So far, I have to say that it isn't mind-shattering or horrifying, or even particularly scary. Mind you, Tomie is a lot more "personal" but I love moral disintegration. It had a sort of Lovecraftian feel to it, mysterious and terrible events building towards an incomprehensible conclusion as forces beyond human ken intersect without world. Having no real explanation to this I think weakened the story, wherein some other stories are made stronger by that lack. The concept was so outre' that I found it laughable moreso than scary. Gyo sort of became funny for me after the "blimp monster". Under the harsh light of TV, that particular horror doesn't seem so terrifying.
It also exposes the "horror" to the world. I guess the problem is, my mind moves ahead about 30 seconds as a ruined, stretched, helpless thing comes flopping out of the hole and sort of twitches on the ground. Personally, I found The Enigma of the Amigara Fault () to be more terrifying (that one moment - you know which I mean - :smalleek:), but as an extended, trippy, spiral filled
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