Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newpaper publisher, starts thinking seriously about his impending death, he offers to pay a physicist and two mediums, one physical and one mental, $100,000 each to establish the facts of life after death.Dr. Lionel Barrett, the physicist, accompanied by the mediums, travel to the Belasco House in Maine, which has been … has been abandoned and sealed since 1949 after a decade of drug addiction, alcoholism, and debauchery. For one night, Barrett and his colleagues investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townfolks refer to it as the Hell House.
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One group tried in 1931 and Hell House was victorious. One group tried in 1940 and Hell House was victorious. Then in 1970, another group goes to the Belasco house aka Hell House. They set out to try to do what the others could not and that was to vanquish evil forever from Hell House. In 1970 we meet two men and two women who arrive at Hell House, Dr. Barrett, who is a scientist, and his wife Edith, a medium named Florence, and another medium named Benjamin Fischer, who is the lone survivor from 1940. Would this be the year the mediums are victorious in ridding Hell House of its evil or will the doctor prove them all wrong? Who will survive this time? This story was full of non-stop tension even during the moments of no action. It was so hard to put down not to mention making it hard to sleep at night long after putting the book down. If you have not read this, what are you waiting for?
Another book that I read back in the late 1970s, I went crazy over this book. The paranormal aspects of the book were the first I indulged in reading in this genre. Matheson was an excellent writer with many novels to his credit. Definitely worth reading.
Richard Matheson was one of my favorite authors, and this was one of my favorite books by him. The man was a master of efficient, effective writing that nailed the target unerringly. In this case, the target was dread and horror. The dread isn’t something slow to build, either. Atmosphere, history, character relationships–everything adds up quickly and leaves the reader with curled toes.
Then the suspense builds more.
Then the horror starts to pile up.
For fans of well-crafted horror, you can’t pass on this book.