Horrorstör

Not the best introduction to Grady Hendrix perhaps, as I found this IKEA parody comedy-horror to be lacking in both departments. It's a very cool concept—and one that an indie game Styr is being sued by IKEA for I believe—but one that just wasn't executed neither hauntingly nor comedic ally enough for my tastes. I won't spoil the reveal, but once we learn what is causing all these spooky occupancies at the Örsk store, I knew it wasn't going to be my jam; having not read the synopsis, I was actually under the assumption that this was about a supernatural killer hunting down the night crew at a knock-off IKEA. There is death, violence, and suspense throughout the story, but I just didn't connect to any of the characters, and nothing in particular gave me a vivid mental sensation of a eerie big box furniture store when nobody else is around. Not bad, not great, it was fine.

By no means am I going to stray from Hendrix's various positively spread word of mouth catalogue, but I can't shake the initial reaction that it wasn't everything I heard it praised to be.