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Oakburn Opus + The Empty Man + Night of the Ghoul + Scream + Blair Witch x Cursed Media.
The October Film Haunt is a very promising debut for Michael Wehunt that just oozes eerie atmosphere and great suspense pacing. Wehunt knows his readers and the demographic that would eat this up as he even writes in diegetic (almost meta) bits about various filmmakers, A24, Trevor Henderson (the creator of Siren Head), and a very niche shoutout to rising Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera. It could just be me being the ol cinephile I am, but I enjoyed all the little industry nods. That said, I can totally see those not as enamoured by film easter eggs and homage not really giving with the pacing: similar to how non-horror movie fans struggle a bit with Stephen Graham Jones’ Indian Lake trilogy.
I would love for this book to get a mini series or film adaptation, and despite having a pretty lacklustre ending to me, I do hope we get more. Consider me locked in to whatever Wehunt writes next. The Pine Arch Creature has a lot of potential.
Oakburn Opus + The Empty Man + Night of the Ghoul + Scream + Blair Witch x Cursed Media.
The October Film Haunt is a very promising debut for Michael Wehunt that just oozes eerie atmosphere and great suspense pacing. Wehunt knows his readers and the demographic that would eat this up as he even writes in diegetic (almost meta) bits about various filmmakers, A24, Trevor Henderson (the creator of Siren Head), and a very niche shoutout to rising Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera. It could just be me being the ol cinephile I am, but I enjoyed all the little industry nods. That said, I can totally see those not as enamoured by film easter eggs and homage not really giving with the pacing: similar to how non-horror movie fans struggle a bit with Stephen Graham Jones’ Indian Lake trilogy.
I would love for this book to get a mini series or film adaptation, and despite having a pretty lacklustre ending to me, I do hope we get more. Consider me locked in to whatever Wehunt writes next. The Pine Arch Creature has a lot of potential.