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Killer VHS #8
Tracking Death
The 8th book in the Killer VHS Series, hailed as "the modern day Goosebumps for Adults" by Horror Obsessive.
Tracking Death is the latest horror novella from author Nikki R. Leigh.
Final Destination meets Sinister in the latest Killer VHS novella Tracking Death as a group of young adults discover their deaths predicted in a series of scenes from their favorite cult horror VHS tape.
Tracking Death is the latest horror novella from author Nikki R. Leigh.
Final Destination meets Sinister in the latest Killer VHS novella Tracking Death as a group of young adults discover their deaths predicted in a series of scenes from their favorite cult horror VHS tape.
- GenresHorror
192 pages, Paperback
Published August 25, 2026
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
August 28, 2026
A horror VHS movie from hell.
This was quick, action-packed, and intriguing, with an ending just as gruesome and bizarre as a cult classic from way back when. I had a good time with it.
3.5 stars
This was quick, action-packed, and intriguing, with an ending just as gruesome and bizarre as a cult classic from way back when. I had a good time with it.
3.5 stars
September 15, 2026
3.5 stars
A quick horror read with some pretty gruesome deaths. I liked the story and how it revolved around watching a movie on an old VHS tape. However, the characters were rather two-dimensional and the author was pretty heavy-handed in making it clear how awful one of them was. The ending also took quite the left turn that I wasn’t expecting. Overall though, this was a fun and gory read.
A quick horror read with some pretty gruesome deaths. I liked the story and how it revolved around watching a movie on an old VHS tape. However, the characters were rather two-dimensional and the author was pretty heavy-handed in making it clear how awful one of them was. The ending also took quite the left turn that I wasn’t expecting. Overall though, this was a fun and gory read.
September 4, 2026
Tracking death was a fun, quick, horror filled read. It felt like reading a Goosebumps story at times. The ending felt a bit rushed and was unexpected, but overall I enjoyed.
3.5 stars (rounded up)
3.5 stars (rounded up)
September 2, 2026
Did you and your friends watch horror movies on VHS growing up?
We did. Sure, DVD was a thing around 2002 when we were getting into the genre, but we still had plenty of VHS tapes and, of course, television viewing (that were cut up for tv audiences, of course).
Tracking Death by Nikki R. Leigh is something of a love letter to those memories for me. It’s filled with the nostalgia of a time when watching horror movies with your friends was really all the social life you needed. But it also reminds you of the stupid decisions kids can make and how they can stick with you even many years later.
Tracking Death has easily become one of my favorites from the Killer VHS series. It packs in a lot of nostalgia and emotion in a story that moves at a great pace. It takes some of my favorite aspects from Final Destination and makes it even better adding in a fun and fairly sympathetic antagonist.
We did. Sure, DVD was a thing around 2002 when we were getting into the genre, but we still had plenty of VHS tapes and, of course, television viewing (that were cut up for tv audiences, of course).
Tracking Death by Nikki R. Leigh is something of a love letter to those memories for me. It’s filled with the nostalgia of a time when watching horror movies with your friends was really all the social life you needed. But it also reminds you of the stupid decisions kids can make and how they can stick with you even many years later.
Tracking Death has easily become one of my favorites from the Killer VHS series. It packs in a lot of nostalgia and emotion in a story that moves at a great pace. It takes some of my favorite aspects from Final Destination and makes it even better adding in a fun and fairly sympathetic antagonist.
September 26, 2026
now this is my kind of book!!! it gave me It for the kids started out little and follows them when they got older it gave me the ring for the video tape and then it gave me final destination for the way the freak accident happen omg gosh and then the twist at the end!!! i highly recommend reading this book! and yes it felt like a grown ups goosebumps book!
September 22, 2026
A horror movie tape predicting murder and horrific accidents. Four friends keep rewatching a horror film for the anniversary of their childhood friend's death. The tapes they have start going haywire and changing. Also, another queer protoganist.
Good amount of blood and gore. A squelchy time!
Good amount of blood and gore. A squelchy time!
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