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In the Tall Grass
Автор: Stephen King и Joe Hill
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One of the many Stephen King stories to get an adaptation in 2019. When they hear a child cry for help, a sister and brother head into a maze-like field, only to discover something very, very frightening lurks in the grass, hunting them.
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Now a major motion picture streaming on Netflix!
Mile 81 meets “N.” in this novella collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill.
As USA TODAY said of Stephen King’s Mile 81: “Park and scream. Could there be any better place to set a horror story than an abandoned rest stop?” In the Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they’ve lost one another. The boy’s cries are more and more desperate. What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver.
Mile 81 meets “N.” in this novella collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill.
As USA TODAY said of Stephen King’s Mile 81: “Park and scream. Could there be any better place to set a horror story than an abandoned rest stop?” In the Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they’ve lost one another. The boy’s cries are more and more desperate. What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver.
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In the Tall Grass
Автор: Stephen King и Joe Hill
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On the hunt…
One of the many Stephen King stories to get an adaptation in 2019. When they hear a child cry for help, a sister and brother head into a maze-like field, only to discover something very, very frightening lurks in the grass, hunting them.
Описание
Now a major motion picture streaming on Netflix!
Mile 81 meets “N.” in this novella collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill.
As USA TODAY said of Stephen King’s Mile 81: “Park and scream. Could there be any better place to set a horror story than an abandoned rest stop?” In the Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they’ve lost one another. The boy’s cries are more and more desperate. What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver.
Mile 81 meets “N.” in this novella collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill.
As USA TODAY said of Stephen King’s Mile 81: “Park and scream. Could there be any better place to set a horror story than an abandoned rest stop?” In the Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they’ve lost one another. The boy’s cries are more and more desperate. What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver.
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A short but sweet collaboration between Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, a Lovecraftian (an over- as well as misused word, but applicable here) short story about the travels, literally and figuratively, of a brother and sister on a cross-country trip. They end up traveling to a very strange country indeed.
Creepy and nasty little short story from the King clan. Well worth the read.
Reminiscent of Children of The Corn and Scott Smith's novel The Ruins. Don't eat while reading this one.
I enjoyed this short dose of horror and I hated to see it end. How I wish it were longer! King and Hill do a great job at drawing you in and making you hold your breath with anticipation. I was totally immersed while reading and pretty creeped out as well. I could almost see and smell the tall grass. There is gore and some nasty bits in here and this one is not for the faint of heart. Not a short story I will soon forget.I'm glad I read this one and I recommend it to fans of horror. It one of those stories where you are afraid to turn the page, but you just have to know what is coming next. This is by far, my favorite short story of 2012. These two need to write a full length novel.Also included at the end of In the Tall Grass are a few chapters of King and Hill's upcoming books.This review is my honest opinion. I purchased a copy of this book and did not receive any type of compensation for reading and reviewing it.
This is a novella by Stephen King and his son, Joe Hill. While I enjoyed the story, there seemed to be something missing. The end seemed to come abruptly and I was left hanging. At first I thought that part of the book was missing. Still, it's written in typical King style, taking a simple field of grass in Nowhere, Kansas, and turning it into something frightening. Brother and sister are heading west and stop in Kansas. From the weeds across the road they hear a child calling for help. They cross the road and enter the tall grass and the terror begins.
short and gruesome. a little gem
classic King style story, keeps you on the edge of your seat.
After getting used to Stephen King's "well, hello, Slenderman's right behind you" style, going back to the grotesque "eww putrid animal dead body filled with vermin" style never seems to be an easy transition. Maybe this is why I didn't like this book so much. But then again, to be honest, I wasn't really expecting too much from this book. I mean, the initial premise did sound good, but if you think about it, there wasn't much room for an intriguing story with lots of turnabouts. The story itself reminded me of a mix between elements of the thinny in King's Dark Tower series, plus the story of the rocks in one of his short stories in Just After Sunset (or was it Everything's Eventual?). An OK book, but far from being his best story.
