A review by zaineylaney
Burn the Negative by Josh Winning

3.0

 

Laura was just a kid when the cast started dying. Now they’re remaking the film… and the curse has come back with a vengeance.

📚 Reasons to Read Burn the Negative

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  Cursed cinema – A cult horror movie with a deadly past comes back to life, dragging its final girl with it—and this time, the death scenes are real.
  
  
  
• Final girl energy – Laura is messy, complex, and determined to stop the curse that’s haunted her since childhood—even if it kills her.
  
  
  
• Meta horror – With callbacks to ‘90s slasher films, a killer urban legend, and a twisted look at Hollywood reboots, this is a love letter to horror fans who like their scares smart.
  
  

After reading this author’s book last year. Heads will Roll, I wanted to pick up more of his backlist. I wasn’t totally prepared for how paranormal this was going to get, but that didn’t bother me as much. It was fun with the homages to horror, Winona Ryder, and other 80s and 90s pop culture. However, I never really got a strong hold on our main character, and as such, I had a harder time rooting for her in this context. Overall fun if you like horror stories.