The Golden Age of Made-for-TV movies was in the late 1960s and early 1970s. For several years, new classics of all genres were released almost every week. Many people of a certain generation will remember the creepiness and spooky nature of TV horror movies such as When Michael Calls The following are some examples of how to get started: Crowhaven Farm.
The new graphic novel has a similar vibe to me. Double WalkerMichael W. Conrad & Noah Bailey.
It’s the pace and relative simplicity of the novel that reminds me of a TV movie from a long time ago. It’s not the nudity or disembowelments because there was no HBO in those days. This is not the story of an American couple who visit rural Scotland. I can see Sally Field and Andrew Prine in the roles.
The wife is pregnant but after an incident at a supposedly haunted hill, she loses the child and begins to act strangely.
The police notice that the young couple is always nearby when the crime occurs. I see Burl, with his bushy beard, as the chief investigator.
This is one of those books that has a great “cinematography”, making you feel like you’re watching a movie. The artist also makes use of the unique structure that comics offer. The use of blacks, which is so confidently used on each page, offsets the paler color scheme.
The reader is able to feel wind, rain and the increasing fear of the husband. He is a man of the modern age living in a world of modernity who must face the fact that there are some things he cannot understand.
I can’t say Double Walker It’s a fun book, but it’s also a good read that will grab you at different points. Isn’t that what a good story of horror should do?
Written by Michael W. Conrad
Art by Noah Bailey
Dark Horse Books