The Haunted Forest Tour

By: Jeff Strand, James A. Moore

Narrated by: Joe Hempel

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Haunted Forest Tour! Sit back, and enjoy a smooth ride in air-conditioned comfort as your heavily armored tram takes you through nature's most astonishing creation. The forest is packed to capacity with dangerous and terrifying creatures of all shapes, sizes, and hunger levels, and you'll get to observe these wonders in complete safety.

Howl with a werewolf! Gaze into the glowing eyes of a giant spider! Look right through a spooky ghost! See horrific monsters you couldn't even imagine, only inches away from you! Things with fangs, things with claws, things with dripping red jaws - you'll see them all!

Not thrilling enough? Well, it's Halloween, and so we're offering a very special tour through the Haunted Forest. The new route goes deeper into the woods than any civilians have ventured before, and you're guaranteed to get a good scare! Rest assured that every possible security precaution has been taken. The Haunted Forest Tour has a 100 percent safety record, and technical difficulties are unheard of. You will be in no danger whatsoever. 

We promise.

©2007 James A. Moore and Jeff Strand (P)2018 Tantor

Right up my alley, but . . .

I know I will take a beating for this, but I don't feel like this was one of Strand's best. I usually love his books, but this one was disappointing for a number of reasons. The narration by Joe Hempel was fantastic as usual, but story wise, for me it was too much too soon. There was no suspense and no build up because everything just hit the fan right off the bat. We hardly even knew the characters before people started getting killed off in mass quantities. It was like, oh, someone else is being eaten by a monster two seconds after the last guy? Okay. In other words, no tension at all.

Character development was also comparatively bland by Strand's usual standards. There were a lot of characters here (which is good given the rate they die), but I didn't feel connected to most of them. Maybe that was intentional, to ease the disappointment at losing them? If so, I would call that part a failed experiment, because it didn't work for me.

All in all, this felt a bit like one of those late night black and white monster movies, except with 10,000 different monsters instead of one, and on speed. I guess I would still recommend you listen to it, as long as you don't expect much.

Best story!

I really loved this story! It was exciting from the get go! I didn't want to stop listening to it. It was gory, but it was worth it. I can't say enough good things about it. I would highly recommend this book for anyone looking for a fast pace, exciting story.

The Most Original Haunting Book I've Ever Read!

I saw this a couple times and I kept thinking, "Gee, this sounds like it's more cute than scary." Holy cow, I was wrong. I mean...wow. This was nothing like I thought it was going to be. It's was so original and so fast paced, I mean it really was like riding a roller coaster than never stopped. Unreal! One of the best books I've ever read. This was awesome!

The narrator did a fantastic job managing multiple voices and keeping up with the pace. Just a fantastic book all of the way around.

loved it

This is a creative horror story that constantly throws new nonsense at you. I really enjoyed the ending. It is so good and somewhat comical.

Jurassic Park meets Cabin in the Woods

Humorous & gory. An entertaining horror comedy to waste a few hours or afternoon with.