There were four stories in this book: Daredevil: The Movie, Ulimate Daredevil and Elektra #1, Daredevil #32, and Spider-man's Tangled Web #4. I really enjoyed the section story, and I thought the last one was pretty interesting, although a bit depressing.

The first story, the comic adaption of the movie, was basically a very abridged version of the movie. Many of the scenes in the movie were cut out, which was understandable, considering the amount of space that was devoted to this part of the book. This comic was only two, maybe three times longer than the other three comics. Considering the title of the book, I expected the entire thing to be just a comic version of the movie - I wasn't expecting the other three stories. Because of how cut-down the movie story is, some parts of the plot are pathetically developed. The relationship between Matt and Elektra, for instance, seems to come up out of nowhere. Sometimes it's hard to understand what's going on, and I'm just grateful I saw the movie before reading this.

The second story focuses mainly on Elektra. There's a lot about some of her deepest friendships during a year at college, as well as how she first got to know and start dating Matt. Her relationship with Matt was really sweet, and I liked reading about her interactions with her friends. The main point of conflict in this story is the fact that Elektra and one of her friends keeps embarassing soem guy, who gets pushed more and more to retaliate. The only thing I didn't like was that this story ended with "Continued in Ultimate Daredevil Trade Paperback". I really wanted to read more.

The second story is about some police investigations into various criminals, including the Kingpin and his son. Daredevil and his secret identity are brought into the conversation. Mostly, I found this story to be confusing and boring. Mostly boring, since I eventually got over my confusion. Since I don't regularly read Daredevil comics, I had a somewhat difficult time following some of the cops' discussions about characters I didn't know. It didn't really feel like very much happened.

The last story follows the last hours of one of the Kingpin's men, when he realizes that his botched work will lead to his execution at his boss's hands. I thought this one was very well done, and it, along with the second story are the best parts of this book.

Overall, the artwork was very nice, but I think this book could have been much better if the people who put it together had focused on one thing or another, rather than jumping from comic to comic. In fact, because of the title, I think they should have just done a book-length comic adaptation of the movie. The adaptation that they actually did not do anything justice.

I know little about DareDevil but this was a pretty good book. It was action packed but most of the time action sometimes doesn't sound good on paper. What I didn't care for was the use of gd.

This book is a mish mash of recycled and rehashed Dracula Stories (though- not stooping too low as to include Peewee vs Dracula).

Though some of the stories might spark your interest.... for a while. Instead of something to keep you sleepless- this book has degenerated to an alternative cure for insomnia.

I do not consider myself to be a big Horror fan. I have read all of Lovecraft's works, and recently have been enjoying Kim Newman's Anno Dracula series. A comment that Newman posted on this site led me to get this book for his story, "Coppola's Dracula." That was definitely my favorite story in the book, but I was pleasantly surprised that most of the other stories were decent as well. Like almost all anthologies, there are some stories that were not so hot, but there were no absolute clunkers, in my view. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys horror fiction, whether they are a long-time fan, or a relative new-comer like I am.

Stephen Mitchell has been scammed and is not receiveing any money from Dorance Publishing. So if you have any decency in the world and for people like him you will not buy this book. If you can help me help Stephen Mitchell please contact me at Stevejmil@Yahoo.com. Other than this Evil, unwritten chapter, this is a good book. I am only giving 0 stars to the publisher and 5 to the book. Thank You and God Bless you and him.

I have talked to Stephen Mithchell and we really feel like it is a good book. He trying to make a movie based on the book and buying tyhis book would really help on making the movie.

Creepshows: The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide got off on the wrong foot quick by crediting (On the lower back cover) the Berni Wrightson cover illustration to the woman who DESIGNED the cover layout. Very sloppy, especially considering Wrightson's rendition of "The Creep" is world-famous.....

The book covers all of the films that have sprung, however tenuous the connection may be (Children of the Corn 666), from Mr. King's stories. Stephen Jones does an interesting job of digging up little-known bits of trivia; I'm a King fanatic, and there were quite a few things here that were new to me. The irritating thing is the division of space in the book: A gem like The Green Mile gets the same amount of space as Children of the Corn. Jones devotes too much space to films that have nothing to do with King at all, such as the awful "House", covered because the main character is a King wannabe. The book is an American reprint of a British book, published in the UK by Titan Books, and the fact that Watson-Guptill couldn't even be bothered to Americanise the Brit spellings gets annoying after 100+ pages of "Favourite" and "Colour". Jones also seems to love the word "Eponymous"- He uses it on almost every page, and one would hope that someone has since bought him a Thesaurous. There's a brief King interview at the end, and the book is heavily illustrated with stills and poster reproductions. King fans will probably enjoy Creepshows a lot, but it could have been better....

