From Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Craig DiLouie comes a darkly humorous horror novel that sees a famous 80s slasher director set out to shoot the most terrifying horror movie ever made using an occult camera that might be (and probably is) demonic. Horror isnt horror unless its real. Max Maurey should be on top of the world. Hes a famous horror director. Actors love him. Hollywood needs him. Hes making money hand over fist. But its the 80s, and hes directing cheap slashers for audiences who only crave more blood, not real art. Not real horror. And Maxs slimy producer refuses to fund any of his new ideas. Sally Priest dreams of being the Final Girl. She knows shes got what it takes to score the lead role, even if shes only been cast in small parts so far. When Sally meets Max at his latest wrap party, she sets out to impress him and prove her scream queen prowess. But when Max discovers an old camera that filmed a very real Hollywood horror, he knows that he has to use this camera for his next movie. The only problem is that it came with a cryptic warning and sometimes wails. By the time Max discovers the true evil lying within, hes already dead set on finishing the scariest movie ever put to film, and like it or not, its Sallys time to shine as the Final Girl.
