Hidden for years from civilization, a clan of cannibalistic, inbred savages stalk the area for whatever meat they can find.Ĭarla arrives at the rental house to clean a day before the other five friends arrive. The day they arrive a woman is fished from the ocean, claiming she was ambushed by a group of feral children. In 1999, the novel was picked up for re-publication by Cemetery Dance Publications and was released in an "unexpurgated edition" that featured some of the gore that Ballantine initially made Ketchum trim as well as his original, bleaker ending.Ī group of six friends from New York City rent a house in Dead River, Maine for a weeklong vacation. Despite initially strong sales, the publisher decided to withdraw it from circulation after the first printings were sold out. Critical reaction to it was so strong, in fact, that Ballantine actually stepped back from supporting the novel. The novel was released, with many well-known publications attacking its depictions of extreme violence. It was Ketchum's first novel and was partially based upon the legend of Sawney Bean, which also inspired Wes Craven's 1977 cult classic horror film The Hills Have Eyes. Off Season is a horror novel written by Jack Ketchum and initially published by Ballantine Books in 1980.
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