Frank feels numb. While being an adventurer has alotted him experiences most only dream about, he still feels like he's missing something. He's determined he'll find that THING in the box. He's finally solved it, and the Cenobites have made their offering. Upon acceptance, Frank realizes he just wants to be WHOLE AGAIN. He took humanity for granted, he wants to come back, to be normal. What's left of Frank lies in wait. He will wait until he finds someone loyal enough to make him whole again. This better come quickly...Frank requires blood...and flesh, in large quantities. Meat. He will be whole, he will be man once again. He NEEDS it.

I'm not sure what I expected going into this but boy was this FUN. Most body horror I've read has overlapped with slasher or splatter subgeneres exclusively, the change of pace with small dashes of sci-fi/cosmic elements was refreshing to read. The imagery that came with the description of the Cenobites and Frank as he formed made me squirm, Barker held nothing back. All of the characters !!!ALL OF THEM EVERY SINGLE ONE!!! were insufferable. I found myself rooting for no one but the forces of evil and hoping that said force got its claws into every human that was mentioned within these pages. This was half the fun :-).

I could have done without so much emphasis on the romance, I understand the necessity as it was part of the driving force within the novella and whew was the romance STUPID--again loved to hate it :). Read this!! It's a classic and it's short and you guessed it—SO FUN!