The Elementals

De: Michael McDowell

Narrado por: R. C. Bray

Duración: 7 h y 52 m

Resumen del Editor

After a bizarre and disturbing incident at the funeral of matriarch Marian Savage, the McCray and Savage families look forward to a restful and relaxing summer at Beldame, on Alabama's Gulf Coast, where three Victorian houses loom over the shimmering beach. Two of the houses are habitable, while the third is slowly and mysteriously being buried beneath an enormous dune of blindingly white sand. But though long uninhabited, the third house is not empty. Inside, something deadly lies in wait. Something that has terrified Dauphin Savage and Luker McCray since they were boys, and which still haunts their nightmares. Something horrific that may be responsible for several terrible and unexplained deaths years earlier–and is now ready to kill again....

A haunted house story unlike any other, Michael McDowell's The Elementals (1981) was one of the finest novels to come out of the horror publishing explosion of the 1970s and '80s. Though best known for his screenplays for Tim Burton's Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, McDowell is now being rediscovered as one of the best modern horror writers and a master of Southern Gothic literature.

©1981, 2016 Estate of Michael McDowell (P)2016 Valancourt Books LLC

scarrey

Really scarey with out being gorey.Nice haunted house subject inter
esting family characters with good interacting

A great listen for Spooky Season

This novel is truly strange and frightening—it sticks in the mind and almost makes you see things out of the corner of your eye. I found listening at 90% speed perfect. Unfortunately this edition is missing the creepy prologue, although the events of the prologue are recounted in Chapter 1.

Great story

A fast paced and extremely well written story. Strong characters, and a great atmosphere was created. Definitely a solid 5/5, and the fact that RC Bray narrated was a cherry on top.

Not actually haunting

I enjoyed this book for the characters and performance. They came to life for me. They were just quirky enough. Kudos to the narration! I felt like I was at the theater!

Otherwise, not scary at all. More like a twilight Zone episode.

Pretty good read

Interesting story and good performance. Wished India and Luker didn't speak to each other the way they did. It was disconcerting the way the father spoke to his daughter. Otherwise, It was engaging.

such great characters and freaking scary

oh man. I had given up on finding anything new ( to me, i actually like that this book is older) and scary or even just well written. this book was such a wonderful surprise. I loved the characters and setting and the ending had me completely engrossed and scared as he'll. I'm going to look for more books by the author asap.

Absolutely amazing

One of my favorite books. Characters are excellent and Bray absolutely slays the accents.

Wish it was longer. I love the idea of the summer homes. I could really imagine what it all looked like.

Genuinely scary southern Gothic family drama

I live a couple blocks way from beach in Southern Califormia and thanks to this dang book, I can add sand to the list of things that can kill me.

things I loved--realistic family dynamics. really scary big bad. cool, loving and supportive dad. a believably terrifying situatiom. things that are problematic--there some artifacts from the 70s that wouldn't fly in 2024 like a magical black character, an extremely closeted gay person, and a dad who shares quaaludes with his sassy 7th grade daughter, but it's all done with love so don't through the baby out with the bathwater.

wow

there is nothing like a scary story set in the south! I stayed up most of the night listening!

The absolute BEST!!!

This is one of the best books I’ve ever heard. I think I listened to the whole thing within two days i could not stop listening. This is definitely my favorite author.