“Overall, this is an incredibly fun horror novel with some serious messages and themes. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry … you’ll get super freaked out, and ultimately you’ll have a grand old time.” – HorrorBound

“DiLouie has created a celluloid cursed object story that John Carpenter himself would stand up and applaud from the front row.” – Philip Fracassi, author of Boys in the Valley

“As a kid whose love for horror began in part with the slasher films of 1980s, How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive is a dream come true. Cursed films, scream queens, and more horror callbacks than you can shake a stick at, this book is many things, but among them, it’s Craig DiLouie’s best and most fun novel to date.” – Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Kin and Sour Candy

“Gory, glorious, and just a little too believable, Craig DiLouie’s latest is a slick meta slasher movie in book form, set in the brutal intersection of art and obsession.” – NYT Bestselling Author Peter Clines

“Confidently striding through the genre, DiLouie displays a deep and abiding love for horror, even as he finds new ways to bend our disgust and despair to his will. The camera cannot turn away.” – Andrew F. Sullivan, co-author of The Handyman Method

“The setting might well be the schlocky 1980s, but DiLouie’s nostalgic dissection of our love of horror is bang on point. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive is a tricky, twisty book with more levels to it than a slasher movie has sequels. DiLouie knows what makes the genre–and the endless legions of fans like us who crave the next scare–tick.” – David Moody, author of Hater and Autumn

“A brutal and disturbingly funny trip into the dark heart of 1980s Hollywood, How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive deftly exposes a world where art and commerce meet ambition and blood lust. With a director’s eye for Reagan-era detail and a satirical lens that never overwhelms the crackling story, DiLouie brings his cast to glorious life (and, for some unfortunate souls, gruesome death).” – Andy Marino, author of It Rides a Pale Horse

“A dark and heartfelt love letter to horror movies and Hollywood hells, How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive is Craig DiLouie at his best—suspenseful, psychological, and unpredictable!” – James Chambers, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Bright and Beautiful Eternal World

“DiLouie really has outdone himself with this one… How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive is a novel that transcends just fiction. It speaks to those who read, watch and consume horror. It’s a love letter to the fans who don’t care what producers say. To those who don’t want a part four but a new take on an old trope… Loved this one.” – Steve Stred, author of Mastodon
“If you like slasher movies, I would definitely recommend this book for you.” – Cravenwild, complete review here