Burn the Negative (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
*Long-listed for the Bram Stoker Award*
In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse that haunted it is reawakened.
Fresh off the plane in L.A., here to visit the set of a new streaming horror series, journalist Laura Warren sees a man jumping from a bridge, landing right behind her car. It’s started, she thinks. Because the series she’s reporting on is a remake of a ’90s horror flick. A cursed ’90s horror flick, which she starred in as a child—and has been running from her whole life.
When Laura was eight years old, eight members of the cast and crew died in ways that eerily mirrored the movie’s on-screen deaths, making the film a cult classic—and ruining her life. She changed her name and her accent, dyed her hair, and moved across the Atlantic. But some scripts don’t want to stay buried.
Now, as the body count rises again, Laura finds herself on the run with her aspiring actress sister and a jaded psychic, hoping to end the curse once and for all.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This horror novel is both an unabashed tribute to ’90s slasher movies and a genuinely scary thrill in its own right. Reporter Laura Warren is sent to Hollywood to cover the reboot of a ’90s horror film that became infamous when several of its actors died in ways that weirdly echoed their deaths on screen. What her editor doesn’t know is that Laura is a former child actor—who starred in the original film. And as the new project starts up, so do the deaths. Entertainment journalist Josh Winning makes life (and death) on film sets feel lived-in and realistic even as he conjures the winking tone of horror classics like Final Destination and Scream. He also creates a truly disturbing Freddy Krueger–style baddie with his villain the Needle Man. Stephanie Cannon’s narration is pitch-perfect as she balances taut suspense with jump-off-the-couch scares. Even if you’re not a horror buff, Burn the Negative is a wonderfully creepy listen.
