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Dark The Halls
Dark The Halls | Timothy Roderick
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Bramwell Finch, once the toast of 1930s Hollywood, is now a desperate man. His empire of lights-camera-action, and the glittering nights of champagne toasts and Laurel Awards slip further from reach. But on Christmas Eve, an invitation arrives, summoning him to a forgotten corner of his own studio lot and to a screening room that should not exist.
What unfolds there is a nightmare.
Reels spin by unseen hands, but they do not flicker out old Hollywood glamor. The departed have waited in the wings far too long. And here in this spectral late-night feature, Finch finds himself imprisoned in a nightmare of his own making. Blood. Betrayals. Dark secrets he thought safe in shadow. Every one of them a sin upon which he built his celluloid kingdom.
The house is full tonight. And every tormented soul demands the price of admission.
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Dark The Halls | Timothy Roderick
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Mehso-so

Bramwell Finch has just lost his old business partner & friend, & now looks set to miss out on his last hope for a coveted film award. Everything he sacrificed for success has come to nothing & now he has nothing & no-one. On Christmas Eve, Finch receives an invitation to a private screening at his studio, at a screening room he knows does not exist. Yet there it is - Room 6, & Finch sits down to watch his misdeeds played out onscreen.

OutsmartYourShelf When I first started this, it initially felt as if I had missed the beginning (similar to if you start watching a film partway through & it takes you a minute to catch up), but once I'd worked out what was going on, this turned out to be a pretty decent read. It seems to be a retelling of 'A Christmas Carol' with the dastardly main character being shown the error of his ways but set in the world of 1930s film-making. 4d
OutsmartYourShelf It was fairly short & kept my interest. 3.25⭐

My thanks to #NetGalley & publisher, Grave Image Press, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7929321178
Read 17th - 18th Oct 2025

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