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Black Ashes

Noel Scanlon (1985)

SubgenreSpace Opera
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
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In an access of terror Paul looked for a means of escape. But he couldn’t move from the arms of that rotting corpse... When ""poor old Johnny Johnson,"" the manager of the Consolidated Bank in Ranpur, India, mysteriously commits suicide, responsible, 40-ish Paul Roberts is swiftly sent out by the Home Office to take over. He brings his wife, Deirdre, and their 17-year-old daughter, Monica, and they all move happily into his predecessor's house. Happily, that is, until they realise that Johnson (who'd hung himself in the master bedroom) is haunting the place... Soon Paul and his family begin to understand the mysterious circumstances surrounding Johnson's suicide, and are unwillingly drawn into the same desperate struggle. At its centre are some gruesome apparitions, and a dream setting for the family soon turns into a nightmare to try and escape from.