Dakota Morgan's Reviews > Plunge

Plunge offers superb cosmic horror in a fast-paced package, marred only by the typical horror trope of characters not at all being scared by the unusual situation. Namely, a salvage ship heads to a little-visited Aleutian island and encounters the undead survivors of an earlier shipwreck. Even the toughest person, weathered and cynical, would likely hyperventilate a little when an army of eye-less zombies crawl out of caves on a mysterious island.

That none of the characters in Plunge do so is really the only disappointment in a book that's otherwise wall-to-wall scary fun. The zombie survivors are, of course, merely vessels for something even more dangerous and outrageous. And the salvage crew is peopled with interesting individuals who often have diverging ideas about how to handle the situation. Like Basketful of Heads, Plunge is Joe Hill's love letter to 80s horror cinema, and it does an excellent job of both mimicking and updating the classics of that genre. Add in Stuart Immonen's incredible art and this is a must-read.