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‘Tremors’ Novelization Published Under Original Title ‘Beneath Perfection’
Beneath Perfection, a novel based on the original Tremors screenplay by S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock, has been published by Echo On Publications.
It’s written by Echo On editor-in-chief Christian Francis, who has authored such novelizations as Wishmaster, Session 9, and In the Mouth of Madness.
The book aims to bring new depth to the 1990 cult classic, delivering thrills and laughs while exploring the resilience of a community under siege… right beneath their feet.
“In the desolate Nevada desert lies the tiny town of Perfection. Population: 14.
“Life moves slowly in this forgotten speck on the map, until handyman duo Val McKee and Earl Bassett decide they’ve had enough of the dead-end town and hit the road. But before they can escape, they discover a grisly series of deaths… and something strange lurking underground.
“As mysterious tremors shake the earth and people start disappearing, Val and Earl uncover the terrifying truth: giant, carnivorous worm-like creatures are tunneling beneath the surface, hunting anything that moves.
“Cut off from the outside world, the residents of Perfection must band together to outwit the relentless monsters, now dubbed Graboids, using only their wits, limited resources, and an unhealthy amount of dynamite.”
Beneath Perfection is available now in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audio book, the latter narrated by Dead Meat’s Zoran Gvojic.
Tremors creators Stampede Entertainment won back the rights to the original script earlier this year. The novelization marks their first involvement in the franchise since 2004’s Tremors 4, and they’re also discussing a new film installment.
Netflix is reuniting with Emilia Perez director Jacques Audiard on an adaptation of French horror novel La Nuit ravagée, Variety reports today.
The project is described as an elevated horror film based on the critically acclaimed horror novel by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo.
It’s set in “Saint-Auch, a fictional suburb on the outskirts of Toulouse in Southern France, in the early 1990s. It follows a group of teenagers drawn to an abandoned house that exerts a strange power on them. After one of their friends dies under disturbing circumstances, they decide to enter the house, not suspecting it’s alive with something supernatural. Once they enter it, it begins to feed on their private fears, desires, and traumas, turning their psychological vulnerabilities into something monstrous and inescapable.“
The French-language Netflix original marks Audiard’s first foray into horror.
The divisive Emilia Perez, Audiard’s Spanish-language musical crime drama, amassed 13 nominations at the 97th Academy Awards but also met with controversy when offensive tweets by star Karla Sofía Gascón during the film’s award campaign.
Del Amo’s source novel was published last year and has been described as an homage to ’80s and ’90s horror in the vein of Stephen King, though its social realism is what lends itself to the elevated horror concept and Audiard’s attachment to the project.
Stay tuned for more as it arrives.
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