I had a panic attack in the crowd at a gig last summer, was a bit of a nightmare getting myself out (it was the Paul McCartney headline set at Glastonbury so a huge crowd of perhaps 100k). Sometimes these things can just happen out of the blue, almost without reason, it wasn't like it was a rowdy crowd or anything, just bang! panic attack! I managed to get myself out of the back of the crowd and to somewhere quiet to ride it out.

I remember being struck by the cover of The Passage by Justin Cronin, a writer I'd never read and it was enough to get me to read the sleeve notes, which in turn was enough to encourage the purchase. It was a fantastic read, and I bought the 2 following books in the series (which were not so great).

It was that the cover reminded me strongly of the visual language of the covers of the 70s and 80s horror novels of James Herbert that led to me picking it up, it wasn't in fact anything much like any of his books (which I enjoyed in my youth) but I'm glad it caught my eye.

Ah, fair enough, that makes sense. I'd wanted more from the scenes at the launch event, it felt like they could have fit 20 minutes of action and suspense there without losing pace as well as the final act feeling all too brief.

Decent movie just the same.

I really enjoyed the movie, just watched it this evening. Sure it's no Ex Machina, but still it was decent and thought provoking.

If anything my only grumble was that it felt a little rushed and over too soon. I'd have liked more development and a longer 2nd and 3rd act. There was much that was done well and it was one of those movies where it felt like almost not a single shot was unnecessary.

The book is Footfall, and it is a great read (I re-read it last week).

One of my all time favourite novels. I re-read it last week. So much great stuff in that book, I still think it could be updated into the modern era and work as a 10 episode series.

I thought the bad guy had way more menace as well, genuinely creepy.

I actually prefer this to the remake, Red Dragon.

A badgers best mate, that's our Brian.

Would you like a hug?

They could have sent him back to before he abandoned and completely ignored the existence of his son. My take on this film was that some kids get stuck with crap dads.

In my head his son is Judd Nelson's character in the breakfast club, a few years later.

I'm in the UK and have completely the opposite experience.

all day long on the chaise longue?