![]() Here, then, Daphne is as much a monster of lore as she (it) is the very real terror that boils under the skin. ![]() Of course, like any good creep show, Daphne attracted her fans – both the wacky kind and those scarily devout – but to summon the monster back from its crypt takes a very special kind of thinker: a baller.Īs much as DAPHNE is a unique, killer slasher story (and it is, with all trimmings!), what makes Josh Malerman ’s ( Bird Box ) newest so very Malerman is that he uses the monster’s core trick, that thinking about Daphne summons Daphne (and how the hell does one not think about the thing that they’re not supposed to be thinking about?), as an opportunity to make the story as much about surviving an unbeatable killer as it is coping with the real-life perils of anxiety. She was eventually killed, but like so much else surrounding Daphne, it’s hard to know exactly the who or what or why of her story because the town seems to have collectively forced themselves to forget her. Decades ago, a seven-foot-tall, denim jacket-wearing, cigarette-smoking human monster abducted and ate children. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their small town has been home to not just one serial killer but two. It’s hard to write a book review for DAPHNE when you’re trying hard not to think about Daphne.Ī ghost story shared amongst team members of the high school basketball team reignites old terrors when a name that’s not supposed to be spoken – much less thought – suddenly becomes top of everyone’s mind. ![]()
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