Review:
This starts with the title story, "Tombs," which is a blend of Junji Ito's body horror with a side of I Know What You Did Last Summer. It takes place in a town where bodies naturally turn into tombstones if not disturbed. I liked this story well enough.
Next is "Clubhouse," which stars three friends. Two get possessed by warring spirits in an old clubhouse. This was, for me, the weakest story in the collection.
"Slug Girl" - This is just pure body horror, a story about a girl whose tongue turns into a slug. The grossness of it worked for me.
"The Window Next Door" - A young man is haunted by a horrific older lady who lives next door. The story is pretty basic. It's the artwork that really sells this one.
"Washed Ashore" - A giant dead sea creature washes ashore. This one felt weirdly unfinished.
"The Strange Tale of the Tunnel" - A tunnel that absorbs people. Meh. This was another weaker entry.
"Bronze Statue" - A woman spies on others via a bronze vanity statute she had made of younger, more beautiful self. We've got murder, art, and a descent into madness.
"Floaters" - People start producing floating hairballs that tell everyone their deepest secrets. This one was okay.
"Bloody Story of Shirosuna" - A town of sick people, and a weird underground horror that's trapping them all there.
This wasn't one of the stronger Junji Ito collections I've read, but, as usual, Ito's artwork is horrific enough to make up for a few weaker storylines. Here we have people bleeding from their pores, crazy-eyed main characters, horrific rotting corpses, and more.
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