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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Saturday Fright at the Movies is a true love letter to the horror genre.
Each of these 13 tales delves into a different sub-genre, yet each story maintains Lang's distinctive style. Reading this felt like having a long, passionate conversation with a friend about “What’s your favourite scary movie?”
Each short story stands as a testament to Lang’s admiration for the genre, blending classic horror themes with their own storytelling style. The pacing is spot-on.
A must-read for fans of horror who are looking for that nostalgic feel in a new story.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Each of these 13 tales delves into a different sub-genre, yet each story maintains Lang's distinctive style. Reading this felt like having a long, passionate conversation with a friend about “What’s your favourite scary movie?”
Each short story stands as a testament to Lang’s admiration for the genre, blending classic horror themes with their own storytelling style. The pacing is spot-on.
A must-read for fans of horror who are looking for that nostalgic feel in a new story.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Every good author must have a hook. Something to catch the reader and lure them further in until it’s impossible to escape. I’ll be honest, for me, it was the Introduction. As a child of the 80’s, I was a horror junkie and it seems, so was Amanda Lang. The way she weaves her introduction with the movies she loved growing up mixed with the current horror genre, it was like looking into a mirror. Or a club you didn’t know you belonged to. It was the hook with the biggest juiciest worm on it that pulled me into the rest of her book.
Thirteen stories, because of course thirteen stories of the grittiest, most nostalgic horror stories I’ve read in a while. Stranger Things, you have competition.
Writing thirteen stories, of course there is going to be one or two that don’t catch your attention or aren’t to your taste but in this collection, I only found one. There were so many more that I fell in love with. For example, Melvin. I love you Melvin with your little globby body and your 50’s slang. That entire short story just made me smile and reminds us all that sometimes the monsters walk on two feet and lead the mobs instead of blubbing along.
Out of the collect there were two stories that I can absolutely say are my favorites, “Medusa with the heads of Men” which is about a macabre form of female empowerment in a post #MeToo era. In fact, this was the perfect story to put right after “Salting the Meat” (trust me, just read them), and “The Clover Café” which is the perfect Final Girl story. I do love a good Final Girl and this expansion on the trope is chef’s kiss.
All of these stories took me back to episodes of “Are You Afraid of the Dark” and “Tales from the Darkside”. Lang is a master storyteller, able to weave in the creepy and the macabre with the perfect amount of 80’s slasher horror. This is going to be my new go-to Halloween reading.
I’m giving this collection full marks, five out of five stars. And an extra star for the glossary, a full list of trigger warnings (thank you for that) and the list of all the horror movies, shows, podcasts she grew up on or engages in. Also, for putting Friday the 13th The Series on the list.
I received an advanced copy of this book for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Thirteen stories, because of course thirteen stories of the grittiest, most nostalgic horror stories I’ve read in a while. Stranger Things, you have competition.
Writing thirteen stories, of course there is going to be one or two that don’t catch your attention or aren’t to your taste but in this collection, I only found one. There were so many more that I fell in love with. For example, Melvin. I love you Melvin with your little globby body and your 50’s slang. That entire short story just made me smile and reminds us all that sometimes the monsters walk on two feet and lead the mobs instead of blubbing along.
Out of the collect there were two stories that I can absolutely say are my favorites, “Medusa with the heads of Men” which is about a macabre form of female empowerment in a post #MeToo era. In fact, this was the perfect story to put right after “Salting the Meat” (trust me, just read them), and “The Clover Café” which is the perfect Final Girl story. I do love a good Final Girl and this expansion on the trope is chef’s kiss.
All of these stories took me back to episodes of “Are You Afraid of the Dark” and “Tales from the Darkside”. Lang is a master storyteller, able to weave in the creepy and the macabre with the perfect amount of 80’s slasher horror. This is going to be my new go-to Halloween reading.
I’m giving this collection full marks, five out of five stars. And an extra star for the glossary, a full list of trigger warnings (thank you for that) and the list of all the horror movies, shows, podcasts she grew up on or engages in. Also, for putting Friday the 13th The Series on the list.
I received an advanced copy of this book for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A