Back to Blog
Offspring ketchum5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s been ten years, but there’s no doubt in George’s mind that they’re back, and their work isn’t finished. There’s been a murder dismembered corpses drained of blood, a missing baby. That is, until the new sheriff comes knocking at George’s door. While the rest of Dead River’s inhabitants have moved on, no amount of brandy can shake the memories from the retired sheriff, George Peters, but it certainly dulls the pain. Offspring takes us back to the quiet coastal town of Dead River, Maine, where, ten years earlier, a band of cannibalistic men, woman, and children holed up in a seaside cave, preying on tourists, drifters, and fisherman, living that life for generations until their insatiable thirst for human exposed them to the “outside world”. Off-Season also featured something of an open-ended denouement that set itself up perfectly for a sequel. ![]() Instantly slammed by critics and booksellers put off by the books vividly descriptive violence and sexual content, as well as the always taboo subject of cannibalism (made all the worse by the fact that most of these cannibals were children), Off-Season’s debut was less than the star-launching affair it was intended to be, but still managed to sell enough copies to make Ketchum a few thousand hardcore devotees. Jack Ketchum’s Off-Season should have been his “Carrie” – the book that ignited a young career, and introduced the world to a major new talent in the horror genre. ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |