Horror Movie | Review

Horror Movie Published by William Morrow by Paul Tremblay
on June 11, 2024
Genres: Adult, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Pages: 277
Source: Netgalley
Format: ARC, eBook
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ISBN: 0063070014
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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 twist on the “cursed film” that breathlessly builds to an unforgettable, mind-bending conclusion.

I’m not going to even pretend that I understood what was going on or going to happen in this one for about the first two-thirds of the story. I mean, I knew it wasn’t going to be good. But–maybe it’s a testament to how my mind isn’t… broken in a way Tremblay’s seems to be. I kid… Kind of.

This is one of those, that you want to go in completely blind. Having any of it spoiled would just ruin the shock. The… Horror. It’s name is absolutely appropriate. The horror of this story goes beyond simple monsters hiding in a proverbial closet. No, this story encapsulates horror in a way that any true great horror writer does–in the exposing the horror that can be humanity. People are what true evil can look like.

This wasn’t the kind of story that kept me from sleeping at night. It was more the kind of story that, as I was reading, was just… Jarring. Appalling. And artistic in its own right.

My first Tremblay novel and I’m not sure I’ve got the measure of his stories. A definite enjoyable read, if you can call it that. I’m excited to try another.

 

 

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