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I arrived at my choice for #weirdwords after quite the rabbit hole: first reading a mention of an on-set fatality during the shooting of the Twilight Zone movie led to the morbid Wikipedia page which somehow led me to medieval torture methods which led to Latin phrase Poena cullei (Penalty of the sack). As wikipedia states, “The punishment consisted of being sewn up in a leather sack, with an assortment of live animals including a dog, snake...“

Started this one yesterday and I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. I'm a big fan of slasher flicks so to read a book which is basically a slasher flick sounded right up my alley. Gonna give it a few more chapters then I may have to dnf it

If you‘ve ever wondered what it‘s like behind the scenes of a horror movie, but also wondered what it would be like for the horror to turn real, this is for you! It‘s a little campy and super unrealistic but it‘s a lot of fun (if blood and gore is fun for you like it is for me 😝). Interesting take on a horror story! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

What gloriously campy fun.
Gory deaths, hellish consequences, hauntings by grotesque corpses, a camera possessed by occult forces with a Faustian twist, and yet the true darkness is Hollywood and its way of doing business and consuming souls.
The author obviously had a lot he wanted to say about horror movies, slasher films in particular, but I'll admit it was hard to take the discourse seriously, 1/?

Today's unsettling simile is:

“...a sense of wonder.“
Certainly a nicer adjunct feeling than everyday fears usually offer.

There seems to be a recurring theme of doing horror books said against a horror film set. In this one set during the 80's, a frustrated and arrogant filmmaker wants to make the ultimate scary movie. Enter a cursed camera that needs a sacrifice to make that happen. Witness tropes like the supernatural, a bloody body count, fame and fortune, and, of course, a final girl this a fun ride for fans of this genre.