Fright Night, John Skipp
Fright Night, John Skipp
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Fright Night
The Novelization

Author: John Skipp, Craig Spector

Narrator: Peter Atkins

Unabridged: 4 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/28/2020

Categories: Fiction, Media Tie-in, Horror

Synopsis

Charley Brewster is a horror movie fan, a kid with an active imagination. So, when he begins telling people that his new next-door neighbor is a vampire, no one believes him. Not the police, not his girlfriend Amy, not even the school weirdo Evil Ed.But Charley's seen the coffin and the bodies drained of blood and knows he will be the vampire's next victim. When Charley can't get anybody to believe him, he turns to TV horror host Peter Vincent, who used to be the "great vampire killer" of the movies.Can these mortals save Charley and his sweetheart Amy from the wrathful bloodsucker's toothy embrace? This is the novelization based on the classic horror film written and directed by Tom Holland that redefined the genre and birthed a thousand knock-offs. The novelization were written by splatterpunk staples John Skipp and Craig Specter.This special audiobook edition is narrated brilliantly by horror icon Peter Atkins (Hellraiser, The Wishmaster), who reminds us that there are still some very good reasons to be afraid of the dark.

About John Skipp

John Skipp is a New York Times bestselling author and editor. His first anthology, Book of the Dead, laid the foundation for modern zombie literature; he later edited three more zombie anthologies, including Mondo Zombie, which won the Bram Stoker Award for best anthology, Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead, and Werewolves & Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beast Within. Some of his works include The Light at the End, The Scream, Jake’s Wake, and The Long Last Call. He lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on November 27, 2022

Charley sees his new neighbors carrying in a new coffin. Are they vampires? If you pick up this novelization you'll soon find out if Charley is stuck in some horror fantasy or has some real evidence proving his theory. Will Peter (not me, but the famous vampire hunter from Fright Night) help him and......more

Goodreads review by Gianfranco on June 05, 2022

Vote: ☆☆☆ if you are into horror and not-sparkly vampires. ☆☆☆☆ if you are into horror and liked the motion picture who inspired this novelization. ☆☆☆☆☆ if you are into splatterpunk genre and/or watched the 1985 movie something like 50+ times... I'm one of them. He watched her walk up to the old ho......more

Goodreads review by Jack on January 24, 2022

This was a terrific adaptation of one of my all-time favorite 80s horror movies. I'm not one who typically reads a lot of novelizations, but I make exceptions when it's a movie I love, written by an author I love. And I love me some Skipp and Spector (mostly). What's surprising about this one is jus......more

Goodreads review by Brendon on October 20, 2024

The movie is one of my all-time favorites without a doubt. Reading the novel for the first time? Does it live up to the movie and the hype?....it sure does. What a fantastic book by Skipp & Spector that brings all the horror, humor and vintage horror nostalgia that movie had and puts it on the page.......more

Goodreads review by Craig on May 17, 2020

This is a good adaptation of the cult-classic vampire film. It follows the script fairly faithfully, though there are a couple of amusingly enhanced bits. It was the first book from the men credited with creating the splatterpunk genre. If you liked the film..........more

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