Night of the Ghoul

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I just wish the story lent itself to being a bit more original, then I’d wish it were longer. As it is, this is long enough. Middle of the pile and kind of forgetful tbh. Why only 3 stars then? While it was a good horror tale I thought it was going to be brilliant. It became less of a surprise and the ending was such a popular horror trope that it felt like it didn't belong. Night of the Ghoul was meant to stand the test of time against other classic monster horror movies like Dracula and Frankenstein. The movie was created with love and passion, but never made it to the big screen for mysterious reasons. It’s revealed that pieces of the film were destroyed in a ghostly fire that killed everyone in the filming crew but the director T.F. Merrit, the remaining footage disappearing under unknown circumstances. The second half kind of takes a big nosedive though. Most of the plot points either fall flat, contradict themselves or create giant plot hole inconsistencies that don’t make logical sense in the context of the full story. The second half is also told in a completely different style than the first half. The first half feels like a good horror story with a slow intense build up. The second half feels like the unfinished bullet points of a movie script turned into a comic book.

This series has a lot of promise. Yet, there is a niggling familiarity to it that I currently can't put my finger on. I certainly haven't read this before and it isn't anything like the previous Snyder comics and graphic novels I've read. Maybe it'll come to me as I delve further in.It started a really strong with a unique premise, interesting characters, a brilliant setting and a visceral sense of menace without being too explicit at all. It then remained on right up until the last half where while still good it did not quite live up to how well it started. In any event, I’ve spent a lot of time looking at his art. The more comfortable he has become with his brush, the chunkier and less self-conscious his line has become, the freer his composition and the more assured his set pieces. He’s quite an ambitious artist, and he’s still getting better. Everything he draws just looks good. What more do you need to know? The anticipation for Night of the Ghoul is high for many thanks to it being part of eight titles Scott Snyder is co-creating at comiXology, but also because it has been teased for years. Now available digitally, Snyder and Francesco Francavilla join forces on a horror tale that involves an incredible monster, a lost film, and a father and son who may not make it out of the story alive. Boží scénář je doprovozenej skvostnym artem a ještě lepším coloringem. Stejně jako scénář pokukuje po dobový stylizaci ale zároveň nekopíruje a je svěží. Former DC/Vertigo editor Will Dennis will be the editor for all eight books, after already editing Snyder's Undiscovered Country, Wytches, Nocterra, and the upcoming series Chain.

The premise has ingredients of what you want from a Scott Snyder comic, from his aforementioned tropes to reuniting with Francavilla, who also made a name for himself on another horror title, Afterlife with Archie. The story also taps into an important period of horror cinema in the 1930s, where the Universal Monsters such as Frankenstein and Dracula thrived. Originally published online in six issues as a ComiXology Original (and eventually physically released as three oversized issues by Dark Horse), it becomes apparent that Snyder is overly serving the premise, which becomes the main fault of the series. I enjoyed the 2 narratives that slowly came together. I liked the art which was very evocative and scary with just the right level of horror and I thought the writing really strong. This idea, this prose-writer, this art: it's already there! It feels like they got in their own way, and I'm wondering if the format for the releases of this as a comixology exclusive launch are to blame, as the periodic release schedule/size is SO OFTEN to blame when a collection's greatest failure is the pace and attentiveness of the story. Writing and editorial decisions kept this from being the horrifying success it could've been. But, for all my belly-aching, it was still a pretty good read. While new information is uncovered, Inman’s son pokes around the old folks home, which is now deserted. Once again, Francavilla ups the creepy factor with the boy going down into the depths and subtle shadow hands enveloping him, only for him to turn towards the light he came from to see freaky gasping faces. As he discovers atrocities in the basement Inman also realizes truly awful things are taking place.Along with the present-day narrative of Forest and Orson visiting the former director that leads to a night of horrors, the book contrasts with the narrative of the movie “Night of the Ghoul”, which is revealed to be autobiographical to T.F. Merrit, recounting how his father became one with the eponymous Ghoul after his time of World War I. Considering the emotional anchor that is the flawed father-son relationship that you believe between Forest and Orson, the simplicity of that narrative gets interrupted by the other narrative, which goes into great length about this history of the Ghoul, as well as the cult that worships it.