night of the mannequins stephen graham jones

That’s the best way to describe this book. I don’t get why it’s fine for a movie to be a fun, mindless slasher film, and not a book. The first line of the book is “So, Shannah got a new job at the most vie theater, we thought we’d play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead, and I’m really starting to feel kind of guilty about it all.” That, coupled with the title, is all you need to know going in.

However, for maximum impact when you read, I want to avoid spoilers as much as I can for you. Here’s the part where I usually do my own synopsis. Scream + Weekend at Bernies + American Psycho Scream + Weekend at Bernie’s + American Psycho Balancing horror and humor, this novella puts a clever modern twist on a classic monster story. Jones expertly expresses Sawyer's teenage attitudes and anxieties while skillfully tipping readers off to the chilling understanding that Sawyer is not the most reliable of narrators. Believing 'Manny' has morphed into a Frankenstein-style monster bent on offing its creators with no regard for who else gets hurt in the process, Sawyer decides that it's his responsibility to kill his fellow pranksters before Manny can get to them, and thus lessen the collateral damage for their families. When one of the friends is killed, along with her entire family, in a freak accident shortly thereafter, Sawyer becomes convinced that the mannequin's to blame. They all think it's a funny prank until Sawyer sees the mannequin walk out of the theater at the movie's end. Sawyer Grimes is one of five bored teens who decide to pose a discarded store mannequin as though it's a real patron in a movie theater in a suburb of Dallas, Tex. Jones (The Only Good Indians) tiptoes the border between supernatural and psychological horror in this weird and wild novella. 'Suffused with questions about the nature of change and friendship, “Night of the Mannequins” is a fairy tale of impermanence showcasing Graham Jones’s signature style of smart, irreverent horror.' - The New York TimesĪt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

That's the thing about heroes-sometimes you have to become a monster first. He'll do whatever he needs to so he can save the day. He'll save everyone to the best of his ability. Bringing a mannequin into a theater is just some harmless fun, right? Until it wakes up. One last laugh for the summer as it winds down. We thought we'd play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead. Award-winning author Stephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen prank goes very wrong and all hell breaks loose: is there a supernatural cause, a psychopath on the loose, or both?

Night of the mannequins stephen graham jones