The Beast House

A series of four books (a trilogy and a side-story novella) by the late Richard Laymon, they are his most well-known series, as well as one of his most controversial works. Set in the fictional California town of Malcasa Point, each volume mostly focuses on a different cast of characters coming into contact with the legendary Beast House, a house of horrors populated by vicious, man-eating monsters who kill any man who enters the house. The men are the lucky ones... The series is notorious for its graphic scenes of gore and sexual violence, a trio of the most despicable villains in horror, and helping to pioneer the "extreme horror" movement.

The four books included in the series include:


 * The Cellar (1980)
 * The Beast House (1986)
 * The Midnight Tour (1998)
 * Friday Night in Beast House (2001)

This series provides examples of:
 * Anyone Can Die: As a horror book, it kind of comes with the territory.
 * Downer Ending: Surprisingly, only one of the books - The Cellar - has one. But it's a doozy.
 * Gorn: Aplenty. The blood flows freely in this series, especially towards the endings.
 * Stockholm Syndrome: See below. In spades.
 * Victim Falls For Rapist: Not only is this a common theme in the series, but it's essentially the premise!.