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Characterisation is brisk - Trask, English, handsome and Porsche driving, is drawn back to the town where he once taught briefly Laura Kincaid was a student he fancied back then, now she edits the paper he subscribes to, which is where he found out about the killings Dr ‘Doc’ Jenkins is the town physician (I couldn’t tell how old he was supposed to be) who’s well respected and good at his job, even if his alcohol intake is prodigious (and he & Trask make for a fun double-act) and Hank Walden is the town Sheriff, a man at his wits end trying to figure out what’s going on. Ray Russell is a genre writer with a great pedigree (amongst many other things, he wrote the screenplay for “X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes”) and this novel (first published in 1976) works a treat so long as you enjoy it for what it is, a quick and cheesy novel (though curiously coy when dealing with sex, which is ironic considering the subject matter). This is unashamedly pulp and all the more fun for it. For no woman is safe from the lethal lust of THE INCUBUS. As he works towards the solution of the soul-searing mystery, Galen trembles in mortal dread.

Julian Trask, student of the occult, is used to thinking the unthinkable. Until horrendous terror strikes … and strikes again and again, each time claiming a female victim in a fashion too hideous to contemplate. So do yourselves a favor and trust me, this is one for the Christmas wish-list!Ģ014 review - Galen is an ordinary, peaceful small town. Haunted Castles(1) is dedicated to the works of Ray Russell. Penguin Horror have just released a new and updated edition of Haunted Castles, which is the first in a six-volume series of classic horror stories, edited by Guillermo del Toro. I was going to end by suggesting that you might want to do yourselves a favor, and go hunting around for some old copies of Russell's works. With such an outstanding back-catalog - which includes Incubus, The Case Against Satan, Unholy Trinity, Haunted Castles, Sardonicus, - this is a writer who is up there with Matheson, Bloch, Campbell and the best of them.

But take it from me, Ray Russell was a ground-breaker for his time. Some of his work may now seem tame when compared to the more modern trend of schlock horror. and B:a serious error on the part of whichever body retains the copyright. Strangely, most of Ray Russell's books now appear to be out of print, which is A:a travesty for horror fans everywhere. I remembered it as being a truly creepy and horrific read, which is full of sizable monsters (check the title, you'll work it out!). Having originally read this many, many years ago, I was recently fortunate enough to acquire a second hand copy for £1.