How to Survive a Horror Movie

Seth Grahame-Smith

2007 • 175 pages

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Written by best-selling author, screenwriter, and producer Seth Grahame-Smith (Stephen King’s It), with an introduction by horror icon Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street), this is a hilarious must-read for any horror movie fan...and it just might save your life. Are you reading this in a cornfield, at a summer camp, or in an abandoned mental institution? Have you noticed that everything is poorly lit, or that music surges every time you open a door? If the answer is yes, you’re probably trapped in a horror movie. But don’t freak out—just read this book! With it you will learn how to overcome every obstacle found in scary films, including: • How to determine what type of horror film you’re trapped in • The five types of slashers and how to defeat them • How to handle killer dolls, murderous automobiles, and other haunted objects • How to deal with alien invasions, zombie apocalypses, and other global threats • What to do if you did something last summer, if your corn has children in it, or if you suspect you’re already dead

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Series

10 released books

How to Survive

How to Survive is a 10-book series with 10 released primary works first released in 1977 with contributions by Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Melba Colgrove.

How to Survive the Loss of a Love

How to Survive Summer Camp

How to Survive a Horror Movie

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Maha

Pop Sugar Reading Challenge - A book you picked because the title caught your attention

this was really funny but mostly just him making fun of clichés in horror movies. I had fun reading it but now I want a book that actually tells me how to survive in horror-movie-like situations.

January 15, 2020

Rhiannon

This is by far one of my most favorite sardonic horror books of all time! I mean who doesn't love a good guide on the horror genre!? I know I do!

This little book also packs a lot of punch with in the first few chapters. The artwork throughout the book is awesome and stands true to what is being described in each section of each chapter. I love chapter #2 the most, because it's called ‘Slasher Survival School - Masks, Gloves, and Motels'. I feel that the second section called ‘Surviving Summer Vacation', is the most fitting currently because it is summer. But also because who doesn't love those campy horror flicks where people go to cabins or take road trips or even sleep away camp plots and you just know how its going to turn out. But it makes you wanna go “hmm i wonder if I'm in one myself?”. The good news is that this book lets you know, the bad news it if you are S.O.L. for you!

Haha, anyway, this book is a MUST OWN for horror fanatics, especially of the slasher genre of the 80's, because it has everything you love and more! Seriously, you won't regret owning this book!

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