Stephen King, certainly knows a thing or two about writing a horror story and his son, Joe Hill, is rapidly making a name for himself in the horror genre.The first time father and son worked together, the result was Throttle, inspired by Richard Matheson's classic Duel, which also went on to be Road Rage, a graphic novel series from IDW.This time the two writers united for In the Tall Grass. Cal and Becky DeMuth were born nineteen months apart and were so close, their parents called them Irish Twins. While in her freshman year at college, Becky winds up pregnant and the two set off on a cross country trip to their parents on the West Coast.Crossing Kansas, they go through an area where the grass is higher than an elephant's thigh. As high as seven feet. When they hear the voice of a young child crying, "Help! Please help me!" And: "I'm lost!", they decide to stop and investigate. Worst. Decision. Ever.By now the reader has a pretty good idea where this is headed. To bad Cal and Becky don't. There are clues like the name of the roadside church, Black Rock of the Redeemer, the fact that there are a number of dusty cars in the church's parking lot, and the voice of the child's mother warning them not to attempt a rescue, but in they go and what follows is terrifying fun for the reader.Along with a nice, original story, you get one very good limerick and for me, I actually learned a new word. "illimitable", which means "incapable of being limited or bounded." In the Tall Grass was originally published in two parts in the June/July and August 2012 issues of Esquire magazine and is available now as an e-book from a variety of sources.
In the Tall Grass by father and son duo; Stephen King and Joe Hill is old school horror. The kind of short story that is a visceral slash to the jungular. There is no wasting time and words on explaining all the reasons you should be scared, they just do it. "...If we had shadows, they'd be getting long and we might use them to move in the same direction, at least, he thought, but they had no shadows. Not in the tall grass. He looked at his watch and wasn't surprised to see it had stopped even though it was a self-winder. The grass had stopped it. He felt sure of it. Some malignant vibe in the grass; some paranormal Fringe shit..." Brother and sister, Becky and Cal are traveling across the country to leave Becky with her uncle and aunt. Pregnant and soon to be a single mother, Becky is moving in with her aunt and uncle to have the baby and then decide what to do after that. Cal, her devoted brother, is helping her. As they pass a field of tall grass they hear the cries of a child. They pull over and listen to the screams of the lost child and the maddenning screams of its mother to quiet down. Becky and Cal step out of their vehicle to go in search of the child. And it is here, when they step into the field of tall grass that all goes wrong. The mother and child, are hiding in the grass from the child's father. The father; Ross Humbolt, knows the secrets of the grass. Becky and Cal search for the child but distance and time change in the tall grass and soon they too are lost. Becky is found by Ross Humbolt soon after the cries of the child and mother have gone silent."...There was blood splashed on the grass beyond the swatches he was holding open and Becky wanted to stop but her feet carried her forward and he even stepped aside a little like in one of those other old movies where the suave guy says After you doll and they enter the swanky nightclub where the jazz combo's playing only this was no swanky nightclub this was a beaten-down swatch of grass where the woman Natalie Humbolt if that was her name was lying all twisted with her eyes bulging and her dress pushed up to show great big divots in her thighs and Becky guessed she knew now why Ross Humbolt of Poughkeepsie had such red lips and one of Natalie's arms was torn off at the shoulder and lying ten feet beyond her in crushed grass already springing back up and there were more great big red divots in the arm and the read was still wet because...because..." There is a stone in the tall grass. A great stone that has been there for a long time. This stone tells the secrets of the tall grass and it is only this stone that lets you survive. Only what will you do to survive in the tall grass. This is not some story about choices. There is no morality tale here. This is horror, rated R Twilight Zone, with the curtains drawn back and Rod Serling a lot darker that sixties television would ever let him be. A great short tale.
This story reminded me a lot of vintage Stephen King short stories like "Children of the Corn," except with the ick factor raised 1000% (perhaps that is Joe Hill's influence). The story is really too short to be a single, and would have been better placed in a collection. It is followed by very short previews of King's and Hill's forthcoming books. King's novel, a sequel to The Shining, seems blah, but the Hill book looks worthwhile.
Excellent! A good old-fashioned horror story, classic. It's short so you should read it, now.
