Nightmare of a Trip
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- $189.00
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- $189.00
Descripción editorial
This is one family getaway they’ll never forget . . .
Leigh Somerset wants to spend some quality time with her kids before they grow up, and her husband has always fancied himself sort of a Clark Griswold figure. So the Somersets will be spending their family vacation on the road, driving from suburban Milwaukee to Orlando, Florida. Already off to a rocky start, they stumble upon an abandoned, half-burned down farmhouse in Indiana, and the Somersets inadvertently unleash an eerie history that will follow them the rest of their trip.
From creepy indoor waterparks to paranormally plagued Cracker Barrels, it’s one thing after another in the pursuit of the great American summer road trip. Will the Somersets be able to shake these bad vibes and get on with the family bonding? Or will the road less traveled quite literally become the highway to hell?
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An eerie encounter at the start of an ordinary suburban family's summer road trip sets the stage for spooky shenanigans in this uneven supernatural comedy from Kilmer (Hex Education). Narrator Leigh Somerset is a 42-year-old mother of three embarking with her family on a drive from their Wisconsin home to the Magic Land amusement park in Florida when car trouble diverts them from the highway to the ruins of a burned-down house in rural Indiana. Leigh's oldest daughter discovers that the house is referenced online in urban legends of hauntings and her son confesses that he took a locket buried on its grounds, both of which help to explain weird events that occur at the family's every stop thereafter, including spirit manifestations, inexplicable earthquakes, and clocks mysteriously resetting themselves to 11:15. Kilmer's account of the exasperating parental headaches Leigh and her husband endure trying to rein in their rambunctious kids is sure to elicit smiles, but the explanation for why their family has been targeted by this particular haunt is a long time coming, revealed in an ending that stretches credibility even as it tugs on the heartstrings. This is strictly for committed fans of supernatural lite.
