Hungry Ghosts #4

Anthony Bordain's culinary horror anthology comes to a close. I had eagerly awaited this title's conclusion as the ending was promised to shock! For me, it was an extreme disappointment.

Like the previous 3 issues, this edition has 2 main stories.

The first story, The Snow Woman is a Japanese legend that has been retold countless times. I remember the story being adapted for the Tales From The Darkside movie in a segment starring James Remar. It's a very good story except for one thing- it has zero to do with food! 

That's the premise of this Dark Horse comic. Horror stories involving food. All of the tales were also to be set in Japan. But that didn't happen for all of the stories and I forgave that. But to have a ghost story in a horror comic revolving around food; to not have any food- I can't excuse that misstep. 

The final story, The Cow Head stayed true to this miniseries' concept. I loved the artwork by Archie Horror staple, Francesco Francavilla.  But this adventure was also promising to really scare readers. And for this reader, it didn't. What the story did accomplish was to get a little bit preachy and reveal the overall theme.

However, I'm not going to reveal that as it could spoil the ending. Plus, this issue just came out within the past 2 weeks, so it might be a little too soon to dive into specifics. But once you understand the overall premise, all of the stories as well as the framing story that sets up the entire series makes a lot of sense.

Overall, Hungry Ghosts is a great anthology horror. But the last issue wasn't as dynamic an ending as expected.

Rating: 6 out of 10 stars.