1981 slasher “My Bloody Valentine” is getting an officially licensed tie-in novel from Stop The Killer Games. The novel treatment celebrating the cult favorite horror film will arrive in early February 2023.
Canada-based Cinépix green-lit the novel with a blessing from the movie’s director, George Mihalka, who has written the foreword. Mihalka’s film centers on a coastal mining town being menaced by a psycho wearing a coal miner’s suit, using a pickaxe to kill its residents.
Written by genre author, Armando Muñoz, with extensive input from Mihalka, “My Bloody Valentine: The Novel” tells the story from the original film but also includes scenes cut from the movie, expanded character arcs, new characters, and other surprises for fans of the movie. The first edition features an extra chapter that will not be included in future printings and will also be autographed by Muñoz and Mihalka. The response to pre-orders has been so positive that the book has already been upgraded to hardcover with a dust jacket featuring limited edition cover art by artist Gary Pullin. To pre-order a copy, visit www.stopthekiller.com.
“Working closely with director George Mihalka has been exhilarating,” says Muñoz. “We are delivering the original, uncensored, expanded vision for ‘My Bloody Valentine.’ Fans will be happy to know that there will be a lot of blood spilling in the pages of this book.”
“The original ‘My Bloody Valentine’ continues to screen annually worldwide,” says Cinépix representative Susan Curran. “The novel,” she says, “will give fans a new way to experience the whole story as it was meant to be told before it was censored in 1981.”
Stop The Killer Games primarily creates tabletop games based on popular slasher films and is a partnership between the horror production company, MasiMedia, and the online horror-themed merchant, Fright Rags. “My Bloody Valentine: The Novel” is the company’s first foray into genre book publishing.
