tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post3549219760132781700..comments2024-03-28T07:49:33.628-05:00Comments on THE HORRORS OF IT ALL: Design for Death / Honeymoon HorrorMr. Karswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-31472612192498734252017-08-21T22:49:18.175-05:002017-08-21T22:49:18.175-05:00I think my favorite version of this story is one w...I think my favorite version of this story is one where the wife doesn't go crazy, and remembers the man's distinctive suit. The husband cruises around town, finds a man in a matching suit and murders him. He hides the body...and then four more guys in the same suit walk out of the building, wondering where their trumpet player is. <br /><br />He MIGHT have killed the right man...but the odds are against it, and it'll torture him for the rest of his life.TheHolderOfTaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698591695786401229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-68250584976205220242011-03-03T13:02:48.298-06:002011-03-03T13:02:48.298-06:00Hafta point out that HONEYMOON HORROR is an EC swi...Hafta point out that HONEYMOON HORROR is an EC swipe. Johnny Craig did this story in CRIME SUPENSTORIES #1 as "Murder May Boomerang". <br />The EC version features not bride and groom, but father and son - and not on honeymoon (clearly!), but on a hunting vacation. The father gets attacked and tortured by an escaped convict. The son gets mad and runs a stranger (whom the father points out as the offender) down with his car. <br />But father has gone off his rocker and keeps pointing out more men...<br />Maybe it's not so much a swipe, but a clever re-working.SpaceLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793130148012146870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-35675342131365716522011-02-05T19:51:37.431-06:002011-02-05T19:51:37.431-06:00Those short courtships always end in disaster. Poo...Those short courtships always end in disaster. Poor old Ed.Tempest Nightingale LeTropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13399658142903294992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-60110680893491794202011-02-05T16:10:05.588-06:002011-02-05T16:10:05.588-06:00Ha ha! they very 1st picture with the head on the ...Ha ha! they very 1st picture with the head on the plate is so great.KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792617397718781026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-1992565808872687542011-02-05T15:42:16.565-06:002011-02-05T15:42:16.565-06:00Great stuff as usual!Great stuff as usual!Enrico Teodoranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884582912745810490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-44405340628385878152011-02-05T12:39:09.267-06:002011-02-05T12:39:09.267-06:00I just watched the Hitchcock version.
Yes, quite t...I just watched the Hitchcock version.<br />Yes, quite the meshuganer indeed she was.<br />And in the film version, she had not even lost her shoes in the "assault," either.<br />How grand are subtleties.Turok1952https://www.blogger.com/profile/16343648514226004142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-5970281646175484122011-02-05T11:15:11.219-06:002011-02-05T11:15:11.219-06:00The first story is a strong admonition to those pa...The first story is a strong admonition to those parents who expect way too much achievement from a child, or far too much production from workers by an eternally unsatisfiable boss. <br />It is also a strong argument in favor of one being self-reliant and not depending on others. The ending being given away in the splash page did not matter, as readers such as myself could not wait to see the rich, spoiled adult brat get her just desserts and weakly plead for help and succor she denied others in her self-centered narrow cocoon of a world. <br />The second story's ending was unexpected. I thought I had it figured out, but did not. I wonder if Roberta was violated at all. She was, I am thinking, a totally meshuganer yenta. Know thy intended spouse at least somewhat before you marry!Turok1952https://www.blogger.com/profile/16343648514226004142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-29191105863246057802011-02-05T09:54:16.430-06:002011-02-05T09:54:16.430-06:00And thanks again to Brian Hirsch for the scans too...And thanks again to Brian Hirsch for the scans too!<br />---KMr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.com