Sunday 22 January 2017

The Fury


What am I looking at? 
A book.

Please elaborate. 
It's about a teenage boy and a teenage girl who discover they have psychic powers. There is a shady government agency trying to capture so their powers can be exploited, likely for evil reasons. Underlying it all are themes of puberty/ sexual confusion, teenage angst and psychological trauma.

Is it any good? 
I somewhat liked it. I particularly enjoyed the scenes where the girl Gillian makes people bleed from their pores and eyeballs.

Ok. 
There is a movie version by Brian De Palma who also directed Carrie. I liked that film but not the film version of The Fury. Despite having a great cast including a grizzled Kirk 'Spartacus' Douglas and John Cassavetes as bad guy Childermass, I found watching the film quite boring. Its also missing a few key character such as the hippy doctor Gwyn and the boy's trans carer Granny Sig who together with Childermass has some of the best lines in the book.

Great. Thanks. Bye. 

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