Review: Ossorio, Mr. Vampire and the Mystery of Mixed Genres
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2012
It takes a skilled writer to mix up some of my favorite elements and serve up a short novella that is worth every penny spent on it. Luckily, Guido Henkel is up to the task.  I've never read a Jason Dark story before, and was more attracted to the image on the cover that conjures up the Blind Dead than anything else. And it paid off.Jason Dark and his kung fu companion investigate what appears to be the second Blind Dead film (Return of the Evil Dead, which is available here:The Blind Dead Collection (Tombs of the Blind Dead/The Ghost Galleon/Return of the Evil Dead/Night of the Seagulls/Amando De Ossorio). But the writing is so fast paced and the characters so well drawn in a short time that it is a worthy addition to the Ossorio legacy!  I can absolutely appreciate, and admire, Henkel's love of these characters, as well as the clever way he creates his own.And if you would have told me I'd read a scene where an Undead Templar would be treated like a Kyonshi I'd have laughed at you, but it happens and it is awesome.  If Amando de Ossorio had seenMr. VampireI think he would have really enjoyed this.I'm in for Jason Dark, if you like your stories to feature occult detectives and monstrous icons, this is for you!