Horror Flick

by Bob Zeidman

Horror Flick, the novel, is about a grade-Z movie called, of course, Horror Flick. This film's star is Reva Trantini, a peer of Chaney, Lugosi, and Karloff, who died mysteriously during filming. Now his spirit resides in the film and feeds on the lives of its eclectic viewers.

Horror Flick's hero is Brent Wooden, a Clint Eastwood-type, macho detective who is more at ease with deranged killers than evil, demon-possessed material objects. His assistants in this case include Buttonwillow McKittrick, a hippie, brainy, yet peculiarly seductive psychic, Roger Herman, an ultra-low budget film maker with an ultrahigh budget ego, and Billy Bob Henson, a film critic with his nose pointed permanently skyward.

Horror Flick is populated with lots of other bizarre and interesting characters, all of whom come into contact with the film, few of whom survive. Brent Wooden follows the string of gruesome and bizarre deaths, hoping to catch this evil spirit and stop it before the film's nationally scheduled broadcast. Will he do it? Will the nation fall victim to the worst catastrophe since disco dancing? Will Brent and Buttonwillow fall in love and live happily ever after? Read the book and find out.

Unknown Binding

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

Bob Zeidman is an engineering consultant, Internet entrepreneur, independent filmmaker, and freelance writer living in Silicon Valley. He has won awards for his short films, short stories, and screenplays. His novel Horror Flick won an Opus Magnum Award from the Hollywood Film Festival. When he is not writing he enjoys writing software program, designing computer chips, and developing his multidimensional correlation theory."

Reviews

[Melanie's · Rating 3 out of 5]

*This Book Was Given To Me In Exchange For An Honest Review*

I love a good satirical read and I love "stupid" horror movies and so I was excited when I got the opportunity to review Horror Flick as the description ticked a lot of boxes for me.

Sadly though for me this just didn't work. Having looked a little further into the author's background afterwards I can see that he is very accomplished as a screen writer and I can totally see that being the case.

For me this almost felt like it NEEDED to be a script and have it play out on screen. If that was the case it would probably be one of those bizarre movies that I happily had in my collection - unfortunately in this format it really just didn't grab me.


2 1/2 stars rounded up to 3 V""V


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[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review to come.