A Midsummer Night's Scream

Author: Stine, R. L.

Edition: 1st

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• If you like to read this books is for you
• Romantic comedy quickly turns to horror and revenge....
• Enough scares to keep you guessing and screaming...
• R.L. Stine new york times bestselling Author

Number Of Pages: 256

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In R.L. Stine's A Midsummer Night's Scream, the Master of Horror takes on the Master of Theatre!Oh, what fools these actors be!It was a horror movie that turned into real horror--three young actors lost their lives while the camera rolled. Production stopped, and people claimed that the movie was cursed.Sixty years later, new actors are venturing onto the haunted set. In a desperate attempt to revive their failing studio, Claire's dad has green-lit a remake of Mayhem Manor―and Claire and her friends are dying to be involved.At first, Claire laughs at Jake's talk of ghosts and curses. He's been too busy crushing on her best friend Delia to notice that she's practically been throwing herself at him. What does he know? And anyway, this is her big chance to be a star!When shooting starts, though, the set is plagued by a series of horrible accidents―could history be repeating itself? From School Library Journal Gr 7-10–Sixteen-year-old Claire and her friend Delia have just gotten their big break in show business: they are starring in a remake, 60 years later, of Mayhem Manor, a film that started production in 1960. The movie was never completed due to multiple deaths on the set. Some say that the film is cursed, although Claire's parents, who own the studio, are banking on it being a hit. But the remake is also marked by multiple gruesome deaths, and the cast and crew begin to think that the curse may be real. When Claire meets Mr. Puckerman, a strange, hairy little man in an unmarked trailer, who claims to be a master of potions, she finds him suspicious–especially since she is the only person who sees him. Claire wants to be a star, but she doesn't want to die. Stine, master of light horror for middle grade readers, seems slightly out of his depth in the young adult market. The characters are superficial and flat, the plot is disjointed and lacking an air of menace, and the incorporation of Shakespearean elements is clumsily done. No doubt this book will attract some readers looking for something a step up from the author's usual fare, but horror aficionados are more likely to find themselves laughing rather than shuddering.–Misti Tidman, Licking County Library, Newark, OHα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. From Booklist It’s the ultimate publicity stunt for a failing Hollywood studio: remake an infamous horror movie in which the actors were literally killed on set. While the original was never completed, it became legend, and, for Claire, landing her first lead role in the film is her ticket to stardom. Even the footage of the gruesome deaths and rumors that the set is cursed don’t discourage her. Her first day, Claire meets Puckerman, a strange little man who possesses magical potions, and soon she’s trying them out on her friends. But the potions are a diversion: Puckerman intends to finish what he started 60 years ago. Stine’s latest is rife with shallow characters, implausible behavior, and laughable dialogue. It’s hard to believe that filming would continue when actors are being murdered on camera—again—and even harder to believe that Claire would continue to steal potions, making her friends violent, old, and (in a nod to Shakespeare) in love with a dog. Diehard Stine fans exist in droves, though, and they might approve of this array of bloody murders. Grades 6-9. --Krista Hutley

Reviews:

“Romantic comedy quickly turns to horror and revenge in this story of glam teen movie stars haunted by a Hollywood curse. Enough scares to keep you guessing--and screaming!Harlan Coben, author of Seconds Away” ―Harlan Coben, author of Seconds Away“Stine takes the normal anxieties of childhood--in this case, the first day at a new school--and blends exaggerated humor with a few equally exaggerated moments of horror in a fast and goofy romp. Lots of fun for Stine fans.” ―Booklist on It's the First Day of School Forever“As usua...

EAN: 9781250024343

Release Date: 02-07-2013

Languages: English

Item Condition: New

Binding: Hardcover