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Cicada

by Tanya Pell

A rural film festival turns deadly

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    Praise from Adam Cesare

    Adam Cesare praises the book as a creepy, fun debut with genre savvy.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A rural film festival turns deadly

Ash arrives at a rural horror film festival screening a movie about a giant killer cicada, already irritated by the film and her boyfriend. When people begin dying and the locals prevent anyone from leaving, the festival’s fictional menace becomes entangled with immediate danger. The setup brings together creature horror, a confined rural setting, and a story-within-a-story premise. As the fourth entry in the Killer VHS series, *Cicada* is described as a standalone tale, with found-footage elements and nostalgic connections to horror films of the 1980s and 1990s.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in creature-focused horror.
  • Readers who enjoy rural, confined settings and horror-film premises.
  • Those seeking a standalone entry with found-footage elements and 1980s–90s horror nostalgia.

Themes

Creature horrorIsolation and confinementHorror films and found footageNostalgia for 1980s–90s horror

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Book overview

"A debut that shocks and delights... Creepy and fun, struck through with true genre savvy." - Adam Cesare, author of Clown in a Cornfield and Influencer

"Like John Carpenter had a bug baby with Guillermo del Toro." - Josh Winning, author of Heads Will Roll

Ash is stranded at a rural horror film festival about a giant killer cicada and can't decide what's worse: the movie or her idiot boyfriend. That is, until she realizes she's starring in the bloody film's sequel when people start dying and the locals won't let them leave.

Cicada is the fourth book in the Killer VHS Series, hailed as "the modern-day Goosebumps for Adults" by Horror Obsessive. Killer VHS Series titles are standalone stories featuring found footage elemnets and nostalgic vibes for horror's '80s and '90s glory days.
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