History YMMV / TheBeastHouse

** While we're on the subject, is Donna a BrokenBird who has had her spirit crushed from years of abuse by Roy, or does she suffer from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia Hybristophilia]], with an inability to acknowledge the consequences of her actions. For instance, she left Sandy all alone to have sex with Jud, knowing full well that Roy was at large.

** Also, knowing that a horror story published in 1980 had a monster called "Xanadu" in it becomes this [[Film/{{Xanadu}} when you think of what else was released that year]].

* MagnificentBastard: Janice is seduced by a con artist who wants to steal her information on the Beast House and capitalise on it. Sex with her was just a bonus.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Jud really the cliché action-hero he seems to be, or is he a thrill-seeking sadist who uses his bounty-hunting vocation to justify the killing and maiming of acceptable targets in such a way that society would brand him a hero? [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Donna might have a type...]]

* CompleteMonster: Roy Hayes from ''The Cellar'' is a psychopathic rapist who was sentenced to prison for [[AbusiveParent raping his own daughter]] and [[DomesticAbuser regularly beating and raping his wife]], Donna. After being released, Roy wastes no time in butchering an innocent couple, then kidnapping their child daughter, Joni, using her as his personal SexSlave while traveling to get revenge on his family for locking him away. Unable to locate Donna, Roy tortures the woman's sister to get information on her whereabouts, promising to let her and her husband go once she tells him; he proceeds to kill her husband after raping and murdering her [[ILied even after she told him what he wanted]]. Murdering another couple to steal their car, Roy tracks down Donna and takes up residence in a teen girl's suite, raping her then trying to kill her along with Joni for defying him. In the end, Roy plans to rape and kill both his wife and daughter, and [[spoiler:dies [[VillainsWantMercy begging for the mercy]] he never sought to give]]. Despite appearing in such a dark setting with actual beasts and monsters, Roy still made his mark as the [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters most evil figure]] throughout the story.

* FreudWasRight: And how![[spoiler: Eric rapes his own mother]]

* CompleteMonster: Roy Hayes is a psychopathic rapist who was sentenced to prison for [[AbusiveParent raping his own daughter]] and [[DomesticAbuser regularly beating and raping his wife]], Donna. After being released, Roy wastes no time in butchering an innocent couple, then kidnapping their child daughter, Joni, using her as his personal SexSlave while traveling to get revenge on his family for locking him away. Unable to locate Donna, Roy tortures the woman's sister to get information on her whereabouts, promising to let her and her husband go once she tells him; he proceeds to kill her husband after raping and murdering her [[ILied even after she told him what he wanted]]. Murdering another couple to steal their car, Roy tracks down Donna and takes up residence in a teen girl's suite, raping her then trying to kill her along with Joni for defying him. In the end, Roy plans to rape and kill both his wife and daughter, and [[spoiler:dies [[VillainsWantMercy begging for the mercy]] he never sought to give]]. Despite appearing in such a dark setting with actual beasts and monsters, Roy still made his mark as the [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters most evil figure]] throughout the story.

* CompleteMonster: Roy Hayes from ''The Cellar'' is a psychopathic rapist who was sentenced to prison for [[AbusiveParent raping his own daughter]] and [[DomesticAbuser regularly beating and raping his wife]], Donna. After being released, Roy wastes no time in butchering an innocent couple, then kidnapping their child daughter, Joni, using her as his personal SexSlave while traveling to get revenge on his family for locking him away. Unable to locate Donna, Roy tortures the woman's sister to get information on her whereabouts, promising to let her and her husband go once she tells him; he proceeds to kill her husband after raping and murdering her [[ILied even after she told him what he wanted]]. Murdering another couple to steal their car, Roy tracks down Donna and takes up residence in a teen girl's suite, raping her then trying to kill her along with Joni for defying him. In the end, Roy plans to rape and kill both his wife and daughter, and dies [[VillainsWantMercy begging for the mercy]] he never sought to give. Despite appearing in such a dark setting with actual beasts and monsters, Roy still made his mark as the [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters most evil figure]] throughout the story.

* CompleteMonster: Roy is a sadist, pedophile and murderer who molested his daughter and tortured his wife before going to prison. After his release, Roy sets about hunting down his ex and his daughter with full intention of revenge. On the way, he murders an innocent couple and kidnaps their young daughter, using her as a sex toy on the way for his personal satisfaction.

* UnfortunateImplications: Women will apparently enjoy rape if the rapist is well-endowed.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Jud really the cliché action-hero he seems to be, or is he a thrill-seeking sadist who uses his bounty-hunting vocation to justify the killing and maiming of acceptable targets in such a way that society would brand him a hero? Donna might have a type...

*** As a teenager, she dumped her former boyfriend - who grew up to be a police officer - for Roy.

* TheWoobie: Joni. See Fridge Horror.

** "Owie..."
* ReferencedBy: At least three other Laymon titles:
** ''Funland'': A stuffed animal that's described as being a pale, hairless humanoid.
** ''In The Dark'': The protagonist muses over reading about the Beast House while exploring an abandoned house.
** ''Amara'': A subplot involves random people being kidnapped and kept as sex slaves. One of the prisoners refers to their prison as the "Beast House".

* Narm: It's 80s splatter-punk horror-fiction. Narm is guaranteed.
* Squick: Incest, pedophilia and bestiality.

* FridgeLogic: Shouldn't the offspring of beast/human be hybrid rather than just another beast?

* CompleteMonster: Roy is a sadist, pedophile and murderer who molested his daughter and tortured his wife before going to prison. After his release, Roy sets about hunting down his ex and his daughter with full intention of revenge. On the way, he murders an innocent couple and kidnaps their young daughter, using her as a sex toy on the way for his personal satisfaction.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Roy, Maggie Kutch, and Gorman Hardy. Roy is a murderer and serial child rapist whose crimes are graphically detailed through the book. Maggie is the leader of the beast family, regularly sacrificing innocents to her "husband" and children and keeping the women as sex slaves. Gorman may be less overtly repulsive at first due to his only motivation being money, but by the time he's openly willing to murder Janet simply to make himself richer, he's over the line.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Roy, Maggie Kutch, and Gorman Hardy. Roy is a murderer and serial child rapist whose crimes are graphically detailed through the book. Maggie is the leader of the beast family, regularly sacrificing innocents to her "husband" and children and keeping the women as sex slaves. Gorman may be less overtly repulsive at first due to his only motivation being money, but by the time he's openly willing to murder Janet simply to make himself richer, he's very much over the line.]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Throughout, but the prime example has to be [[spoiler: the fate of Donna and Sandy in the end of "The Cellar".]]

* BrokenBase: Its fans love it for its vivid and horrific mythology, its brutally fast-paced action scenes, and its "AnyoneCanDie" reputation. Its detractors hate it for its over-the-top sexual horror and ([[YourMileageMayVary arguably]]) thinly drawn characters.