(Another) What is the name of that story I read in 1981?

May 25, 2007 12:39 PM

Horror short story about a couple on a road trip, end up in a small town during springtime, fight with each other, have sex, then notice the townspeople are all climbing on top of one another, crushing and killing each other to make some sort of ?. Story ends when the couple joins in (WTF?) I read it when I was like 8. I thought it was a Stephen King short story, but wiki'd all of them (I think) and couldn't find it. ...and (bonus question about La Cabina... sorry for cheatin')...

Bonus question -Has the short spanish horror movie La Cabina ever been remade as a TV episode? I swear that I saw a different version on Tales from the Darkside, but can't be sure. Of course, I was 8. Everything happened to me at 8.

posted by MrMulan to media & arts (7 comments total)

Sounds a bit like Charles Platt's The Gas. A delightful romp - a bit like 28 Days Later only everyone's turned into shagging zombies.
posted by meehawl at 12:47 PM on May 25, 2007 [1 favorite]

Would it be "In The Hills, The Cities" by Clive Barker?
posted by MrBadExample at 12:50 PM on May 25, 2007

I fucking love AskMeFi and the internets!

Response #1 gave me a great time waster, and response #2 answered my main question. Stick a fork in this thread because it's done! (...someone just answer the second question now...)
posted by MrMulan at 12:59 PM on May 25, 2007

It does sound vaguely like King's "Rainy Season." Maybe that's what threw you.
posted by Chrysostom at 1:27 PM on May 25, 2007

Great story. I read it when I was about fourteen, and it's haunted me ever since. FWIW, there's is a pretty faithful and decent comic adaptation in this collection.
posted by treepour at 1:44 PM on May 25, 2007

Ohh, now I finally understand this shirt.. !
posted by theiconoclast31 at 2:29 PM on May 25, 2007

Thanks for this. I just grabbed this book today from the library and read this wonderful short story.

Wow.
posted by disillusioned at 4:36 AM on May 27, 2007