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Horror Movie

Auteur(s): Paul Tremblay
Narrateur(s): Ari Fliakos, Dani Martineck, Micky Shiloah, Michael Crouch, Frankie Corzo, Stacy Gonzalez, Tyla Collier, Ariel Blake, Johnathan McClain, Dan Bittner, Eva Kaminsky, Gisela Chipe
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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

©2024 Paul Tremblay (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Fiction de genre Fiction littéraire Horreur Psychologiques Surnaturels Thrillers et romans à suspense Intéressant Effrayant
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“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐭, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.”

The cover and title alone had me intrigued about the newest release from Paul Tremblay.

I listened to this mostly on audiobook and I have to say that the production was FANTASTIC. Not only is there a main narrator that is recounting his memories for an audiobook retelling (very meta!), there is a full cast that performs the reading of the movie script, including page turning noises, just like at a table read. This really had me immersed in the story, especially the movie portion. I’m not sure I would’ve been quite as enthralled had I just been physically reading it. The narrative is a bit slow and the ending appears without really understanding how we get there, which I did struggle with a bit. The structure of the story flips from modern day to filming the movie in the past, to the script reading. Sometimes this led to a pacing issue, however I appreciated in particular that the script was parcelled pieces at a time, mimicking how the actor playing The Thin Man (and our main narrator) received his script. There are parts that are incredibly squeamish - the treatment of the Thin Kid by the other teens is pure horror, but also blurs the line between the making of the movie and reality. I was reminded a lot of Curse of the Reaper, in which both main characters inhabit their characters during filming and the aftereffects spill into their lives forever.

Horror Movie is a story of memory, trauma, legend, and the monsters we create. If it does peak your interest, I highly recommend the audiobook.

The production makes this story shine

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This is a really unique and interesting book that's excellently written and narrated. Its mixed media narrative approach (movie script and storytelling) and examination of hauntings through an entertainment lens reminds me of the novel "Episode Thirteen" by Craig DiLouie (an amazing audiobook), but with an explicitly meta horror style that highlights not only the mythology of evil but the uncanny realism of horror. I admittedly did have a hard time with the script narration, but that's because of my own auditory processing issues and not due to the book itself - if you have similar issues it might be better to read the book, or to move between reading the script and listening to the story, but besidea that, this book is incredibly clever and captivating. Highly recommend!

Episode Thirteen Meets Meta

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Loved the story telling style of this book! Not super creepy but it had its moments. Overall I really liked the story.

Loved it!

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The voice actors reading the story make many mistakes that make the story hard to follow and papers shuffle in the background. I couldn’t finish the book at all..

The readers make a mess of this story.

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This book should be called "Pretentious Arthouse Horror Movie." It would have been a more accurate title, and it would have served to stop me from spending my time listening to it. It's interesting in some ways, but frustratingly nonsensical (like an arthouse horror movie). I'm sure there are lots of people who are into that sort of thing, but I'm just not one of them.

For what it's worth, the narrators are all excellent, and the production is great (there are some subtle sound effects and a score for certain parts, which goes a long way toward enhancing the experience). I found the switch back and forth between the story and the screenplay to be easy to follow. This novel works well as an audiobook, which sort of surprised me. I just wish the story was better.

Ugh

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Suprised that the same author who wrote cabin in the woods wrote this-
The story did not flow properly

Not good

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Hard to keep up with what’s going on. Some terrible audio quality at some parts

No substance

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A lot of annoying and egregious reading errors culminating in the father's reading in chapter 7 when I stopped listening. He reads and messes up the same sentence 3 times and the fact that none of it was edited including the director giving him notes was unprofessional. It wasn't part of the story either, the voice actor literally says after flubbing the line the third time that "it's a good thing <he's> not reading the whole book."
Needless to say, after the female narrator's several left in flubs I couldn't be bothered to finish the listen.

Needed an editor

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