Elementals: The Complete Series

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I enjoyed the characters so much that the horror element could be removed and it would still be an enjoyable book. I have to think The Elementals is a trial run for some concepts Michael McDowell would later explore at great length in Blackwater, namely a Southern family saga with supernatural elements lurking on the fringes. It consists of three, that's right three Victorian mansions set next to the Alabama gulf, far away from everything. This summer, with a terrible funeral behind them and a messy divorce coming up, even Luker McCray and little India down from New York are looking forward to being alone at Beldame. 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.

Something horrific that may be responsible for several terrible and unexplained deaths years earlier — and is now ready to kill again . By 1985 he was writing screenplays for television, including episodes for a number of anthology series such as Tales from the Darkside, Amazing Stories, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Tales from the Crypt.the horror may come from within or without, but it lives beside us always, an inconstant and alien reminder of how easily our cozy realities may be threatened and transformed, taken off of the paths that we so carefully construct and cherish. Extraños ritos relacionados con la muerte de sus integrantes y seres incorpóreos que los acosan en su casa de descanso son quizá los elementos principales de esta historia. Aunque India no es la chica súper gótica, lo cierto es que tiene interés por lo inexplicable y definitivamente es extraña e inusual. Not only will this book remain on my "Favorites" shelf, but it ranks in the top ten books I've read so far, period.

Like the days at Beldame blended into each other, this story could’ve continued on endlessly, lazy and satisfying.Among McDowell's other writings is the six-part serial novel Blackwater, a chronicle of a southern family drawn to the supernatural. This book was a great read that's packed with unsettling imagery and atmosphere, but it isn't always clear as to why the things taking place in the book are actually happening. I have to say that Luker and India are my favorite father-daughter combo in all of fiction with their interesting dynamic. Y alentado por la lectura de esta novela, voy a ir un paso más allá, comenzando a leer otra escalofriante y aterradora novela, ya mítica: la que escribió William Peter Blatty y que se llamó “El exorcista”.