Shadowshow (Onyx) [Paperback]

Brad Strickland (Author)

Book Description

Series: Onyx | Publication Date: December 6, 1988

The horrifying tales at the ShadowShow Theater are unique. Under new ownership, the theater delivers terrifying scenes of violent sex and gore that pack the theater in the small town of Gaither, Georgia each night. New owner Athanial Badon never tells the people who push into these midnight movies that it will be themselves acting out these horrors on the screen. But when the lights come on, the nightmare continues.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Brad Strickland, Professor of English at Gainesville College, is the author or co-author of forty-one novels, including five in the Star Trek Young Adult series, three in Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? series, and eight novels written in the series begun by the later John Bellairs as well as for Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Pocket Books). His novels include the fantasy trilogy Moon Dreams, Nul's Quest and Wizard's Mole. He has also written some sixty short stories and hundreds of reviews, essays, and articles. He is a past co-winner of the Phoenix Award and a recipient of the Georgia Fandom Award. His novels have won awards from the New York Public Library, the American Booksellers' Association, and the Schaumburg Township School System in Illinois. Both solo and with Thomas E. Fuller, he has written several books about Wishbone, Public TV's literature-loving dog. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 372 pages
• Publisher: Onyx (December 6, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451401093
• ISBN-13: 978-0451401090
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,629,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your Worst Nightmares Shown On The Big Screen!!!, April 20, 2005

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John Baranyai "Book Nerd And Ex High School G... - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shadowshow (Onyx) (Paperback)

Something is very amiss in the small town of Gainther, Georgia. The new owner of The ShadowShow Movie Theatre, Athaniel Badon has reopened the cinema and what is projected onto the screen is the nightmares of the townsfolk come to life.This book is set in the 1950's in a time of simple life and simple pleasures which are turned upside down as the movies keep on being played.One character worth mentioning in the book is spinster and teacher Anne Lewis, who laments her lost youth and fears growing old alone.This book is a rare offering by a very skilled writer and ShadowShow will remain in your mind long after the last reel of film has finished.

5.0 out of 5 stars This book haunted me long after I finished the last chapter!, November 11, 2010

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LCrook - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shadowshow (Kindle Edition)

This book almost got me in trouble at my job when I read it because I could not put it down! The intensity of this tale really sticks with the reader. Imagine my surprise when I read the author's biography to find that it was written by none other than my favorite college English professor, the man who taught me that the written word can take one's imagination anywhere it wants to go! Way to go, Dr. Strickland! Do it again!

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite horror novels., June 27, 2001

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Jim Lay (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shadowshow (Onyx) (Paperback)

It's been several years since I read this gem, (and it's about time to pick it up again,) but it's one of my all time favorite horror novels. A mysterious dark man reopens an old abandoned theater in a small town in Georgia. What he projects on the screen, and how he begins to manipulate members of the town, make for some of the creepiest nightmares I've ever read. Strickland's talent is on par with Stephen King, here. The depth of his characterization and storytelling ability is brilliant. My only criticism is that he hasn't done more in the genre. Highest recommendation for horror fans.