The Stake - Richard Laymon Reviews

Not really a fan of vampire novels but as this was a Laymon novel i thought i would give it a go and i was not disappointed. Its not your standard Laymon novel but it did keep me enthralled throughout. Basically this is a novel about vampires and friendship with several twists and turns to keep you interested. Without giving too much away a group ...  Read the complete review

The Stake is not your average vampire story. The Stake is your average Richard Laymon story though - and this might or might not be a good thing. The story is set in the present day - it starts in a hotel in a Californian ghost town. The hero of the book is a horror writer (which, I feel, is always an interesting choice for a hero when, of ...  Read the complete review

This book will take you in and not let you go until you have read every last word. Prepare yourself for the best horror author ever. This may be a personal opinion, but hey isnt that what its all about? The Stake is set around an author, his wife and daughter. Just like Richards own family. A very cleverly written story that will have you wanting ...  Read the complete review

This story is focused on a group of friends who stumble across a coffin containing the corpse of a female vampire who still has the stake in her chest.Through the whole story the group try to decide wether they should remove the stake from the vampires chest and what would happen if they did. In quite a morbid way larry the main ...  Read the complete review

The Stake is a well written and very original vampire story. Set in modern times, four friends discover a coffin containing a woman with a stake through her heart. One of the group is a writer and decides to write a story based around the coffin. Convincing himself it is for research purposes, he takes the coffin and its occupant home, with the ...  Read the complete review

The Stake single-handedly changed my mind about Vampire novels. I've always liked horror stories, but never been a fan of those gothic, historical vampire books. Well The Stake very definitely contains a vampire, but any similarity ends there. It's set in the present day, and is about a group of friends who come across a coffin in an old ...  Read the complete review