Product Description: Eric Enck, author of TELL ME YOUR NAME, THE RECKONING and GHOST OF A CHANCE and Adam Huber, Journalist for a top selling Newspaper bring you the ultimate horror novel. When an out of work movie actor and a pornographer band together to create "Snuff" films, things look great. The money is rolling in, despite the death count. Both men begin a vicious killing spree in their films as more and more people are demanding the best in bloody porn. When the mafia becomes involved, things couldn't be better, until one of the victims turns out to have a father more disturbing than any killer out there. Soon, the tables are turned on the filmakers as a dangerous game of cat and mouse ensues. This is a brutal novel. It's already being called one of the most disturbing efforts is literature and is being advised to come with a WARNING: label.
A novel of perversion, terror and torture We all lead a normal, sheltered life. Half the time, we all leave the roost without experiencing anything traumatic. But what if something in your past changed you, and not for the good? What if something from your childhood made you want to horrifically abuse, brutally rape and then violently murder people?
Our story is SNUFF, a story of perversion, torture and terror from Eric Enck, a renowned small press author who`s developed a somewhat-cult-like following, and Adam Huber, a newspaper writer (SNUFF being his first `professional' venture into fiction writing.)
What is SNUFF about?
We meet our main character, Jack, right at the beginning of the story, and it isn't long after that we're introduced to his twisted sexual desires. See, Jack's the kind of guy who wants to meet a pretty girl, get her in bed, and get off. But he's also the kind of guy who wants to commit brutal acts of torture, most of the time including sodomy, bloodletting and bondage (and for a fair note, this is when Jack ISN'T being creative.)
Our second character, Mikey, is an amateur pornographer. He films people having sex. Cool, right? Well, he's about to become more than an `amateur' when Jack steps into the picture, and not in a good way either.
The nature behind SNUFF of that is brutal torture, but it's also a very real happening. Snuff, films where people are raped and murdered, is very real, and happens all over the world. Enck and Huber take you into a world we don't normally see, and we're taken there in a no-bars, in-your-face way. The sexually-perverse encounters are real, and the torture will make you squirm.
But see, the thing about SNUFF's characters is that they're real. Jack is hurting people because he believes they should be hurt, because, having dealt with a childhood of abuse himself, he's tampered to feel this way. Nothing gets in his path, and nothing will stop him. And Mikey's pornography fuels his way of lifestyle, keeping him alive. Everything about SNUFF is believable, right down to the individual scenarios outside of the torture (dealing with 'clients,' certain reactions from some of the clients, abductions and robberies.)
Now, there's a few things that bother me though. The interior layout sometimes isn't in exact format. There are paragraphs that aren't indented, letters that are left out in bizarre rearranging of text, sentences that appear to have tabs in-between words. There were also a number of grammatical mistakes that weren't picked up by SNUFF's editor (and obviously should have been.) I won't put Enck and Huber at fault though, because they can't control design and editing production unless they're directly involved in it. My book also received a bad tear up the spine (which was most likely from shipping, and which I plan on getting a new book from said shipper.) I don't know if it was the binding or the shipping, but I'm guessing the shipping. I was also concerned about SNUFF's length. I felt there was a lot of uncovered back story that could and should have been utilized more. (Jack's back story was what made his twisted character even more believable; I wanted to see more of it.)
So, what did I think of SNUFF as a book?
Having not read any of Enck's or Huber's work, I wasn't sure what to expect. I did, however, expect something violent, and violent was what I got. I visible cringed and started to get squeamish (which rarely happens.) and a few times I had to stop and reread a sentence (particularly one about being sodomized by a coat hanger and a knife.) I LITERALLY stopped, saw the scenario in my head, then had to wait a moment before I started to read again.
I highly commend SNUFF. It's real, it's raw, and it's something you could talk about. I wouldn't have written since a long review if there wasn't a story to talk about, and if you want a twisted story and something good to read, SNUFF is definitely a good choice.
