How to Make a Horror Movie and Surviv..., Craig DiLouie
How to Make a Horror Movie and Surviv..., Craig DiLouie
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How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive
A Novel

Author: Craig DiLouie

Narrator: Garrett Michael Brown

Unabridged: 11 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Published: 06/18/2024


Synopsis

From Bram Stoker Award‑nominated author Craig DiLouie comes a darkly humorous horror novel that sees a famous 80s slasher director set out to shoot the most terrifying horror movie ever made using an occult camera that might be (and probably is) demonic.

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.

About Craig Dilouie

Craig DiLouie is the author of the highly successful zombie novels The Killing Floor, The Infection, and Tooth and Nail, as well as The Great Planet Robbery, a science fiction novel, and Paranoia, a psychological thriller. He lives with his family in Calgary, Canada.


Reviews

My thanks to Redhook Books, Craig DiLouie and Netgalley. Mr. DiLouie is almost always a.good time! Honestly? I spent nearly as much time hating this story as I did loving it! I often find myself bored near to tears when an author lists in book's about horror movies. This was not an exception! However,......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on July 19, 2024

2.5 Stars Video Review [URL not allowed] As a horror novel about horror films, this one should have been easy to love. I have read and enjoyed previous books from this author so I was hopeful this could be another solid addition. The story ended up being fine, but just fine. I didn't find i......more

Goodreads review by Court on July 21, 2024

2.5 ⭐️s For a novel with horror in the title, horror was notably absent. I was bored to tears through most of this. Unless you are into the behind-the-scenes aspects of movie making, and literally every single thing that entails, you might struggle with this like I did. Make me scared… do something......more


Quotes

"Gory, glorious, and just a little too believable, Craig DiLouie’s latest is a slick meta slasher movie in book form, set in the brutal intersection of art and obsession."
 —Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author

How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive is a blood-spattered homage to horror films, an ode to the craft of filmmaking, and a cautionary tale about the fiery—often destructive—creative passion inside every artist, one that continuously teeters on the brink of insanity. DiLouie has created a celluloid cursed object story that John Carpenter himself would stand up and applaud from the front row.”—Philip Fracassi, author of Boys in the Valley

“A tricky, twisty book with more levels to it than a slasher movie has sequels. DiLouie knows what makes the horror genre tick.” —David Moody, author of the Hater and Autumn series

"Confidently striding through the genre, DiLouie displays a deep and abiding love for horror, even as he finds new ways to bend our disgust and despair to his will. The camera cannot turn away."—Andrew F. Sullivan, co-author of The Handyman Method

With well-developed characters, a swiftly paced narrative, and mounting dread, this new twist on the ghost story will delight horror readers. —Booklist on Episode Thirteen

"An epistolary descent into a living nightmare . . . well-written and genuinely unsettling. Fans of paranormal documentaries, ghost-hunting shows, and found-footage horror will lose their minds over this one."

 —Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Kin on Episode Thirteen

"Episode Thirteen is a suspenseful and engaging Rubik’s Cube of a novel. The reader has great perverse fun twisting the pieces back and forth, facet after facet, until Craig DiLouie’s grand design stands revealed in all its febrile splendor."—James Morrow, author of The Last Witchfinder on Episode Thirteen

“It’s the literary equivalent of a found footage movie, and it works beautifully. Part ghost story, part metaphysical horror, total nightmare — Episode Thirteen is a must read.”—David Moody, author of Hater and the Autumn series on Episode Thirteen

“In this transcendent ghost story for the 21st century, Craig DiLouie charts the mystery where science meets the supernatural then dives in headfirst to deliver a haunted house story so heartbreaking and profoundly unsettling it ranks alongside the classics of the genre.”—James Chambers, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of On the Hierophant Road on Episode Thirteen

“DiLouie follows a found-footage narrative before veering into gloriously mind-bending terror. . . .  In this subversion of the classic haunted-house/found-footage story, DiLouie demonstrates his ability to toy with and eventually upend readers’ expectations.”—Library Journal (Starred Review) on Episode Thirteen