HorrorstÃÆ'¶r is a novel comedy horror 2014 written by Grady Hendrix and illustrated by Michael Rogalski. The novel was released in a paperback on September 23, 2014 through the Quirk Book and is set in Orsk, an IKEA-esque shop that has undergone a supernatural phenomenon. The audiobook's launch was narrated by Tai Sammons and Bronson Pinchot. Book events take place mostly for one night at ORSK and the story is accompanied by illustrations of ORSK products, which grow more sinisterly as the book progresses.
Television rights for the series were selected in 2015 by the Jackal Group.
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Sinopsis
This novel follows a group of people who have spent the night in ORSK to investigate the strange acts of vandalism, store manager Basil and his employees Amy, and Ruth Anne. The book mainly focuses on Amy, who is unhappy because she views her job at ORSK as an unsatisfactory dead end. During the patrols in the stores Amy and Ruth Anne met with fellow Trinity employees and Matt, who had sneaked into the store to record paranormal phenomena, and homeless homeless Carl, who had slept in the shop unnoticed by anyone. Although the group decided not to call the police, Amy revealed that she had summoned them earlier on some small strange incident early in the night.
Trinity manages to convince the others, minus Basil as he goes out to wait for the police, to call a ghost. During their callings they make contact with the Worth Warden, who owns Carl and tells everyone that he will take them to the "Bee Hive" and heal them from their mental illness. Worthy then the slit of Carl's throat. Basil returns and is horrified by the amount of blood, but shows that Carl's body is missing. The group decides to search for him and in the process finds the door to the old asylum that is no longer there. Everyone was kidnapped and subjected to cruel "treatments" except Basil, who managed to find and save Amy. The two were separated after a group of Worth prisoners (all who were ghosts) attacked Basil and dragged him away. Amy almost succumbed to the temptation to continue Worth's care, because her previous treatment almost convinced her that her life was worthless, but she fought against the pressure after seeing Trinity undergoing the same torture treatment. Amy frees Trinity, only to run for fear, and Amy initially gets her out of the building. He pauses after he realizes that he is the only hope to escape from the building and escape will mean stopping, which will prove that Worth is right.
Back at the shop Amy discovered that the land occupied by the previous ORSK store was a sanctuary that had been closed due to Worth's ruthless treatment, explaining why the ghost haunted the store. Amy had not managed to save Ruth Anne before she committed suicide but managed to free Basil and help her keep her sanity by talking to her about her sister, for whom she was a nanny. Before they can find another and run away both face Worth, who tries to trick them into being part of his Beehive and join a group of inmates. Amy managed to overcome it by successfully convincing the penitents that they were free and Worth had no control over them. Ghosts defeat and destroy it, but instead of moving to the afterlife, the ghost catches Basil and Amy in the closet and tries to drown him. They can barely escape from the store before it really floods with water.
Outside the shops Amy and Basil were handled by the emergency team, who told them that only they had made it out of the store. ORSK corporate people offer them both comfortable corporate jobs in exchange for their silence, which Amy rejects from disgust. Months passed and during this time a new store, Planet Baby, was built from the remains of the ORSK store. Amy managed to apply for a job and on the first day met with Basil, who revealed that she refused an ORSK job offer for the same reason. Both vow to save Matt and Trinity, a task that Basil says will be difficult because penitents are less organized now because Worth is gone. The book ends with an ad stating that Planet Baby will have 24-hour sales, allowing customers to stay overnight in the store.
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Reception
Critical reception is mostly positive and the Sheet praises the work for its social critics. The Boston Globe and Nerdist both write diverse reviews, with Nerdist stating that the main character "makes the book float with the promise of more horror to come, but like IKEA's inspiring furniture, Horrorstor brutally works while losing some form is needed. "The Washington Post is more positive in their reviews, praising HorrorstÃÆ'¶r for characters and the balance between comedy and horror.
Television series
By 2015, the Jackal Group announces that it has selected television rights for HorrorstÃÆ'¶r and that Fox has reserved pilot episodes. The project will be an executive produced by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Josh Schwartz, with a pilot script written by Michael Vukadinovich.
References
External links
- Official website
- Quotes on Tor.com
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