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Hellucination
Released by: Unearthed Books
Released on: October 21, 2011.
Written By: Stephen Biro
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Readers of this site and other similar cult movie review sites and forums will likely know Stephen Biro as the guy who runs Unearthed Films. Stephen's been around the genre and cult movie scene for years now and through Unearthed has put out everything from Slaughtered Vomit Dolls to the Guinea Pig films to a special edition Blu-ray release of Rock N Rule. Having now authored his first book, Stephen can add self publishing to his list of accomplishments - and according to this autobiographical memoir, he can also tack 'having done a ridiculous amount of drugs' and 'searching for good' to that same list.
As unusual as it sounds, Hellucination is an aptly titled book about Biro's self inflicted drug fueled search for a higher power. It's a weird book, make no qualms about it, but it's also very well written and surprisingly interesting. This is no 700 Club 'come to Jesus' novel, but instead a very personal document of Biro's early years, his bootleg video operations, his personal relationships and all the toils and troubles they've involved, the forming of Unearthed Films and yes, his constant experimentation with pretty much every hallucinogenic substance you could care to name and then some. The fact that his leads Biro on a quest to understand God not only as a concept but as a higher power comes into play and winds up eventually driving the narrative but never overpowers things to the point where they get preachy, though those who know Biro probably expected something like this to be the last type of book he'd ever write.
The fact is, though, that as bizarre and frequently filthy as this book can get, it really is a book about his finding salvation in the most unusual of ways. In order to get there, however, Biro pushes the limits of his own consciousness and this often becomes the focus of the book. Told in the first person, as if Biro was guiding you through a trip through his own memories, the book turns out to be part horror story, part psychedelic science fiction parable and part morality tale but as bizarre as it all is, it's never dull. Add to that the fact that Biro can actually write and that here he shows a real knack for building mood and atmosphere and this 165 page memoir turns out to be, if nothing else, a really interesting read. You can't always tell ahead of time where Biro is going with this, as the book gets stranger and stranger before it starts to make cohesive sense but the narrative structure is well put together and the man can turn a phrase, all of which helps to put you in a frame of mind frighteningly similar to where he had to be at the time while experiencing all of this himself.
Don't be turned off by the religious aspect of Biro's book. Hellucination doesn't moralize nor does it cram any self righteous philosophy down your throat, rather it explains in sometimes frighteningly honest terms one man's own personal journey through a drug addled haze and his own personal conclusions as to what else is out there, just outside this physical plane.
If you're interested, check out a preview of the first chapter here.
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