Slasher movies are seen by some as kitschy fun, but this is a seriously disturbing novel, delving into the sacrifices art demands, psychological trauma and how monsters are made. Sometimes painful reading, it’s also incredibly gripping, smart and scary.”The GuardianThe New York Times bestseller! Includes bonus content - see concept notes and pages from Tremblay's notebooks. The monster at the heart of a cult 90s cursed horror film tells his shocking and bloody secret history. Slow burn terror meets high-stakes showdowns, from the bestselling author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World.Summer, 1993 -a group of young guerrilla filmmakers spend four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror film.The weird part? Only three of the film's scenes were ever released to the public. Steeped in mystery and tragedy, the film has taken on a mythic renown.Decades later, a big budget reboot is in the works, and Hollywood turns to the only surviving cast member -the man who played 'the Thin Kid', the masked teen at the centre of it all. He remembers all too well the secrets buried within the original screenplay, the bizarre events of the filming, and the crossed lines on set.Caught in a nightmare of masks and appearances, facile Hollywood personalities and fan conventions, the Thin Kid spins a tale of past and present, scripts and reality, and what the camera lets us see. But at what cost do we revisit our demons?
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Titan Books Ltd.
ISBN: 9781835413135
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda bolsillo
Fecha de lanzamiento: 10/06/2025
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Paul Tremblay
Paul Tremblay nació en Aurora, Colorado, en 1971 y se crio en Massachusetts. Tras licenciarse y hacer un máster de Matemáticas en la Universidad de Vermont, se dedicó a dar clases en un instituto de Boston. En 2015 escribió sobre un exorcismo televisado en Una cabeza llena de fantasmas (Nocturna, 2017), que ganó el Premio de Novela Bram Stoker (concedido por la Asociación de Escritores de Terror) y del que Focus Features está preparando una adaptación cinematográfica. Posteriormente publicó libros como Desaparición en la Roca del Diablo (Nocturna, 2018), La cabaña del fin del mundo (Nocturna, 2021) -llevada al cine por M. Night Shyamalan con el título de Llaman a la puerta-, El Club de los Portaféretros (Nocturna, 2023) o La canción del superviviente (Nocturna, 2024).