This book has an interesting conceit that falls a bit flat toward the end and the idea of a gay panic amongst small town people is a little dated. Chuck Tingle is known for his odd, and sometimes erotic, work. In this foray, we are transported to modern-day Los Angeles, where Misha Byrne is a Hollywood screenwriter who has a number of small horror movies, one successful television show and is going to win an Oscar for his short film when he is called in by his bosses for a note where he is told to either kills off his gay characters in the season finale or make them straight.
Misha refuses, as he is still in the closet to his friends and family, and suddenly characters from his horror movies are coming to life spreading havoc, death and chaos as they are coming after him and backing Misha into a corner. There are moments of brilliance in this work and moments where it feels like we are early on in the Coming Out movement of the 1980s when it was dangerous for men and women to come out of the closet, which makes the work feel a bit dated.
Misha refuses, as he is still in the closet to his friends and family, and suddenly characters from his horror movies are coming to life spreading havoc, death and chaos as they are coming after him and backing Misha into a corner. There are moments of brilliance in this work and moments where it feels like we are early on in the Coming Out movement of the 1980s when it was dangerous for men and women to come out of the closet, which makes the work feel a bit dated.
