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| Red Hands by Christopher GoldenHow it begins: Surviving a horrifying encounter with a man whose touch can kill, Maeve Sinclair discovers that the mysterious affliction has been passed on to her when she accidentally kills her own family.
What happens next: After Maeve flees into the mountains, "weird science expert" Ben Walker is tasked with finding the grief-stricken woman before those with more menacing plans (including the new voice inside Maeve's head) get to her first.
Series alert: Red Hands is the suspenseful and action-packed 3rd entry in the Ben Walker novels. |
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The Invention of Sound
by Chuck Palahniuk
What it is: a transgressive send-up of Hollywood movie-making; a gruesome exploration of the commodification of violence.
What it's about: When grieving father Foster Gates hears the voice of his presumed-dead daughter in a horror film, he tracks down Mitzi Ives, the Foley artist responsible for the sound. Meanwhile, Mitzi is harboring dark secrets that could destroy Tinseltown's fragile facade.
Is it for you? This nihilistic latest from Fight Club's Chuck Palahniuk is full of twists, unlikeable characters, and insights on the power of art.
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Lovecraft Country
by Matt Ruff
What it's about: While looking for his missing father in 1954 Massachusetts, Black Army vet Atticus Turner and his friends discover a menacing cult whose leader wants to use Atticus in a horrifying ritual.
Read it for: a thought-provoking homage to H.P. Lovecraft's weird fiction -- and an unflinching condemnation of his racist views.
TV buzz: An adaptation co-produced by Underground creator Misha Green and Get Out director Jordan Peele recently began airing on HBO.
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Clown in a Cornfield
by Adam Cesare
What it's about: Resolving to keep her head down through graduation when a factory closing divides the adults and kids in her small community, Quinn is caught in a dispute between tradition and progress before a homicidal corporate mascot begins targeting teens.
Reviewers say: "The immersive atmosphere, nail-biting action sequences, and satisfying social commentary results in a thoughtful, campy, and just-plain-fun read for horror fans, especially those who crave a retro feel but still want a story set firmly in the present." -- Library Journal (starred review)
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Survivor Song
by Paul Tremblay
What it is: a nail-biting and emotionally resonant apocalyptic novel from three-time Bram Stoker Award winner Paul Tremblay.
The premise: When a rabies-like virus forces the state of Massachusetts to go into quarantine, pregnant Natalie -- bitten, newly widowed, and desperate -- enlists the help of her pediatrician friend to help her get a vaccine before it's too late.
Reviewers say: "A prescient, insidious horror novel that takes sheer terror to a whole new level" (Kirkus Reviews).
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| Bunny by Mona AwadWhat it's about: loner MFA student Samantha's life takes a bizarre turn when she's invited to join "the Bunnies," a Stepford Wives-esque clique of four fellow students whose sweet appearances hide horrifying motives.
One of us! As she begins taking part in the group's sinister, cult-like rituals, Samantha morphs into an unreliable narrator with a skewed sense of reality.
Why horror fans might like it: Surreal moments of gruesome violence add ample shock value to this genre-defying novel. |
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| Final Girls by Riley SagerThere can be only one: The lone survivor (aka "final girl") of a massacre a decade ago, Quincy Carpenter carves out a Pinterest-perfect life for herself in hopes of keeping her repressed memories at bay.
But then... when a final girl named Lisa dies of an apparent suicide, another final girl, Sam, warns Quincy that she may be in danger. But can Sam be trusted? And will Quincy be able to survive one more time?
Why horror fans might like it: This unrelenting thriller from the pseudonymous Riley Sager offers a page-turning homage to popular horror movie tropes. |
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Shiver: Selected Stories
by Junji Itō
What it is: A best-of story selection by the master of horror manga. This volume includes nine of Junji Ito’s best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary.
What it's about: An arm peppered with tiny holes dangles from a sick girl’s window… After an idol hangs herself, balloons bearing the faces of their destined victims appear in the sky… An amateur film crew hires an extremely individualistic fashion model and faces a real bloody ending… An offering of nine fresh nightmares for the delectation of horror fans.
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Ring Shout
by P. Djèlí Clark
The premise: In 1920s Macon, Georgia, sorcerer D.W. Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation has unleashed an army of racist demonic monsters known as Ku Kluxes.
Starring: a trio of battle-hardened Black women ready to protect their town from the cosmic horrors lying in wait: sword-wielding Maryse; sharpshooter Sadie; and World War I veteran Chef.
Who it's for: This gruesome and darkly humorous alternate history will appeal to fans of Black-authored stories that interrogate the racist tropes of H.P. Lovecraft's fiction, like Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom.
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The Hollow Places
by T. Kingfisher
What it's about: A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle's house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the "innovative, unexpected, and absolutely chilling" (Mira Grant, Nebula Award-winning author) The Twisted Ones.
Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she's discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle's house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring this peculiar area-only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts...and the more one fears them, the stronger they become.
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The Rental
A weekend getaway turns sinister when two couples begin to suspect the host of their rental is spying on them
Rated R Drama, Horror, Mystery
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12 Hour Shift
Over the course of a 12-hour shift, a drug-addicted nurse and her cousin try to find a replacement kidney for organ-trafficking criminals
Not Rated Comedy, Horror, Thriller
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Brahms: The Boy II
When a family moves into the guest house at Heelshire mansion, unaware of its past, the son discovers and befriends a doll with supernatural powers
Rated PG-13 Drama, Horror, Mystery
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What Keeps You Alive
When a married lesbian couple travels to a remote cabin to celebrate their one-year anniversary, things take a sudden turn when one of them shows herself to be a sadistic serial killer
Rated R Horror, Thriller
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The Owners
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A scheme to get some quick cash takes a bizarre turn when a group of teenagers break into the home of an elderly village doctor and his wife and the couple reacts unexpectedly
Not Rated Action, Horror, Thriller
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The Dark and the Wicked
Two siblings summoned to their family home due to their father's imminent death watch their mother gradually succumb to something dark and sinister and begin to sense the presence of an evil force in the house
Not Rated Horror
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The Pale Door
After a failed bank robbery, the Dalton gang finds shelter at a brothel in an otherwise uninhabited ghost town, unaware that they have stumbled upon a coven of witches with sinister plans for the unsuspecting outlaws
Not Rated Drama, Horror, Western
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