First published 2024
The Thin Kid stands in a Hollywood boardroom thirty years after the cameras stopped rolling. In 1993, he was part of a guerrilla film crew that spent four weeks shooting Horror Movie, an art house horror project that became notorious despite only three scenes ever reaching the public. Now he's the only cast member still alive, and the studio executives want him for their big budget remake. The memories come flooding back as he agrees to participate. He recalls the bizarre incidents during the original shoot, the dangerous boundaries that were crossed, and the tragedy that followed. The lines between the 1993 production and the current remake begin to dissolve. Past and present merge as he navigates cynical producers, egotistical directors, and obsessive fans at surreal conventions. The original screenplay holds secrets that refuse to stay buried. He knows what really happened on that set three decades ago, but the remake pulls him deeper into a world where reality and fiction become indistinguishable.
Genres: mystery, horror, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: meta-narrative, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Hollywood
Period: 1993, 2023
277 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: violence