Fun little story, nothing amazing, predictable but enjoyable and well-written. Should have been $.99, not $3.99, due to how short it is.
As others have mentioned, it's practically the same story as MILE 81, with minor variations.
I didn't read the previews for DOCTOR SLEEP and NOS4A2, going to wait for the whole book.
As others have mentioned, it's practically the same story as MILE 81, with minor variations.
I didn't read the previews for DOCTOR SLEEP and NOS4A2, going to wait for the whole book.
Lacking in subtlety. The first half of this story is effectively atmospheric. The second half tries too hard to be The Walking Dead. All that gore ruined something that could have been much spookier if the authors weren't trying so hard to shock and appall their readers.
This book is pretty hard for me to review. I felt like the first time I listened to this audiobook I missed something, because the ending came so aprubtly, so I listened to it again, but same thing. The story started out so strong, and I was really drawn into the story. The concept was so unique and it kind of reminded me of a sick, twisted version of Hunny, I shrunk the kids. There was so many ways this story could have gone, but it went in a way that was least expected, at least to me.I'm still struggling to find the words to really describe this story, and maybe it's because I'm not well read when it comes to Stephen King, I've only read one novella and now this audiobook. I do own a lot of Kings' works but the size of his books always discourage me a bit, I will eventually read more of his work, and try to get into his genius mind, but until then maybe I can't fully grasp the intensity of this story.I still did enjoy it, but the second half of the story really threw me for a loop, it got so sick and twisted that it kinda lost me a bit. It was a creepy read or listen in this respect and it was perfect for a creepy halloweenish story.
Something of a conventional King, replete with terrible stereotypes (the "latter-day hippies"), but gripping in how scary a sunny day and some tall grass can be. Also rather unsettling, in the typical horror scenario, in how it advises strongly against ever being "a good Samaritan." Still, I've liked some of King's other stuff, and I have to admit that I'm curious about the upcoming sequel to "The Shining," entitled "Doctor Sleep." There's a preview in this edition...
I've gotten out of the horror genre, but still enjoyed this short book. Could have done without the gore which seemed put in for shock value.
"In the Tall Grass" is one of the most disturbing tales I've ever read. This is the first Stephen King story, or Joe Hill story for that matter, that actually turned my stomach. The writing is vivid, filled with brutal simplicity that drives the horror home. I didn't feel all that attached to either Cal or Becky, but what Becky goes through in the later part of this short story would crush the heart of any parent. No, not just crush. Decimate.
This is also the first collaboration of father and son where I was able to pinpoint which author wrote what sections. I've come to know Hill's work well enough that I can catch certain sentence structures he commonly uses. I couldn't imagine writing such a piece with my son or daughter, but these two pulled it off.
"In the Tall Grass" garnered five stars simply for affecting me as much as it did. I will never forget this story.
E.
This is also the first collaboration of father and son where I was able to pinpoint which author wrote what sections. I've come to know Hill's work well enough that I can catch certain sentence structures he commonly uses. I couldn't imagine writing such a piece with my son or daughter, but these two pulled it off.
"In the Tall Grass" garnered five stars simply for affecting me as much as it did. I will never forget this story.
E.
Wow, that was gruesome! Classic King! A brother and sister, driving across country, stop and hear a child calling for help from the tall grass. They go in and... well, that's when the "fun" starts! Creepy, terrifying, and disturbing, as only Stephen King, and son, can! Not for the faint of heart!
When I read this novel I definitely expected more! What little content we were given was very well written packed with lots of details and I didn’t want to put the book down once... I just think it could be longer that’s all!
It was a nice gruesome story, I would recognize the writing style any day.
It was quite creepy, but it was quite quick and definitely a page turner. I enjoyed it.
Great show... It's always nice when the show is is good... I love the genre so I watch them all, so it's really nice when the show gets and keeps your interest.. great show from beginning to end.. you won't be disappointed watching this one
This is a novella, or a short story released as a single. It is heavy on horror and light on character development, as King sometimes is. Still, he is the master. In the beginning, he manages to make tall grass terrifying. Of course, in the end, the true terror is always other human beings.
