So, allow me to save you the cash and report on all of the important things you need to know about this story. These are rare books that are quite hard to come across, and when you do, some sellers try to charge over $100 for 'em (for the record, they're not worth more than $40-$50 tops). With that in mind, I'd like to tell you about the highlights of this 150+ page book, in case you never have a chance to read it on your own. Between the irresistible cover art and the idea of Michael Myers terrorizing kids in a haunted house attraction, there was no way in hell I wasn't going to read this book cover to cover. Just look at that one teen he thought he was all cool wearing that leather jacket, but as soon as he saw Michael Myers, he dropped his flashlight in terror as he did his best 'I'm trying to look like I'm running' pose for the artist to capture.Īnd how about that tagline? ' Michael Myers is up to his old tricks - and it'll be a treat.' Combine that with the blood splatter behind 'The Scream Factory' along with the oddly reversed film logo, and this cover is just bursting with Halloween goodness. Two terrified teens running through a haunted house attraction, filled with fake cobwebs and dangling rubber bats, as they try to flee the very real Michael Myers brandishing his patented kitchen butcher knife. and I bet I'm not the only one who thinks so. Sadly, there's no information in the book about who did the cover art, but if you're out there reading this, just know somebody thinks you did an awesome job.

Glorious, isn't it? Halloween: The Scream Factory was written by Kelly O'Rourke and published by Boulevard books and released in October 1997.

The cover art is what really drew me in, and you're about to see why. While I haven't read all three books yet, I did just finish the first one in the series. I discovered a series of three 90s spin-off novels based on John Carpenter's Halloween films starring the unstoppable Michael Myers!

While I was tempted to just read one of the other Camp Crystal Lake Novels next, I stumbled onto an even more obscure series of YA books. Ever since reading that young adult novel, I knew I had to check out more of them and report my findings to you. It was a fun, ridiculous read, filled with amusing kills and blatant pandering references to things that 90s teens could relate to (ie: Pearl Jam, Sonic the Hedgehog, etc.). Also, there was an electric fence surrounding the carnival for some reason that somehow killed WAY more people than it should have. Throughout the course of the novel, we discovered that Jason's mask was cursed, and turned those who wore it into a bloodthirsty psycho. The last time I covered a horror novel, we took an in-depth look at ' The Carnival' from the Friday the 13th Camp Crystal Lake young adult novel series.

The Scream Factory by Kelly O'Rourke