Garth Marenghi's Hellbent
I laughed until it hurt, a gay demon, you can't beat that...shame! I absolutly love Bitch Killer and that Merriman Weir one with the song he did in his garden and you can hear the traffic.
shareHope they repeat the series soon. I accidentally deleted the Merriman Weir one from my DVD. But suppose if you had to lose an episode, it might as well be that one.
shareYeah, that one was the weakest one, there wasn't much to laugh at unlike key bending with that Uri Gellar pi$$take
sharewould be great if they did up an actual Marenghi novel. "Hellbent" would be superb.
shareI wish Ayoade and Holness would get down and actually write a Marenghi novel ... it could be interesting.
There's still a gap in the market: what Adams did for sf, and Pratchett has done for fantasy, maybe Garth could do for horror (with REAL books). Full TV or radio plays could then naturally spin-off. If the books are good enough.
We already have a Garth Marenghi of the horror novel; the man he was parodying: James Herbert.
shareI thought he was parodying Stephen King - but then I've never read any James Herbert. Is he actually that crap?
I love the idea of a real Garth Marenghi book, but I don't think I could read it. I mean, Pratchett and Adams are intentionally funny - this would just be really pretentious, rubbish writing with no self-awareness.
Maybe he could release a novella - like forty pages or so - for Comic Relief.
I'd read that.
I think I once found a James Herbert book readable...just. But, for me anyway, most of his work is unreadable direness. Naturally, he's a best-selling writer.
I would enjoy an audiobook of Marenghi reading his work--I'm not sure if I could stomach actually reading it myself! :_D
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No Herbert is far better. He's parodying Shaun Hutson. just check out his website, its near identical to marenghi's
shareChecking it out now--it certainly seems... Marenghiesque!
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I'm 99 percent sure he was the main inspiration for Garth. Look at some of his book titles and covers. THough Rats by Herbert looks like something Garth might write.
EDIT: After reading Hutson's website introduction, I am now 100 percent certain that Hutson was the main inspiration (though not only).