The Strain - Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro is one of the great modern day film makers. His stylish eye for design and amazing imagination have lead to him being behind the release of some of the most stand out films we've seen in recent years. From his debut, Cronos (1993), a vampiric thriller with an original twist to his most recent Hellboy II (2008), and all that has fallen in between; he has always provided us cinema fans with something different, something truly unique. There's a reason why he has been employed, trusted even, to direct the upcoming Hobbit films, it's that del Toro does horror and fantasy like no other. Somewhere during del Toro's crammed schedule he has found ...  Read the complete review

This sci-fi thriller is the first of a planned trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. I read it straight through and don't want to wait a whole year for the sequel! Set firmly in the present day, the book races through an imaginative 400-page scenario in which a secret strain of blood-sucking creatures makes itself suddenly, and dramatically, known. Although the creatures have been around for centuries, they now threaten the human race with extinction. The residents of New York City are turning into voracious zombies, each spreading the 'strain' as they drain the blood from their family and friends. Can it be stopped in time? The novel ...  Read the complete review

I'm sure that many fans of Pan's Labyrinth will, like me, be intrigued to find out that the director of this amazing film, Guillermo del Toro, has teamed up with crime writer Chuck Hogan and produced this, the first in a new trilogy of vampire novels. In the wake of 'Twilight' and del Toro's success as a director I'm sure that this new horror will be a popular release and there will be many eager readers ready to discover something new. I know that I was expecting a lot from it (and I'm don't usually read horror) and opened it up with eager anticipation of something new and different. Different it was, and very promising at the beginning. It starts with a very ...  Read the complete review

I have not found a book that has caught my interest as much as this book did in a long time. I picked it up from wh smith at 12.99 on the recommendation of a close friend who said it was right up my alley! And he was right. It is produced by two giants in the entertainment field (in my opinion) Guillermo Del toro who directed great films as pans labyrinth, blade and hellboy and Chuck Hogan author of the standoff and Prince of thieves. As soon as I started reading I was gripped! Its the first in a trilogy, starts with a mysterious abandoned plane in an air field with no explantation of its being there, everyone on board is dead.. except a few who have no ...  Read the complete review