Burn the Negative by Josh Winning

Some people go for zombies or vampires, but one of my all-time favorite themes for scary stories are movies. Silver Nitrate, baby, all the way.
So I was very interested in reading this book, but Netgalley didn’t have the right format, and then there was a wait at the library …and now I finally read it.
And I don’t understand what all the negative reviews are about. Burn the Negative is fun. It’s fun in that popcorn, slasher way. Very dynamic, it reads like a movie. The author, much like his protagonist, has spent plenty of time reporting on genre movies, and it shows. The book is a thoroughly enjoyable ride loaded with movie references to nerd out over as we follow the story of a former child star who returns to LA after three decades away to cover the remake of the movie that ended it all for her (and so many others), only to find out that the nightmare she thought she left behind is still there, waiting for her., impatiently and deadly.
Cue in the bodies and suspense and slapped-together investigation as she follows the trail of movie stub crumbs back to the source.
Yeah, the ending was a bit of a cheat for conventional slasher fans, but the book was overall too entertaining to fault it on details. And read very quickly, too. I may even pun and call it winning ;) Recommended.