BOOK REVIEW
How to Survive a Horror Movie
All the
Skills to Dodge the Kills
by Seth
Grahame-Smith
Pub
Date 24 Sep 2019
Description
Written by best-selling author, screenwriter, and producer Seth
Grahame-Smith (The Lego Batman Movie; Stephen King’s It),
with an introduction by horror icon Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street),
this is a hilarious must-read for any horror movie fan...and it just might save
your life.
Are you reading this in a cornfield, at a summer camp, or in an abandoned mental institution? Have you noticed that everything is poorly lit, or that music surges every time you open a door? If the answer is yes, you’re probably trapped in a horror movie. But don’t freak out—just read this book! With it you will learn how to overcome every obstacle found in scary films, including:
• How to determine what type of horror film you’re trapped in
• The five types of slashers and how to defeat them
• How to handle killer dolls, murderous automobiles, and other haunted objects
• How to deal with alien invasions, zombie apocalypses, and other global threats
• What to do if you did something last summer, if your corn has children in it, or if you suspect you’re already dead
Are you reading this in a cornfield, at a summer camp, or in an abandoned mental institution? Have you noticed that everything is poorly lit, or that music surges every time you open a door? If the answer is yes, you’re probably trapped in a horror movie. But don’t freak out—just read this book! With it you will learn how to overcome every obstacle found in scary films, including:
• How to determine what type of horror film you’re trapped in
• The five types of slashers and how to defeat them
• How to handle killer dolls, murderous automobiles, and other haunted objects
• How to deal with alien invasions, zombie apocalypses, and other global threats
• What to do if you did something last summer, if your corn has children in it, or if you suspect you’re already dead
Available Editions
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EDITION
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Paperback
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ISBN
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9781683691464
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PRICE
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$14.99 (USD)
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How To Survive a Horror Movie is a revised copy of the book
first published in 2007. If you have a copy of the 2007 issue I’d say that you
wouldn’t really need to purchase the revised version. On the other hand, if you’ve
never read this before then definitely pick yourself up a copy.
Seth has a great sense of humour and it shines through in this
tome of surviving the common mistakes characters of modern horror films always
seem to make. It is absolutely hilarious, with advice like “The horror movie
day is still 24 hours, but 21 of those are night”, and “There are only three
months in the horror movie year, July, October and December”.
We all yell the same things at the TV when watching horror
movies, in total disbelief at the stupidity of the characters making the same
mistakes over and over again leaving to their demise. Seth makes the same observations
with his trademark humour.
I’d give this book a 5 out of 5
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