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How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive: A Novel

By Craig DiLouie
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By Craig DiLouie
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An author we love pays homage to filmmaking with classic horror movie tropes in this gripping story of the glitz (and guts) of making it big in Hollywood — even if that means working with a demonic camera. 

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 a...

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