PositiveLocusFor all the winks to the audience, The Final Girl Support Group makes no bones about the misogyny laced through these movies ... a novel that pays homage to the slasher genre while recognising that mainstream views have changed over the last four decades, that those who did so can no longer ignore the sexual and physical violence perpetrated on women; that these movies, as much as we might adore them, can no longer be viewed as just harmless, gory fun.
Stephen King
RaveTor.comNow, almost 20 years after Four Past Midnight, comes Full Dark, No Stars. When it was published, King was on a roll, returning to his full powers after health problems in the early 2000s and what he described as another dry patch that left him feeling like he’d lost his knack for short stories. But now, he was coming off a string of massive books ... Each of the main characters has a secret that twists their lives out of shape ... Full Dark, No Stars also represents a moment when King broke with supernatural horror ... But with three out of his four stories in this book straight up tales of suspense, it marks the place where he (temporarily) starts pushing the supernatural into the background.