Monsters come in all forms This book contains the most violent,brutal,hair raising story I have ever read to date.From the very start this story grabs hold and doesnt let go until the very end.It lived up to its reputation and reviews 100%in my opinion and the ending was a perfect fit.Adam and Eric have written a masterpiece of a horror story with two of the most ruthless characters ever to come to life on the pages of horror fiction.Best money I have spent on a book in along time.
Brutal, horrifying and (the scariest part) completely plausible Jeffrey Dahmer might wince a little during a few parts of `Snuff,' if he were around to read it.
Over shots of tequila at a Cinco de Mayo party I threw a couple years ago, Enck and Huber decided to collaborate on a novel together. Enck was a well-established horror writer, and Huber wanted to write a horror novel, but didn't have much interest in involving anything paranormal.
And on that front, they succeed brilliantly. `Snuff' is absolutely frightening in its portrayal of the peak of amoral, raw, rampant sexual violence. Anyone who thinks pornography leads to degrading attitudes and harm against women will have a field day condemning the book.
While television shows like `Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' have explored certain aspects of the crime of rape, `Snuff' confronts the reader with two men, Jack and his partner Mikey, both victims of their respective pasts, who have turned their anger outward and, eventually, channel it into a lucrative - if purely evil - business.
At first, greed seems to be the main motivation behind Jack's decision to go into the snuff-porn industry. But as more is revealed about Jack's past, `Snuff' shows itself to be more than just a story meant to shock.
As the Marquis de Sade Times Ten, Jack is the apex of violent male sexuality. His past has turned him into an uncaring, unfeeling predator that truly hates women. His partner Mikey has an equally-scarred backstory, and while the two of them are both silently in their own anguishes, they carry on and joke with one another as if kidnapping and torture-raping women for cash is just a regular old job.
But as business continues to boom, things go bad when Jack and Mikey pick the wrong star for one of their `movies,' and suddenly the directors are in danger of being on the other side of the camera.
At first glance, it's easy to dismiss `Snuff' as purely written for shock value, and there are certainly enough examples throughout the book to make that case. Any one of the torture-rape-killing scenes is enough to turn the average stomach, as Jack's clients ask for more and more-creative films; even hardened horror readers will probably find their heart beating heavy once or twice, hoping a scene will mercifully come to an end. And it's hard to believe many women will be able to make it the whole way through.
There is probably only one character that could be viewed as a hero - or positive force of any kind - in `Snuff,' and even HIS motives are spurred by a horrifying turn of events involving his own perversions.
My father used to get down on `Pulp Fiction' for just this reason, he'd say: "There's nobody to like."
And here, it's true. There are no redeeming characters. It is not an anti-violence book under the surface. `Snuff' is simply a brutal look into a terrifying world that is, unfortunately, totally plausible.
And that is often the scariest kind of horror novel.
"...Snuff is just about the best in brutality, bringing to mind some of the very best of Edward Lee and Jack Ketchum..." When you combine the minds of Adam Hubber and Eric Enck something strange begins to happen. It might be considered a good-strange. But from where I stand, it's a bit beyond strange an almost entering in...The Twilight Zone. Their novel Snuff is just about the best in brutality, bringing to mind some of the very best of Edward Lee and Jack Ketchum pooled together. This story reads like a fine red wine; delicate and delicious with the color of blood. And it starts with Jack Sanders... And before I continue, I must mention that this novel is certainly not for the faint of heart or for those who might lose their sanity. This novel is rippled with twists and turns and as much violence as its reputation. If you think you know the human mind, think again. Snuff is liable to strike fear into the strongest of hearts.
Life itself is the horror story I applaud the authors disregard for censorship. They wanted to write a sexually and brutally graphic novel that is not for the faint of heart. They succeed brilliantly. The story evolves with several horrific twists and turns that make us realize that life itself is the horror story... not the fiction that we make up. After you buy and read this book, put in on your shelf between AMERICAN PSYCHO and NATURAL BORN KILLERS. This is where it belongs
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