Given these facts, I began reading The Last Motel with a great deal of trepidation. The second is that the horror genre is not really my cup of tea. The first is that the author, Brett McBean, is a friend of mine. I must say, for a first novel, thumbs up!īefore I start this review, I need to make two important disclosures. It's definitely worth a read, and you'll no doubt enjoy reading it if you're a fan of the old 70's style B rated scream fests. He is great with character dialogue, and I think the guy is only going to get better with experience. He has a knack for very skilful descriptive writing and colourful imaging regarding descriptions surrounding his story. It's quite predictable at times and lacks strong plotting round the last few chapters, but otherwise, McBean does a great job making you feel like you're part of his story-line placing you right there, along-side with his characters. The book does have its weaknesses and that is understanding being the author's first book. McBean has used a great way of introducing his characters to the reader by intermingling past and current events, which also gives insight into the psychology of each individual.

What everyone else also spending the night at Lodgepole isn't aware of, is that there is also a serial killer with a fetish for sadism and sodomy spending the night there amongst them, with one of his victims. The main characters of the book are around two very close friends, Eddy and Al, whom end up stealing a car with a body in the boot, and decide to spend the night at Lodgepole. The book involves a number of characters, mainly in pairs, for whom whatever reason described in the book, decided to spend the night at the Lodgepole Pine Motel. I decided to chase up his first book and give it a go. I then discovered that he was an author residing in the State of Victoria, same State as myself, and after reading bits and pieces about the guy, the most interesting which caught my attention his die-hard true passion and dedication he showed towards the 70's and 80's horror gender.

One such personal favourite was the original Friday the 13th, and amongst the site I was viewing was a link to Mr McBean's (whom caught my attention due to him being from Australia) personal pics from his trip to the States back in 2001, of the original film location of `Camp Crystal Lake.' A Boy Scout Camp located just outside of Blairstown, New Jersey, called in real life `Camp NoBeBoSco' and used for the original Friday the 13th filming location. I first discovered Brett McBean searching for my favourite horror movie locations.

The Last Motel by Brett McBean