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Final Cuts
Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles | Ellen Datlow
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Legendary genre editor Ellen Datlow brings together eighteen dark and terrifying original stories inspired by cinema and television. A BLUMHOUSE BOOKS HORROR ORIGINAL. From the secret reels of a notoriously cursed cinematic masterpiece to the debauched livestreams of modern movie junkies who will do anything for clicks, Final Cuts brings together new and terrifying stories inspired by the many screens we can't peel our eyes away from. Inspired by the rich golden age of the film and television industries as well as the new media present, this new anthology reveals what evils hide behind the scenes and between the frames of our favorite medium. With original stories from a diverse list of some of the best-known names in horror, Final Cuts will haunt you long after the credits roll. NEW STORIES FROM: Josh Malerman, Chris Golden, Stephen Graham Jones, Garth Nix, Laird Barron, Kelley Armstrong, John Langan, Richard Kadrey, Paul Cornell, Lisa Morton, AC Wise, Dale Bailey, Jeffrey Ford, Cassandra Khaw, Nathan Ballingrud, Gemma Files, Usman T. Malik, and Brian Hodge.
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I always dip in & out of Datlow's anthologies over a period of time. However there were so many solid stories in the first half of this volume that I have gifted it to a few people before finishing today. There are two stories in here that are two of the best that I have ever read: SG Jones' Lords of the Matinee & John Langan's Altered Beast Altered Me. The latter was an epistolary story, between thinly veiled Langan & Tremblay, about a (cont)

vivastory prop used in classic vampire cinema & purchased by the Tremblay character. It is funny, clever, smart, chilling & Langan perfectly channels Tremblay that it was like he was using a ouija board at times. This may very well be my favorite anthology I've read that Datlow has edited.
Since this was horror authors on movies, I'm going to end my review with my favorite horror movies watched this yr: The Wailing, Christine, Cure, The Brood, (cont)
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vivastory Evil Dead Rise, Mayhem, Speak No Evil. Monstrum, Clovehitch Killer (edited) 10mo
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Fitting in some reading this morning before PT. Yesterday I read three stories from this anthology for a total of 45 points for #Scarathlon2020.

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