Utterly Disgusting LGBT Stephen King x Jeremy Robinson Cross. If you’re familiar with the works of King (specifically Carrie and/ or his more.. *ahem* out there *ahem*… takes) or Jeremy Robinson (TORMENT specifically), those alone will give you a fairly solid idea what to expect as an overall story here. Throw in heavy and explicit LGBT elements (including *technically* closed door, yet still well-heard “spice”) of a variety of sexualities, and now you’ve got an even better idea what to expect here.
This is horror more of the revolting/ disgusting form than of the actually terrifying form, with a touch of The Devil Went Down To Georgia (while staying completely in the Northeast coastal regions) or perhaps the first Nic Cage Ghost Rider movie thrown in.
At a touch under 300 pages, it is a quick read… if you have a strong stomach. Seriously y’all, I’ve read some *very* wild shit over the years, stuff that truly few can handle at all… and this was pushing it even for me.
Going in, I knew this was explicitly an LGBT story and that a church would be in play, and honestly, I had fears about how that would play out. But I can tell you straight up that in this case, the church is more used as a set piece from Ye Olden Times that would still be there in this type of situation than as some anti-Christian diatribe that I had feared. Indeed, those types of issues don’t really come to bear at all, and instead the book focuses more on familial relationships specifically than any religious aspects, even as it uses different Christian-based (yet generic American/ Western European cultural versions of them) concepts within the tale.
Truly a solid LGBT based horror tale, again, of the more revolting/ disgusting side of horror than the actual straight up nightmares for years side.
Very much recommended. If you have a strong enough stomach. 😉
This review of Party Of A Lifetime by Henry Corrigan was originally written on June 3, 2026.