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"Grahame-Smith's little volume is just like a horror movie: entertaining and...a fun afternoon's diversion."--"The Hartford Courant
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"If you have snakes on your plane, did something last summer or suspect you've been dead since the beginning of the movie, then this is the book for you."--"McClatchy-Tribune
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""How to Survive a Horror Movie" is essential reading for horror movie buffs of all ages."--"Think Geek"
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"If you have snakes on your plane, did something last summer or suspect you've been dead since the beginning of the movie, then this is the book for you."--"McClatchy-Tribune
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""How to Survive a Horror Movie" is essential reading for horror movie buffs of all ages."--"Think Geek"
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This is an illustrated guide to surviving every kind of horror movie obstacle, from axe-wielding psychopaths to haunted Japanese VHS tapes. With information covering every major horror movie of the past three decades, it deals with ghosts, serial killers, haunted cars, killer pets, creepy Japanese children, snakes on a plane, and more! This book shows you how to survive a horror movie which will appeal to horror fans of all ages.
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Those of us who've become trapped in a horror movie have a choice: We can either line up with the other cattle and march into the slaughterhouse, or we can fight back. Read the first page
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I lifted this book out of curiosity in the humour section of my local waterstones and sailed through the Wes Craven's introduction and the first chapter before racing to the till to purchase it.
This is one brilliant book, very, very entertaining, lots of hilarious cartoon illustrations through and a very funny and very engaging narrative style. Right down to the photo of the author on the back leaf of the wrap around cover.
The author uses a number of literary tricks to really draw readers into the book, its a lot of fun and much more than reportage of cleverly observed movie and genre cliches.
I loved the idea that discovering the book is an indication that you've been trapped in a horror movie, your only hope of survival to the end credits being the clues in the rest of the book. Fantastic idea that and you can bet that if Ash Williams was reading something other than The Necronomicon in The Evil Dead it was this.
A great, great book which doesnt fail to raise the laughs and provide the satisfaction that The Worst Case Scenario books and Zombi Survival guid should have. A real page turner. Buy one for yourself, then some for your friends.
This is one brilliant book, very, very entertaining, lots of hilarious cartoon illustrations through and a very funny and very engaging narrative style. Right down to the photo of the author on the back leaf of the wrap around cover.
The author uses a number of literary tricks to really draw readers into the book, its a lot of fun and much more than reportage of cleverly observed movie and genre cliches.
I loved the idea that discovering the book is an indication that you've been trapped in a horror movie, your only hope of survival to the end credits being the clues in the rest of the book. Fantastic idea that and you can bet that if Ash Williams was reading something other than The Necronomicon in The Evil Dead it was this.
A great, great book which doesnt fail to raise the laughs and provide the satisfaction that The Worst Case Scenario books and Zombi Survival guid should have. A real page turner. Buy one for yourself, then some for your friends.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is brilliant if you are a fan of horror movies or parody's (as I am of both). It is an ingenious and hillarious guide to surviving whichever horror movie you have found yourself in (which you will be able to determine from chapter 1). I can't recomend this book highly enough - PLEASE BUY IT!!
I myself was recently trapped in a horror movie, and if you are too, this book is a must have if you want to survive, letting you know all the tricks and traps to avoid the killer/monster/possesed thing.
Chapter One includes:
How Do I Know If I'm In A Horror Movie?
How Do I Know What Type Of Horror Movie I'm In?
C.R.A.V.E.N
The Seven Deadly Horror Movie Sins
How To Survive A Horror Movie High School
Once you know which horror movie you have become trapped in, each of the following chapters offers help for a particular type of horror movie.
FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK:
. Are you reading this book at a summer camp?
. Are you reading this book in a cornfield?
. Are you reading this book at an abandoned mental institution?
. Does music crescendo every time you open a door?
. Are there any Japanese children in your bathroom?
. Do all of your "friends" look suspiciously like the cast members from "Smallville" and "The Gilmore Girls"?
. Have you, wthin the last twenty-four hours, accidently killed a hobo or a socially challenged classmate and then hid the corpse so that no one will ever find out?
If you answered "yes" to three or more of these questions, you are most deffinatly trapped in a horror movie - and you need to read this book.
A brilliant book which I would recommend to anyone.
I myself was recently trapped in a horror movie, and if you are too, this book is a must have if you want to survive, letting you know all the tricks and traps to avoid the killer/monster/possesed thing.
Chapter One includes:
How Do I Know If I'm In A Horror Movie?
How Do I Know What Type Of Horror Movie I'm In?
C.R.A.V.E.N
The Seven Deadly Horror Movie Sins
How To Survive A Horror Movie High School
Once you know which horror movie you have become trapped in, each of the following chapters offers help for a particular type of horror movie.
FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK:
. Are you reading this book at a summer camp?
. Are you reading this book in a cornfield?
. Are you reading this book at an abandoned mental institution?
. Does music crescendo every time you open a door?
. Are there any Japanese children in your bathroom?
. Do all of your "friends" look suspiciously like the cast members from "Smallville" and "The Gilmore Girls"?
. Have you, wthin the last twenty-four hours, accidently killed a hobo or a socially challenged classmate and then hid the corpse so that no one will ever find out?
If you answered "yes" to three or more of these questions, you are most deffinatly trapped in a horror movie - and you need to read this book.
A brilliant book which I would recommend to anyone.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is incredibly well written, as well as being highly entertaining.I brought it to the office and everyone wanted a loan of it!!
I bought "price and prejudice and zombies" from the same author and im really looking forward to it.
I bought "price and prejudice and zombies" from the same author and im really looking forward to it.
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