Scream All Night

Today’s post is on Scream All Night by Derek Milman. It is 389 pages long and is published by Balzer + Bray. The cover is dark green with a castle in the background the title standing like the Hollywood sign. The intended reader is someone who likes family horror novels. There is mild foul language, implied sex, and mild violence in this book. The story is told from first person close of the main character, Dario. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the dust jacket- DARIO HEYWARD KNOWS ONE THING: He’s never going back to Moldavia Studios, the iconic castle that served as the set, studio, and home to the cast and crew of dozens of cult classic B-horror movies. It’s been three years since Dario’s even seen the place, after getting legally emancipated from his father, the infamous director of Moldavia’s creature features.
But then Dario’s brother invites him home to a mysterious ceremony involving his father and a tribute to his first film—The Curse of the Mummy’s Tongue. Dario swears his homecoming will be a one-time visit. A way for him to get closure on his past—and reunite with Hayley, his first love and costar of Zombie Children of the Harvest Sun, a production fraught with real-life tragedy—and say good-bye for good. But the unthinkable happens—Dario gets sucked back into the twisted world of Moldavia and the horrors, both real and imagined, he’s left there.
With only months to rescue the sinking studio and everyone who has built their lives there, Dario must confront the demons of his past—and the uncertainties of his future. But can he escape the place that’s haunted him his whole life?

Review- This is called a horror novel but there are no vampires or demons in it. There plenty of ghosts haunting the story but they are the real kind. Dario Heyward run away from home and he never looked back. But his father wants him back and guilt's him into coming to save the studio and all the people that depend on it. There are several intense scenes with Dario remembering his father and what drove Dario away. The plot is interesting with the strange setting of Moldavia Studio, the people who live at the studio full time, his brother who does not want to deal with the past or the present and Dario himself trying to find his way out of there. If you are looking for a more traditional horror story with vampires or werewolves then look elsewhere but if you want a more realistic horror story of an abused child making peace with his past and moving into his future then you should give this novel a look.

I give this novel a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.