There is something to be said for the inspiration for Bloody Hooks, by Big Finger Games. I imagined the author sat in front of their television, swapping DVD after DVD in a darkened room, sifting through scary movie plot after scary movie plot taking notes on what worked and what did not work with every blood curdling scream and dramatic slasher intro. Only until every hair on his head had been scared white, he compiled the best plots, scaling out most of the bad ones and summed up what he had into this creepy little 6-page summation of plot hooks.

Bloody Hooks is a collection of 23 scary adventure hooks ready to be implemented into any horror themed Role Playing System. Each hook is a good paragraph long. These are not complete adventures nor even brief summations but small idea plots. They are designed to inspire horrific adventures.

For the Game Master

As a person whom watches at least one scary movie a week (preferably Asian Horror), I can say with some authority that the plot hooks introduced are beyond the campy slasher flicks of the 90s and are genuinely creepy. I obviously watch too many horror movies when I can read through each plot hooks and attach a movie to it. Heck, that may even be an ideal for a party game on Halloween night. You can break out Bloody Hooks, say a plot, and each team has to guess a movie associated with it.

However, if you are using it for its purpose, you will not be disappointed, at least most of the time. These plots are for serious horror fans. My favorite plot hooks are It Slices It Dices, where only you see a late night infomercial guy get mutilated (how many of us have not wanted that to happen), and The Video Diary, which puts a slight twist on the Ring mythos. There are some duds though. I could live without the UFO and cattle scenarios. There is also a couple that reek of 1950s horror plots, which works for some but not for this reviewer.

The Iron Word

Despite a couple of duds, this is a nice collection of inspirational scenarios fit for your horror campaign. <br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: - 23 for 2 bucks isn't bad. That's 10 cent a plot hook

• The plot hooks are quite different. <br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: - There are several different generes of horror presented. Some of which are better than others. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>