Sacred Lamb
Ratings2
Average rating4.5
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Ratings2
Average rating4.5
A meta-horror story about survival, obsession, men, women, and chainsaws. Sacred Lamb is a secret town where the survivors of endemic slasher killers (think real-world Jason Vorhees, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger) reside in a 'witness protection' to stop innocent people from being murdered when the inevitable 'sequel' occurs and the slasher returns from the dead. Social media influencer Kellyn West, who just recently dispatched "her" own slasher killer Clay Coogan on a live stream, is the newest resident. Feeling more locked away than protected behind the barbed wire fenced-in town, where the government has hidden away these E.V.s ("Endemic Victims") since the slasher spree started in the 1970s, Kellyn has to team with an old woman, and the original Survivor Girl, known only as "The Babysitter" to rally the EVes and survive as an army of slashers start showing up, seemingly back from the dead, and back for blood. From NY Times bestselling author TIM SEELEY (Hack/Slash) and artist Jelena Ðordevic (Killiamsburgh).
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HELL yes. Meta horror, Final Girl horror, all about the tropes and how to play with them, especially in a more empowering manner. If you dig all that as much as I do, this is a must read. Unsurprisingly, I'll say caution: gore, but it's way more about the plot and twists and turns than any sensationalized violence. This is a bad ass bunch, each with their own scars, and I was so invested in their stories. Loved the ending(s). 😉 Not as big a fan of the art style, but it suits the grittier nature of the narrative.
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I haven't been a huge reader of graphic novels mainly because it has been nigh on impossible to read them on my small reading tablet. However, my darling other half bought me a new larger sized tablet recently, and so here I am reviewing my (nearly) first graphic novel. I enjoyed this one a lot. First, the graphics were great. Second, as a fan of cheesy 80s horror films the plot literally made me (at times) laugh out loud. I also enjoyed the tongue in cheek commentary on social media and millennials/generation Z.
