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From the authors who brought you TAKING SHAPE comes REIGN OF CHUCKY, an exhaustive new look at the cinematic history of everyone’s favorite Good Guy. Covering all seven films in the franchise, this is the book that Chucky fans have been waiting for. Go behind the scenes of the first film to learn how Don Mancini’s original Blood Buddy script evolved into Child’s Play as we know it, then listen about how the franchise was continually reinvented across a slew of clever sequels

"The reason we don't have an ID on the victim yet is the same reason why I reached out to you guys," Mahoney said. "Our victim is a young Amish girl. Late teens, early twenties at the most." A month ago, the farmhouse shared by Detective Reed Mattox and his K-9 partner Billie was invaded. After several years working cases together, one of those finally followed them home. The perpetrators kicked in both the front and back doors in an assault that Reed and Billie were lucky to survive with their lives.

Look at Me is both an intimate account of Dustin Hoffman’s work as an actor, collaborating with the greats of the last six decades—Mike Nichols, Gene Hackman, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Lawrence Olivier, Steve McQueen, Ann Bancroft—in era-defining films, and a profound...

Set sail with author Dustin McNeill as he goes behind the scenes of Captain Jake’s Amity Boat Tours! Adventures in Amity is the ultimate guide to the legendary attraction that once stood at Universal Studios Florida. The book contains over 30 new interviews with the ride’s designers, engineers, and skippers for unprecedented insight into its creation and operation. Hear the untold story of the Jaws ride for the first time ever from those who were actually there!

Chemtrails and Cocktails is an audio-only comedy conspiracy podcast hosted by two married couples with too many opinions and not enough filters. Every week we pick a theory, mix a cocktail, and go to war.TWO MARRIED COUPLESFour people who love each other very much and disagree about everything. The chemistry is real, the research is questionable, the cocktails are strong.BELIEVERS VS SKEPTICSTwo believers defend the theory to the death. Two skeptics try to ruin everyone's fun with facts. The twist: nobody knows who got assigned which side until the very end. You will hear people argue ...

From the author of Phantasm Exhumed comes Slash of the Titans, a revealing look at why it took New Line Cinema nearly 10 years and four-million-dollars to find the right screenplay for Freddy vs Jason. Featuring new interviews with the original writers and filmmakers, Slash details the production's troubled history from the surprise ending of Jason Goes to Hell all the way to the crossover’s red carpet premiere.

Getting sucked into a video game is not as much fun as you’d think. Sure, there are jetpacks, hover tanks, and infinite lives, but what happens when the game starts to turn on you? In this bestselling series, 12-year-old Jesse Rigsby finds out just how dangerous video games—and the people making those games—can be.

You’ve got your whole life ahead of you. Now what? In this collection of six coming-of-age stories, New York Times bestselling authors explore all-too-relatable angst, self-discovery, and first love during those messy, in-between years when possibility and risk intertwine. We’ve all been there.

Silver Shamrock. Thorn. White Horses. It’s all in here. Join authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins for a deep dive into the evolution of Halloween’s vast mythology. Extensively researched, Taking Shape is the ultimate guide to the first 40 years of Haddonfield history. Featuring exclusive interviews with filmmakers from every installment, prepare to gain new insight into Halloween’s iconic boogeyman. Oh, you don’t believe in the boogeyman? You should.

From Dustin Thao, bestselling author of TikTok sensation You’ve Reached Sam, comes the magical YA romance novel When Haru Was Here. 'It's magical how Dustin Thao can make you fall in love with having your heart broken' - Adam Silvera, author of They Both Die at the End After the death of his...

You've Found Oliver, Dustin Thao's heart-wrenching companion to the TikTok sensation and bestselling You've Reached Sam is an emotional rollercoaster. A compelling love story filled with yearning, romance and a touch of magic. 'No one writes romance like Dustin Thao and this one is a beauty.'...

Princeton student Tom Sullivan is haunted by the violent death of his father, an academic who devoted his life to unlocking an ancient book's secret. With his roommate Paul, Tom discovers a long-lost diary that holds the key to the puzzle. But when a fellow researcher is murdered only hours later, the two friends find themselves in great danger.

Authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins are back to bring you an inside look at 24 lost Halloween sequels you never saw on the big screen! Learn about these fascinating unmade visions direct from their creators, many of whom have never spoken publicly on the subject before. With a running time of over 24 hours, Taking Shape II is brimming with untold franchise history. The journey begins with an insightful foreword by Halloween: 25 Years of Terror producer Anthony Masi.

The bestselling TikTok sensation and instant New York Times Bestseller! Filled with a diverse cast of characters, the heartache of first love and loss, and the kind of friends that can get you through anything, plus a touch of magic, Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam will make an instant...

From a leading nutrition researcher, this diet book offers easy to follow guidance and meal plans so you can lose the weight and keep it off—without depriving yourself the way other diets require. As a society, we keep looking for ways to lose weight—preferably ones that are simple...

'To outsiders, my mom and I should have been enemies. Our house should have been divided -- North vs South, red vs blue, conservative vs progressive, or however you want to put it. Instead, my mom and I fuelled each other. Her oil lit my lamp, and eventually mine lit hers. The tools I'd learned...

Dhane kicked the bucket in spectacular fashion, every bone crushed, every organ popped against the full force of a 40-ton garbage truck speeding through a red light. The only part of him intact—whole—entirely unaffected by the grisly affair was his soul. Souls are durable things, you see, like kids: they bounce. And bounce he did, into the abyss between worlds, drifting until one excited soul watcher fished him out and found him a new home, a heaven for gamers and nerds and everything in between.

Evan never imagined anyone could notice him—let alone Dalton, the son of a wealthy hotel chain owner. While the two grew up together, they lived in different worlds. Evan, the son of a maid, did his homework in the supply room while Dalton lived a life of leisure. When their paths cross one fateful day, they find themselves drawn to each other as they navigate loss and inevitable change.

Born to die and be born again, Gell the Jellyfae must discover her strange connection to the horrible monsters called humans, that speak with words she understands, but seem to want nothing but her death. Driven by a desire for safety and freedom, she ventures forth to Tread the Sky and finds more worlds than one. 

Liam Chapman cannot believe his good fortune. He just bought a real, working time machine at a garage sale for $3. Sure, it’s labeled “World’s Worst Time Machine,” but how bad could it be? The time machine, as it turns out, is so much worse than Liam could have imagined. First, it summons Thomas Edison, but not that Thomas Edison. This Thomas Edison is a 10-year-old aspiring gangster from 1933 who demands to be called “Tommy Twinkles” and is also very interested in robbing a bank of the future.