote this book back in 1973. That's right.  Just five years after " 2001: A Space Odyssey " hit theatres, Koontz wrote this book brining HAL to a more personal level, while predicting the advent of programs like Alexa and Siri. This book is actually a pretty quick read at 301 pages.  The story progresses and builds at a steady and fast pace.  The writing is smooth and seamless as the tension and events unfold before you.  I lost track of time as I turned page after page.  I loved that this book was written from ...

  Horror literature has been with us for almost forever- from tales about vengeful gods making it thunder, campfire stories about the beastie in the trees, to books about fanatical cults. Some horror authors seem to have been with us for almost forever too- from Bran Stoker, to Mary Shelly, to Stephen King, to Dean Koontz... An ordinary parking lot in southern California. Christine Scavello and her six-year-old son are accosted by a strange old woman.  "I know who you are," she snaps at the boy.  "I know  what  you are."  A scream, a threat- and then a grotesque act of violence.  Suddenly, Christine's pride and joy, her only son, is targeted by a group of religious fanatics.  They've branded him the Antichrist.  They want to kill him.  And they are everywhere... Dean Koont's " The Servants of Twilight " was my introduction to his writing back when I was in High School.  He was being hailed as the "next Stephen King", and this book w...

I love movies.  And I love books.  So it's only natural that I'd love movies based on books, right? Right. So, without too much ado, here are five horror novels I'd love to see as a movie: 1.  "Bag of Bones" (Stephen King)- Widow Mike Noonan returns to his summer house after his wife passed away.  Soon, he is drawn into a ghostly mystery of what the local millionaire, Max Devore wants with three year old Kyra... and how it's connected to an old curse that was put upon the town by blues singer Sara Tidwell... 2.  "The Servants of Twilight" (Dean Koontz)-  After Christine Scavello and her son, Joey are accosted in a mall parking lot by a crazed lady they find themselves being stalked by a mysterious cult.  Hiring detective Charlie Harrison, they hope to discover what the cult wants with her son, and stop them.  What they discover leads them down a rabbit hole of religious fervor as they learn the cultist are willing to die... and kill in ...