Horror Movie
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Publisher Description
Instant New York Times bestseller!
A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and The Cabin at the End of the World.
In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror flick.
The weird part? Only three of the film’s scenes were ever released to the public, but Horror Movie has nevertheless grown a rabid fanbase. Three decades later, Hollywood is pushing for a big budget reboot.
The man who played “The Thin Kid” is the only surviving cast member. He remembers all too well the secrets buried within the original screenplay, the bizarre events of the filming, and the dangerous crossed lines on set that resulted in tragedy. As memories flood back in, the boundaries between reality and film, past and present start to blur. But he’s going to help remake the film, even if it means navigating a world of cynical producers, egomaniacal directors, and surreal fan conventions—demons of the past be damned.
But at what cost?
Horror Movie is an obsessive, psychologically chilling, and suspenseful feat of storytelling genius that builds inexorably to an unforgettable, mind-bending conclusion
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Demonic forces are nothing compared to the horror of trauma and regret in this brilliant take on one of our favourite horror tropes, the cursed film. It’s been 30 years since the unreleased indie slasher film aptly titled Horror Movie became an object of cult obsession. Now that Hollywood wants to remake it, our unnamed narrator—the only surviving member of the original cast (hmm...)—finds himself wading back into his horrifying and long-repressed memories of the production. The novel’s structure splits the narrative into three parts, taking us into the filming of the original movie, the production of the modern reboot, and selections from the screenplay itself. What’s revealed in each is deeply disturbing, not just because of the events that unfold but because of how it feels to be trapped in the narrator’s haunted, increasingly broken mind. A full cast of narrators gives this unique horror tale the cinematic treatment it deserves.
