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The official novelization of the 1987 supernatural horror film, written by Michael Nankin. Based on his original, darker screenplay, this novel expands on the film’s practical-effects-driven horror, eerie atmosphere, and unforgettable 80s adventure. Best friends Glen and Terry stumble upon a mysterious hole in Glen’s backyard. At first, it seems harmless. Then, strange things begin happening. Terrifying visions, shadowy creatures, and unexplainable events escalate quickly. By the time they realize the truth, it’s too late. They’ve opened a portal to a demonic realm.

Pursued by a deranged stalker, haunted by the serial killer from her past, KTLA weather girl Daisy Diaz signs up for a Valley screenwriting course to tackle her trauma on the page. But when her classmates turn up dead, Daisy falls for the divorced cop assigned to protect her from a B-list of suspects: the lunatic professor, his infamous class speakers, her violent ex-fiance, the cable guy... until Daisy embraces her inner Final Girl to battle the apex predator in a town where dying is a good career move.

Set against the backdrop of three major American Civil War battles at Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg, the same five narrators return to tell the stories of what happened in their communities of conscience. Members of Mennonite, Amish, and German Baptist churches choose their loyalties when their traditional belief of not participating in warfare collides with the demands of Union and Confederate forces.

In this series finale of historical fiction from 1864 and 1865, the spotlight shines brightest on Esther and David in the ravaged Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, while all five narrators show versions of courage, adaptation, and survival. During these closing years of the American Civil War, no human experience can be ordinary: not marriage, not enterprising work, not youthful growth.

Authentic voices shape this fresh look at a familiar story, the American Civil War, beginning with the rapid buildup of tension between North and South and continuing into early summer of 1862. But the narrative grip comes through the eyes of civilians, trapped in the conflicts of obedience to government and historic refusal to participate in warfare. Their options press with insistence (enlisting, fleeing, buying a substitute, or paying a fee) as the demands intensify.

Once deemed too controversial to release, DEADGIRL stunned festival audiences, outraged religious groups, and became an instant cult sensation. A film that seared itself into the minds of the depraved and the discerning alike, it remains one of the most transgressive and boundary-pushing nightmares of its era.

High-tech robots, equipped with state-of-the-art security devices, have been recruited as the new mechanical "night watchmen" for Park Plaza Mall. But when a jolting bolt of lightning short-circuits the main computer control, the robots turn into "killbots," on the loose after unsuspecting shoppers!