Tom Holland

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Tom Holland is an American director and screenwriter of horror and thriller films. His early writing projects include Class of 1984 (1982) and the Robert Bloch-inspired Psycho II (1983), the latter starring Anthony Perkins as the menacing psychopath, Norman Bates, which spawned the Psycho franchise.

His directorial debut was the popular 1980s Vampire film, Fright Night (1985). The film was a box office hit and garnered three Saturn Awards and one Dario Argento Award. Last year, Tom produced a documentary of the film called You’re So Cool Brewster: The Story of Fright Night.

His next project, Child's Play (1988), was a number one box-office hit in America and a worldwide success, despite controversy over its thematic content. Tom then went o
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Tom Holland "Tom Holland has always been a first-rate storyteller, whose work mingles a wicked vision of evil with a welcome element of humanity. By turns scary, funny and moving, The Notch is a horror novel that will make you remember sitting up until dawn to finish a book, because you'll be doing it all over again." —Clive Barker, writer/director of Hellraiser


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Tom Holland "Tom Holland's The Notch is his first novel, but you wouldn't know it from this strange and wondrous book." —John Landis, writer/director of The Blues Brothers


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Tom Holland "Tom Holland weaves a thrilling and suspenseful novel that feels more and more relevant as the days go on. A fun story with hints of THE STAND and CARRIE, the story takes us to a world of greed, paranoia and the approach of a worldwide epidemic through the eyes of a small boy whose powers can have global consequences." —Greg Nicotero, Director/Executive Producer of The Walking Dead and Creepshow


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Tom Holland "All of us start with a What If question and let our imaginations roam. Tom Holland has created a character that does one better: he stirs the what if in the mind of the readers with THE NOTCH. It is truly the kind of novel that gets the reader to be part of the story. There is nothing like turning a page in your own mind."—Andrew Neiderman, Author of The Devil's Advocate and the V.C Andrews novels worldwide


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Tom Holland "With THE NOTCH, Tom Holland shows that he is as distinguished a storyteller on the page as he is on the screen. His novel, with echoes of Stephen King's THE STAND, is a mysterious, horrifying, and imaginative adventure tale that will keep you turning the pages."—Mick Garris, Creator/Producer of Masters of Horror


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