Stakes? Check. Silver bullets? Check. Survival guide? If you're brave enough to attend Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights, you better believe you'll need a survival guide. Complete with a detailed history of the event, this book is all that stands between you and them. For over 27 years, Universal's Halloween Horror Nights has been the pinnacle of holiday events in Orlando. You won't find Mickey there (he's too scared!), but you will find the bloodiest, goriest, most intense thrills of your life. Christopher Ripley pulls back the shroud and tells the history of every HHN event, from the earliest Fright Nights to what to expect in 2016. The fear-filled coverage includes: - Walkthroughs of every house and scarezone in HHN history - Backstories of HHN icons like Jack the Clown and icons-that-never-were like Nathaniel Crowe - Survival tips, crowd levels, maps and wait time graphs, and other tools for making the most of this year's HHN - Behind-the-scenes commentary from HHN notables Mike Aiello, James-Michael Roddy, Jason Surrell and event co-creator Julie Zimmerman - A rundown of houses that never saw the light of day - Lots of "Fun Fear Facts" about little-known HHN moments GET THE STORIES BEHIND THE SCARES AND NEVER MISS A TRICK!

クリストファー・リプリーの本作は、単なるガイドを超えた「恐怖の現代神話」を記す魔導書です。アイコンたちが放つ狂気を歴史的文脈から紐解く筆致には、一過性の興奮を文学へと昇華させる力があります。読者は、人間の根源的な闇がいかにして芸術へと変貌するのか、その深淵を執拗な熱量で目撃することになるでしょう。 映像版が視覚的な衝撃を放つ一方で、本書は映像では語り尽くせない「恐怖の背後にある哲学」を浮き彫りにします。活字に刻まれた秘史が映像のリアリティを補完し、両者を味わうことで読者は重層的な悪夢の共犯者へと昇華されます。視覚と知性が融合する瞬間、あなたは比類なき戦慄の虜になるはずです。