This felt like kind of a miracle. I am, and have been since childhood, a fan of movie novelisations. They’re often entertaining, and a fun way to revisit a favourite film, but they also can feel like they’re lacking something that would make them fully satisfying as a book in their own right. Books can get turned into Oscar-winning movies, but no novelisation is ever going to win a literary prize. 
So my expectations of Tim Waggoner’s adaptation of shockfest ‘Terrifier 2’ were tempered. I’ve read and enjoyed one book by him in the past (and original work called ‘They Kill’), but he’s not an author I know well. This book made me want to get to know his work better. He’s managed to pull off two tricky things here, Firstly, capture the weird magic of the movie - the horror, the black humour, the touching and convincing family dynamic, and the unhinged tone. Secondly, he’s managed to turn a film that is incredibly visual, Art doesn’t even talk, for crying out loud, into an effective book. Even at 400 pages I found it a thoroughly enjoyable read. 
It should go without saying though, that if you aren’t a fan of the films this is NOT for you.