Well, the writing was a little bit buggery. That's okay. The stories were on odd subject, but that's the basis of horror. Unfortunately, the stories weren't scary! The language was so foggy that, by the time you deciphered what had happened, it wasn't frightening at all. "Hopscotch" was creepy, i'll give it that. And "The Film" was a story not too short of brilliant, as far as the idea goes. But they just weren't scary. Maybe I'm callused to horror being such a fan, but I can't necessarily agree that this is the best new horror for last year.

original? please. uninventive. the vampire hunter. the vampires taking over. same old, same old. and if you don't have a story, don't write. a good story be chetwynd-hayes. not so bad by Barker. other than that..... Like to add that i don't hate vampires. i just hate recycling, vampire clans, so-called exciting intrigues, and melodrama.

This collection contains some of the best known writers in the genre: Clive Barker, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch, Edgar Allen Poe, Richard Christian Matheson, Graham Masterton, Melanie Tem and Basil Cooper. Most of these tales are modern-day although there are a few classics peppered throughout. The Mammoth Book of Vampires represents the variety of tales and legends to its fullest extent.

CH knows about descriptions. and some of the ideas can be good. but all in all, this doesn't deliver. there are three stories here worth reading. otherwise...no. there's some blend of horror and humour, good details and lack of details. CH should have focused on writing less and better stories, and keep a thread, humorous or horrible. some of the stories are even lousy, no ideas or descriptions. it's not enough if your father is a vampire. it's not a story. something else must happen.

I was expecting more from this collection. Some of the stories in this volume are a blend of horror and comedy; a mix that I never find wholly fulfilling. Other stories are not vampire stories, but the type of story with a metaphorical vampire. I don't know about you but when I pick up a volume of vampire stories, I want blood-sucking fiends, not houses or plants that steal people's essence.

That being said, every story in this collection is enjoyable. A few of them are even superior stories. 'Keep the Gaslight Burning' is a terrifying tale about an old lady who must always keep the gaslight in her room lit, or else... There's another story (I can't remember the title) where two travelers stay the night in an old, creaky house, only to find the house is much more than it seems. The final story 'The Werewolf and the Vampire' is an enjoyable tale of two mixed-up kids coping with their monstrous sides and trying to live a normal life. Good stuff.

On the whole, this collection is enjoyable but slight. There is an excerpt from a novel which looked very interesting and I'm going to try to track down, but being on the wrong side of the Atlantic it will be a difficult job. If you're a Chetwynd-Hayes completist, be sure to check this out. Otherwise, give it a pass. All of the stories except one can be found in other Chetwynd-Hayes collections. The sole new story, 'The Fundamental Elemental' is bizarre and confusing. Not worth the price of the collection.

Have bouhgt many WROX books and found this to be by far the hardest read, made simple things difficult and ponderous (suffering from verbal diarrhoea), referring too much to later content. Go read something else even from the web it'll save you money and time.

I liked the book and it's approach in introducing to XML Application Development. Unfortunately, Microsoft has withdrawn msxml.exe on which most of the content of the book is based. I am not sure if there is any plan, by the authors, to help the developers to get around this and yet, refer to the book for it's excellent approach to mastering XML Technology. I, particularly, liked the chapters on XSL, and practical applications (case studies), including CDF application. I, however, did not like the XML-Data chapter so much. This is mainly because it really does not provide the learning steps as much in detail as other chapters. I wish the author had followed the method used in authoring of CDF-chapter. The book does not provide step-by-step procedure (including that of tools required, setting of tools, personal web server etc.) for testing the source codes provided in the book. It is left to the imagination and the exhaustive work, expenses of time and communications for advice etc. of the learner of this new technology. It took me several hours before I could successfully test the case study source codes. Also, the author/publisher should provide after-sales support due to lack of the basic tool (msxml.exe) on which the entire book is based. Publisher should withdraw this book from the distribution/sale. It seems the author is planning to publish another book in lieu of this, later in Year 2000. Hope the publisher will be kind enough to give some discounts to the buyers of the current book.

This is a typical wrox book: covers mostly microsoft material, good code examples. You can read about XML from resources on the web, but this book gives you an idea on how actual applications may be implemented, at a time where there is little published browser support. 4 stars for the material, 1 for the timing.

This book is very poorly edited. The code snippets are wrong in many cases and even whole diagrams are incorreclt labeled. Moreover, even some of the errata on the website is wrong. Items promised on the accompanying CD are not delivered with the book. The practice tests cover questions not even addressed in the text.

Before I read these reviews I sent a email to New Riders describing the problems I had with the CD and asking if there were any bug fixes. They told me they had never heard of the problem, to try the cd on another machine and that the book was no longer covered by their support agreement anyway. The exam is still valid, so why isn't the book? Luckily I have used Access for a long time and could spot the errors, but a beginner is likely to get very confused. Use with caution.

Yes there are many, many errors and you can't believe what the authors say. However, if you read the preface it states there are errors. In studying for the exam, LEARN THE CONCEPTS, don't memorize the book. Compare what the author's have written vs. the actual help files in Access. Then you will have true confidence when exam time comes. I have just passed the exam and will provide one huge hint. When you get up in morning, open a recordset. When you go to work open a recordset. etc. etc. Open recordsets in every conceivable situation and every conceivable way and understand what the recordset does. And study your eyeballs out!