2/19/2024 0 Comments It was raining that night movie![]() If you like classic, cheesy b-movie horror then this is the book for you. Theirs is indeed a most unenviable position.įilled with gore, sex and wacky characters, One Rainy Night is a must read for any Laymon fan, or anyone out to experience an awesome horror read. The people not affected by the insanity rain may just be the least fortunate residents of Bixby, CA. The black rain falls, and everyone that gets wet with the gooey stuff goes insane and becomes overwhelmed by the desire to kill and rape and pillage. The plot of One Rainy Night is best described in the blurb I can't do it any better than that. Unfortunately, we lost Laymon in 2001, when he was felled by a massive heart attack, so once I read through them all, well, that's that. ![]() I haven't read all of his books, as I am slowly working my through them. Other such titles I have thought as highly of from this amazing, but grossly underrated author are Island, Body Rides, Into The Fire, After Midnight and The Cellar. What an action packed, fun-filled ride through a night of terror and violence! I would shelf One Rainy Night as "Classic" Laymon. This is one of my new favorite Laymon books. A great book to read when the thunderclouds roll in… It's a bit over-the-top, but Laymon's writing style more than makes up for it. ONE RAINY NIGHT is a simple story.toxic rain, makes people go crazy.īut the way that Laymon describes how the people go crazy is the real beauty of this novel. It constantly keeps the reader off balanced, eagerly flipping pages just to see who will make it to the next chapter, and who has had thier final curtain call. And that's what's so fascinating with his writing. You see, Laymon knows where the line is and is not only unafraid of crossing it, he does so with pleasure. As I began the book I thought, No big deal.just another run-of-the-mill horror writer. ONE RAINY NIGHT was among the fortunate to come home with me. So I went to my favorite used bookstore in my hometown and decided to see for myself what this Laymon guy was up to.Īnd, man, the dude had written like thirty books. I had never heard of Richard Laymon until I noticed a blurb on a Stephen King novel saying something like: Besides Laymon and Koontz, King has.blah, blah, blah. There's the usual blood, guts and entrails being thrown around the place, but its a fun book to read. ![]() In summation: put your brain into neutral, and go along for the crazy ride. After a self debate, me and myself have reached the consensus that things usually happen in threes - and I may be pushing my luck if I do. I'm now wondering if I should read three Laymon novels' consecutively. Also, if an unaffected person touches someone who is affected by the black rain then it won't turn them into a crazy person only direct contact with the rain will make people turn not secondary contact - although, some of them are crazy anyway. Interestingly, the storm seems to be stationary and not affecting other areas only Bixby. The story is told in the third person from multiple POV - as we're introduced to some of the denizens of Bixby, as they try to deal with the crisis and stay alive - and not get contaminated themselves. For some reason, the black rain causes people to turn into homicidal maniacs, it also gives them a feeling of euphoria. After they get better aquainted, there's a massive roar in the night sky, and it starts to rain the rain is black.īarnes attacks Hanson and Hanson draws his weapon and blasts the maintenance guy in the head. Toby Barnes (Head of Maintenance) introduces himself to Hanson, telling him what he knows about the victim, which isn't much. After climbing the chain-link fence to gain entry to the stadium he has a look around the crime scene, when suddenly, the stadium lights come to life, and he sees someone walking towards him from one of the stadium's tunnels. This was just as good as the last book I read by the author (Endless Night) - although, not quite as funny.īob Hanson, a patrol officer, returns to the scene of a gruesome crime: where someone has been tied to the goalposts of Lincoln High School's Football Stadium and set on fire.
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