Whitley Strieber’s ‘The Forbidden Zone’ is the most frightening horror story I’ve ever read. Streiber is the man behind the the movie ‘Communion’, based on a book detailing his experiences with supposed extraterrestrial visitors.
‘The Forbidden Zone’ isn’t your typical horror story, and you could call it suspense, because there are no supernatural ghosts, zombies, or ghouls involved. In this story, grotesque creatures from another dimension terrorize an Adirondack town. Three residents, Brian, Loi, and Ellen emerge
to fight them because they either have to, or they die.
Streiber approaches this story with a strong chilliness. It’s his wild imagination that makes the events in this book so frightening.
You really feel that you are in the character’s feet, struggling to get away from creatures beyond their comprehension. This is not classic horror at all, but something modern and fresh.
One character finds what looks like a black woud up garden hose in a ...