Becky and Cal are inseparable siblings. When Becky finds out she's pregnant, Cal is the most supportive member of their family. The two end up on a road trip that takes them by a field of tall grass out in the middle of nowhere. They happen to hear a lost young boy calling for help somewhere in the field, so they pull over. It's weird, though, because there's also a woman in the field, the boy's mother, and for some reason she keeps telling him to be quiet. By the time Cal and Becky realize there's something off about this situation, it's too late, they're already in the grass.
I saw the trailer for the movie adaptation of this on Netflix and was intrigued. However, I also realize that I'm a huge wimp when it comes to horror movies and TV, so I decided to listen to the audiobook first (instead?).
I loved the overall atmosphere. The setting was perfect - isolated, with iffy cellphone reception, and yet not obvious about its dangerous aspects. Incidentally, I hate driving through "middle of nowhere" places because I can easily imagine ending up stranded by a place like this field of grass. Although hopefully not exactly like this.
In terms of horror main character intelligence, Becky was the smarter one of the two. If Cal hadn't been so impulsive, and if the two of them hadn't practically been joined at the hip, Becky might have managed to call 911 before they both got lost in the grass. Considering how things turned out, it's actually kind of painful to recall that, for a few seconds, her call did manage to go through.
Anyway, my wimpy self enjoyed the first part of the story the most, the period of time when Cal and Becky first realized that they were lost and that finding their bearings might be impossible. The second half of the story was harder for me to get through, especially the last 30 or so minutes. Bad, gross things happened, and I particularly wanted to cry for Becky. I listened to most of this audiobook while I was at work, but I listened to the last bit at home, and that was probably for the best.
My curiosity is now satisfied, but I think I'll pass on the movie adaptation. Although it sounds quite a bit different from the novella (yes, I read the detailed and spoiler-filled description on Wikipedia), it still has two of the moments from the original story that I think would be most difficult for me to watch.(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
I saw the trailer for the movie adaptation of this on Netflix and was intrigued. However, I also realize that I'm a huge wimp when it comes to horror movies and TV, so I decided to listen to the audiobook first (instead?).
I loved the overall atmosphere. The setting was perfect - isolated, with iffy cellphone reception, and yet not obvious about its dangerous aspects. Incidentally, I hate driving through "middle of nowhere" places because I can easily imagine ending up stranded by a place like this field of grass. Although hopefully not exactly like this.
In terms of horror main character intelligence, Becky was the smarter one of the two. If Cal hadn't been so impulsive, and if the two of them hadn't practically been joined at the hip, Becky might have managed to call 911 before they both got lost in the grass. Considering how things turned out, it's actually kind of painful to recall that, for a few seconds, her call did manage to go through.
Anyway, my wimpy self enjoyed the first part of the story the most, the period of time when Cal and Becky first realized that they were lost and that finding their bearings might be impossible. The second half of the story was harder for me to get through, especially the last 30 or so minutes. Bad, gross things happened, and I particularly wanted to cry for Becky. I listened to most of this audiobook while I was at work, but I listened to the last bit at home, and that was probably for the best.
My curiosity is now satisfied, but I think I'll pass on the movie adaptation. Although it sounds quite a bit different from the novella (yes, I read the detailed and spoiler-filled description on Wikipedia), it still has two of the moments from the original story that I think would be most difficult for me to watch.(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
What the fuckening fuck of all fuckening fuck fuckers???? Seriously? Omyggggaaaddddd.
This was my first audiobook I've ever listened to! I thought the narrator was great with his different voices for each character. The story was good and creepy (just what I expected with Mr. King and Mr. Hill). Basically a brother and sister are on their way to a new home and driving through Kansas and hear a boy's pleas for help in the tall grass. They set off to find the boy and get lost in the grass. This isn't your typical grass and it gets really weird and creepy. A must listen for any fan.
Read this book in one sitting!
I rated it 4 stars only because this book left me feeling sad and I'm quite tired of Mr. King doing this to me (I read "Mile 8" before this) :-). It's a pretty good book but some things were just so disturbing to me, although I should expect that. It's Stephen King for goodness sake. Reader, you won't be disappointed because it's a fast read and a good story line.