Hailey Piper takes the cursed film novel and twists it through grief, lost media, queer bonds and cosmic horror. This five-star review looks at why This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want makes the act of watching feel unsafe.
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Please Rewind: Why 1994 Was Perfect for a Cursed Movie
Hailey Piper’s This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want begins with an obscure cinema screening in November 1994. We rewind to VHS culture, pre-Google research and the glorious inconvenience that made the decade perfect for a cursed movie.
Strange Is the Light by Sarah Maria Griffin: The Turn You Never Took
Sarah Maria Griffin turns a childhood game into cosmic horror in Strange Is the Light, set on Valentia Island. A five-star Irish gothic about friendship, betrayal, and a turn left unfinished for twenty years.
Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman: The Horrormance That Makes Love Look Like an Infestation
Clay McLeod Chapman’s Devil Inside is a horrormance in the fullest sense: a demonic possession horror novel that treats its love story with total seriousness and is all the more frightening for it. Jordan died for two and a half minutes. Lilith has never had a body of her own. Our five star review of one of the boldest horror romance books of 2026.