The Last Days of Christ the Vampire

by J.G. Eccarius

He rose from the dead...
His power grew over the ages. Enslaving minds and bodies through his religious cult and direct telepathic control, Jesus Christ promised people eternal life in return for obedience.
Professor Holbach thinks Christ the Vampire is just a metaphor giving him nightmares. But when he starts telling his story, he and his friends are attacked and must flee for their lives. This is the story of how they fight back against the ancient horror.
Read the Book. Soon you will see the writing on the wall. Then you will live the reality...

Genres: Horror, Vampires, Fiction, Literature

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Tentatively, Convenience · Rating 4 out of 5]

Looking at Eccarius' publisher (III Publishing)'s website, I found this:

Everything you wanted to know about J. G. Eccarius that he's willing to tell you.

Biography:

J.G. Eccarius was born May 12, 1818 in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany. He was active in both the Second International (while living in England) and the IWW in the USA. Lately he has turned to writing. His short stories and essays have appeared in Processed World, The Stake, Fifth Estate, the Wild Palms Reader, and in many other zines. He remains an active in the anarchist cause, residing mostly in Mexico and California.

Ha ha! An anarchist novelist published by a small press who's anti-religious & anti-governmental. A man &/or woman after my own heart who's NOT a vampire.

[Alyssa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Imagine that the blood really is the life - literally - because Jesus was a vampire. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an open mind - and it IS fictional, after all. (Isn't it...?)

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

The world is secretly controlled by a small cell of vampires who run business, governments, the military, churches, banks, etc. Their leader is the vampire Jesus, who is being kept semi-conscious and barely alive in a bunker 900 feet under the Pentagon. Jesus is revived periodically to preside over crucial decision-making.

This is discovered by a band of teenagers who set out to save the world against all odds, since no adults will believe them.

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book came out in the late 80s and when I read it the premise was shocking to me. Now the idea that Jesus was/is a vampire has been copied by Trueblood and other vampire writers. But this book was the first. It is a fast easy read, written simply to appeal to teens. It really is a genuine cult classic. That's not what I would call bad writing.

[Alyssa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Some books are thoughtfully edgy, others are thinly disguised rants. "Fake deep."

[Jeremy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not sure that this really counts as a novel - that would imply there is a clear plotline, characters with discernible motivations who hang around for longer than a chapter or two, or a coherent resolution. It's filled with rebellious "countercultural" characters who nevertheless always seem to agree with each other; others who seem to have been introduced late in the book because the author realized he needed them around but didn't want to go back and rewrite earlier chapters; evil characters who don't actually seem to do much that affects whoever the protagonists are in that particular chapter; and numerous disjointed but generally foreboding sections. It's written just well enough for one to make it through, and seems to exist mostly so people can say "I read a book about Jesus being a vampire!"

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

i ordered this book because of an ad in factsheet5. back when mike gunderloy was still publishing it so that will tell you how long ago this was. anyway, it's really poorly written, don't get me wrong. but i admire the audacity. and, much like my review of chariots of the gods...don't you WANT this to be true?

[Spring Waters · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am in love with this book! Funny, irreverent, and an awesome take on the greatest myth of all time.

Sure the writing isn't the best. The world isn't really well drawn. The characters aren't real fleshed out. Butttt....the premise, plot and action are so spectacularly awesome that its easy to look past any mediocrity in the rest of it.

[Ash]

I think about this book way too much.

[Robert z · Rating 5 out of 5]

A totally fun book. Great use of metaphor. Sometimes a bit incongruous, but for liberty not incompetence.

[Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

More like pre-post-apocalyptic, but whatevs. Excellent exploration of both the Christ mythos and the vampire mythos. Blindingly paced, interestingly constructed and unique.

[Chris Feldman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious, biting premise (pardon the pun), sadly marred by inferior writing and editing.

"Jesus Lives - Vampires Never Die"

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Last Days of Christ the Vampire by J.G. Eccarius (1990)

[Rebecca A. Robinson · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book -

Sucks. Pun intended. It's one of the worst novels I've ever read. Great title, fun premise, so I had reasonable expectations of enjoying it. Instead I found myself reading a half-assed political tract disguised as sci-fi. Too bad: I liked the first chapter, which had good descriptions, a fairly well-delineated main character (who all but disappears after the first quarter of this slim tome), and some funny lines. It seemed absurd and delicious. But alas, it quickly got boring, with a cast of interchangeable characters and silly, unrealistic gee-whiz dialogue. This is supposed to be a punk classic from the '80s? Please. Also, I have never read a published work that contained so many typos. In short, this reads like a rough draft from an intelligent college-age rookie fiction writer. Oh, what a good editor and some significant rewriting could have done for this idea.

[Albert · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's so interesting and so weird that it completely makes up for the poor editing and pacing of the story. I enjoyed this in a way I rarely get to enjoy books, made me feel like a kid discovering the Illumintus Trilogy for the first time.

[Signor Mambrino · Rating 1 out of 5]

Without a doubt, the worst book i have ever read. Terrible, disjointed story. Shockingly poor writing. Complete disregard for the reader. Imagine licking the underside of a filthy toilet lid and you wil get an idea of what reading this book feels like.

[Wils · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wildly camp

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.4 stars

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is excellent. Silly and strange. The writing style takes a bit of getting used to, especially the scene changes in the middle of paragraphs. A great example of its genre.

[Joe · Rating 1 out of 5]

The day I finished this book, I walked into my house, went into the kitchen and threw it into the garbage can. It should have and could have been much better. It's got the eeriest cover of any book I've ever seen, and an interesting premise, but it just sucks. Totally sucks. It's got some weird anarcho-environmentalist/punk rocker angle going on, too, which ain't a bad thing necessarily, but here it does not play out well at all.

[Ned · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a book I always heard about as a young punk just stepping into the world of zines and self-published fiction. The idea that drives the book is hilarious..some of the dark humor works but ultimately the writing is pretty mediocre. Although I would be lying if I said a story about anarchists/punks battling vampiric christians in the late eighties (where one of the undead bears a resemblance to Ronald Reagan) didn't put a smile on my face.

[Linda Augenstein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoughtfully done.....

Although there were some issues with translation to an e-book, The Last Days of Christ the Vampire was entertaining and worth the read. Any passages referred to in the story are as open and subject to interpretation as any other written word. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes vampire stories.

[Beverly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Total and utter trash.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'll not categorize this one. It's one of the weirdest books I've ever read. It wasn't exactly well written, but it was bizarre enough to keep my interest.

[Karen Mahtin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd say 2.5 stars. There were a lot of typos (not just formatting problems in the Kindle version), the character development is not very deep, the transitions from one character to another are odd... I guess it was written like a late-80's/early 90's horror movie. I was getting ready to stop reading the book when it suddenly mentioned the anti-nuclear war group No Business as Usual. I liked the political stuff about communism and jesus's time, political organizing, communist groups, and anarchism, to the degree that it was introduced.