How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive
A Novel
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Garrett Michael Brown
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Written by:
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Craig DiLouie
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Horror isn't horror unless it's real.
Max Maurey should be on top of the world. He's a famous horror director. Actors love him. Hollywood needs him. He's making money hand over fist. But it's the 80s, and he's directing cheap slashers for audiences who only crave more blood, not real art. Not real horror. And Max's slimy producer refuses to fund any of his new ideas.
Sally Priest dreams of being the Final Girl. She knows she's got what it takes to score the lead role, even if she's only been cast in small parts so far. When Sally meets Max at his latest wrap party, she sets out to impress him and prove her scream queen prowess.
But when Max discovers an old camera that filmed a very real Hollywood horror, he knows that he has to use this camera for his next movie. The only problem is that it came with a cryptic warning and sometimes wails.
By the time Max discovers the true evil lying within, he's already dead set on finishing the scariest movie ever put to film, and like it or not, it's Sally's time to shine as the Final Girl.
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—Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author
—Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Kin on Episode Thirteen
And I loved it. The book never takes itself too seriously and just runs with the premise. It kept making me laugh and is filled with tropes and gore gags that made me laugh.
Max is exactly the sort of person I’d imagine a hardcore horror director to be, and Sally is the Bad Girl/Final Girl I would dream of. The cast of characters is fun and slightly insane in their own ways.
The supernatural elements go completely off the rails by the end but honestly, I was having such a good time that I didn’t care. I listened to the audiobook and cannot stop singing the praises of the narrator. That man understood the assignment.
This is a book for people who love horror movies and the horror genre. It’s silly, gory, and just pure fun from start to finish. Perfect for Halloween!
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The vocabulary/prose is capable, the description is vivid, and the author's plotting is creditable, but the book gets annoyingly cerebral and the paranormal elements are treated with humorous intent (expect chuckles - don't expect anything even remotely "scary").
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