Final cuts : new tales of Hollywood horror and other spectacles

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Physical Description:

xi, 464 pages ; 21 cm.

General Note:

"A Blumhouse Books original"--Cover.

"A Blumhouse Books/Anchor Books original"--Title page verso.

Genre:

Occult fiction.

Horror fiction.

Short stories.

Summary:

From the secret reels of a notoriously cursed cinematic masterpiece to the debauched livestreams of modern movie junkies who will do anything for clicks, Final Cuts brings together new and terrifying stories inspired by the many screens we can't peel our eyes away from. Inspired by the rich golden age of the film and television industries as well as the new media present, this new anthology reveals what evils hide behind the scenes and between the frames of our favorite medium. With original stories from a diverse list of some of the best-known names in horror, Final Cuts will haunt you long after the credits roll.

Contents:

Introduction / Ellen Datlow -- Das Gesicht / Dale Bailey -- Drunk physics / Kelley Armstrong -- Exhalation #10 / A. C. Wise -- Scream queen / Nathan Ballingrud -- Family / Lisa Morton -- Night of the living / Paul Cornell -- The one we tell bad chidren / Laird Barron -- Snuff in six scenes / Richard Kadrey -- Insanity among penguins / Brian Hodge -- From the balcony of the Idawolf Arms / Jeffrey Ford -- Lords of the matinee / Stephen Graham Jones -- A Ben Evans film / Josh Malerman -- The face is a mask / Christopher Golden -- Folie á deux, or the ticking hourglass / Usman T. Malik -- Hungry girls / Cassandra Khaw -- Cut frame / Gemma Files -- Many mouths to make a meal / Garth Nix -- Altered beast, altered me / John Langan.

Subject Term:

Motion picture industry -- Fiction.

Horror tales, American -- 21st century.

Horror tales, English -- 21st century.

Additional Credits:

Datlow, Ellen

Publication Info:

New York : Blumhouse Books/Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.

Subject:

Motion picture industry -- Fiction.

Horror tales, American -- 21st century.

Horror tales, English -- 21st century.

Occult fiction.

Horror fiction.

Short stories.

Film industry (Motion pictures)

Moving-picture industry

American horror tales

English horror tales

SAILS ISBN:

9780525565758

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Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Taunton Public Library	DATLOW, ELLEN	1ST FLOOR STACKS	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Legendary genre editor Ellen Datlow brings together eighteen dark and terrifying original stories inspired by cinema and television. A BLUMHOUSE BOOKS HORROR ORIGINAL.

From the secret reels of a notoriously cursed cinematic masterpiece to the debauched livestreams of modern movie junkies who will do anything for clicks, Final Cuts brings together new and terrifying stories inspired by the many screens we can't peel our eyes away from. Inspired by the rich golden age of the film and television industries as well as the new media present, this new anthology reveals what evils hide behind the scenes and between the frames of our favorite medium. With original stories from a diverse list of some of the best-known names in horror, Final Cuts will haunt you long after the credits roll.

NEW STORIES FROM: Josh Malerman, Chris Golden, Stephen Graham Jones, Garth Nix, Laird Barron, Kelley Armstrong, John Langan, Richard Kadrey, Paul Cornell, Lisa Morton, AC Wise, Dale Bailey, Jeffrey Ford, Cassandra Khaw, Nathan Ballingrud, Gemma Files, Usman T. Malik, and Brian Hodge.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Datlow (The Best Horror of the Year series, editor) has tapped some of horror's top talents for this anthology's 18 outstanding riffs on silver screen terrors, which draw inspiration from silent films, eerie webisodes, grindhouse gorefests, and snuff flicks. In "Das Gesicht," Dale Bailey imagines the history of an early film so unsettling it was never released. Jeffrey Ford's "From the Balcony of the Idawolf Arms" conjures a creepy camera obscura show secretly watched by a pair of latchkey kids, and Brian Hodge's superb "Insanity Among the Penguins" describes a suppressed Herzogesque documentary on cannibalism. Nathan Ballingrud in "Scream Queen" and Gemma Files in "Cut Frame" both tell of Hollywood stars whose cinematic personas, a horror heroine and a femme fatale respectively, bleed into their lives off-camera. The impressive creative range and the authors' willingness to push their ideas to the limit make this a memorable exploration of the intersection between horror literature and film. Genre enthusiasts should snap this up. Agent: Merrilee Heifetz, Writers House. (June)

Booklist Review

Award-winning editor Datlow presents a spine-tingling collection of 18 original stories revealing how darkness can exist in the entertainment industry, narratives about filmed satanic rituals, violent death recordings, and unsavory facts uncovered in unexpected places. In Kelly Armstrong's "Drunk Physics," two graduate students discover that their popular physics education video channel may be haunted. Nathan Ballingrud's down-on-his-luck journalist in "Scream Queen" finds more than he expected while interviewing an elderly woman whose only movie role was a small but cultishly memorable part in a sleazy 1970's exploitation flick. A serial killer intent on immortalizing his final big kill before he gets too old learns his willing victim is not so willing, after all. In the last and longest story, "Altered Beast, Altered Me," by Garth Nix, two writers share increasingly dark stories via email, feeding their obsession with a costume jewelry prop worn by Bela Lugosi when portraying Dracula. These chilling film trade tales are an emotional and impactful feast waiting to be devoured by horror fans.

Library Journal Review

Datlow, editor of numerous horror anthologies (The Best Horror of the Year, The Green Man, Lovecraft's Monsters) returns with another excellent collection of short stories featuring some of today's best horror writers, representing the full range of diversity within the genre. Eighteen authors pen tales of terror, each with a connection to film or TV. Popular and best-selling authors including Kelley Armstrong, Josh Malerman, and Richard Kadrey are joined by promising newcomers like Cassandra Khaw and A.C. Wise. Usman T. Malik explores our obsession with reality TV, presenting a serial killer who wants his execution live-streamed; Gemma Files uses interview transcripts and emails to tell a horrifying story about a cult horror actress; and John Langan contributes a novella that begins as an innocent email conversation between two writers about their possible collaboration on a vampire tale that slowly, and satisfyingly, unravels as something far more sinister. VERDICT The unique themes and diverse array of stories make this anthology appealing to a variety of horror readers and is a great introduction to new readers looking for work by a range of authors.