Clumsy and formulaic plots, overdrawn over the top characters, and low brow prose injure most of these tales, albeit not always at the same time. Very dated ‘80s style psycho-type horror/terror tales about nut cases with knives, etc. Freddy Krueger et al. The collection didn’t really have a high point.

Oddly, two other editors besides Bloch are listed, one in very fine print, so I’m not sure if Bloch really had much of a role beyond an introduction and one very tame and predictable story (and of course the name recognition to sell the wood pulp and ink between the cardboard).

Disappointing at best. ( )

All in all a tame little collection with some stories being better than others, I can't say any were that outstanding or innovative. A lot of them were really predictable - the Child Killer, Taking Care of Georgie and It Takes One to Know One being the ones I can remember. The fact that I can't remember more is a pretty fair review. ( )