Can You Judge a Horror Novel By Its Name?

On to the new releases. I have to say the title of this first one had me very curious the first time I saw it. The Building That Wasn’t follows Everly Tertium. One day in the park, an old man approaches her, claiming to be her grandfather. He invites her back to his apartment building, where she experiences an unsettling feeling of deja vu. She’s certain she’s been here before and has done all of these things already. This novel will twist your brain and have you second-guessing everything.

I Was A Teenage Slasher is another really interesting title. And it is exactly what it sounds like it’s going to be: an autobiography of a serial killer. Tolly Driver seems like just your average teen boy, but he has been cursed to kill over and over again, seeking revenge. Set in Texas in the 1980s, this is the story of the making of a slasher, from the slasher’s perspective, as he would like his story to be told.

I know the film adaptation of this novel is called Knock at the Cabin, but to me, the book title is way more interesting. For more about the book vs the movie, check out my interview with the author Paul Tremblay! When couple Eric and Andrew and their 7-year-old daughter, Wen, go on a cabin getaway vacation, they have no idea that this trip will forever change their lives. And the fate of the world. One lazy afternoon while Wen is catching grasshoppers in the forest outside of their vacation cabin, she encounters a stranger named Leonard, who claims he needs their help preventing the end of the world.