Review: An Edge Of Your Seat Supernatural Slasher
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2013
Greg Gifune has an interesting method of incorporating the weather into his macabre offerings. With "Midnight Solitaire" the author offers us a New England blizzard as the setting for the supernatural. The harsh elements are as much a part of the cast as Gifune's serial killer creation termed "The Dealer". As the storm escalates so does the tension, the snowfall heightening the obligatory cat and mouse tactics that the slasher genre thrives on. Gifune introduces us to four strangers who become stranded at a sleepy roadside motel. Their objective is elementary; survive a night that is as much saturated in blood as it is snow. Gifune unleashes a demonic serial killer, "The Dealer", as a shape in the darkness that craves murder and mayhem. "Midnight Solitaire" is a gripping thriller and the hunter-killer chemistry of "Doc" and "The Dealer" is nurtured in much the same way as Carpenter's "Myers" and "Loomis". The two are dependent on each other and important for the tale. Gifune certainly understands the genre and the necessity for good and evil to co-exist. The end result is a mesmerizing novella for readers to embrace and another in a rather long line of fabulous Gifune works.