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A review by jaedia
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Hmm... I really like the way this was written. Presented as an autobiographical audiobook of a man who was in a movie in the early 90s that was never released due to something tragic happening on set, but clips of the movie and the script have since been released online and drummed up a lot of interest, and so the movie is being made in the modern day. We get chapters from the distant past, recent past, present, and the script itself, and it flips between these things to create a comprehensive story. It's fascinating and I loved reading it.
I just didn't personally feel like this one is "horror". Not to say that it isn't! Just didn't work for me. And it got... pretty dang weird and it's taken me a few days to work out if that's good weird or bad weird and I.. think, it's not good weird but not quite bad weird, if that makes any sense.
So 2 stars because the journey is great, but the ending really let it down for me.
I do recommend this one to people who find the concept of movie making, particularly indie movie making, interesting. I think you'd probably get some joy out of this one.
I just didn't personally feel like this one is "horror". Not to say that it isn't! Just didn't work for me. And it got... pretty dang weird and it's taken me a few days to work out if that's good weird or bad weird and I.. think, it's not good weird but not quite bad weird, if that makes any sense.
So 2 stars because the journey is great, but the ending really let it down for me.
I do recommend this one to people who find the concept of movie making, particularly indie movie making, interesting. I think you'd probably get some joy out of this one.