Sugo, the Lonely Japanese Toilet

[Stewart]

I think I have a problem being serious about horror. I would much rather watch Shaun of the Dead and the Toxic Avenger than Friday the 13th or Psycho, for instance.

The annoyance with Friday 13th was that we had a silent killer that just went around killing people...for no reason.

Then, when Clive Barker made Hellraiser we were given a real baddie in a film. Aside from the way he looked, better than just some silent bloke in a make, the character (later christened Pinhead) actually spoke and he did not kill people for the hell of it - he killed for a reason and, even after death, his victims were never actually dead. Actually, he was a good guy too.


It would appear that Barker's forthcoming collection of short stories will get a double release this year. Originally the collection was supposed to contain a novella finally killing Pinhead off but the story has grown so much it's going to be released as an independent novel.

 

[leckert]

I am so glad you said, "...because I was afraid to pull the curtain!" Had me worried there for a moment.

Well, my wife does call me a "blind fireman on crack". Whatever that means!

 

[sirmyk]

Well, my wife does call me a "blind fireman on crack". Whatever that means!

It's better than "blind fireman's crack..."

 

[novella]

Hey you guy, get off my literary thread with these toilet jokes! I'm comin' after y'all with a mop.

 

[sirmyk]

Hey you guy, get off my literary thread with these toilet jokes! I'm comin' after y'all with a mop.

Sorry, I thought a thread titled "Sugo, the Lonely Japanese Toilet" was a shoe-in for some toilet humor. Speaking of toilet humor, have you read the first hundred pages or so of Dreamcatcher? King seriously did for the toilet what Psycho did for the shower. I love reading those first hundred pages... the rest is pretty good. I need to get a shirt printed that reads: I JUST PASSED A SHITWEASEL! HOW'S YOUR DAY? If you haven't read Dreamcatcher, you may think I am loonier than first expected.

 

[leckert]

Sorry, I thought a thread titled "Sugo, the Lonely Japanese Toilet" was a shoe-in for some toilet humor. Speaking of toilet humor, have you read the first hundred pages or so of Dreamcatcher? King seriously did for the toilet what Psycho did for the shower. I love reading those first hundred pages... the rest is pretty good. I need to get a shirt printed that reads: I JUST PASSED A SHITWEASEL! HOW'S YOUR DAY? If you haven't read Dreamcatcher, you may think I am loonier than first expected.

Sorry, Novella... I didn't make the toilet - literature connection, either.

I have to concur with Master Myk, though - Shitweasel is probably the funniest damn thing I had read in a long time. Maybe you could work one into your animal story?

Just a little literary suggestion! (very little!)