O Comboio Fantasma (Série Pêndulo #11)

The Funhouse (1980) by Owen West (pseud. Dean R. Koontz). Romance & Novelization based on a screenplay by Larry Block. A 1981 Tobe Hooper Film '-'

The Funhouse (título no Brasil: Pague Para Entrar, Reze Para Sair) é um filme de terror  (particularmente do gênero Slasher) de 1981  dirigido por Tobe Hooper  (de "O Massacre da Serra Elétrica"  e "Poltergeist - O Fenômeno") e escrito por Larry Block. 

For 25 years, It grew in the shadows -- Tonight It waits for Amy in The Funhouse... Four teenage friends spend the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a Frankenstein mask!

Esta noite, Amy Harper e os amigos vão divertir-se no comboio-fantasma, um local com viagens excitantes, espíritos nocturnos. Mas nas escuras entranhas do comboio-fantasma está um terrível demónio esperando por Amy, um secreto demónio que surgiu há vinte e cinco anos… quando uma mulher destruiu o seu monstruoso rebento e um homem perturbado anunciou a sua terrivel vingança. Agora é a vez de a inocente Amy marcar o encontro com o horror em O Comboio Fantasma.

“A master storyteller, sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, but always riveting. His characters sparkle with life. And his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, taking unexpected twists and turns.” — The San Diego Union-Tribune

“One of our finest and most versatile suspense writers.” — The Macon Telegraph & News

“His prose mesmerizes…Koontz consistently hits the bull’s-eye.” — Arkansas Democrat

“An exceptional novelist…top-notch.” — Lincoln Journal-Star.

Once there was a girl who ran away and joined a traveling carnival. She married a man she grew to hate and gave birth to a child she could never love. A child so monstrous that she killed it with her own hands. Twenty-five years later, Ellen Harper has a new life, a new husband, and two normal children Joey loves monster movies, and Amy is about to graduate from high school. But their mother drowns her secret guilt in alcohol and prayer. The time has come for Amy and Joey to pay for her sins. Because Amy is pregnant. And the carnival is coming back to town."

Against her stern father's orders, teenager Amy Harper visits a sleazy traveling fun fair with her new boyfriend Buzz, her best friend Liz, and Liz's irresponsible boyfriend, Richie. At the carnival, the four teens smoke marijuana, peep into a 21-and-over strip show, heckle fortune teller Madame Zena, visit the freaks-of-nature exhibit, and view a seedy magic show. Amy's 10-year-old brother, Joey, sneaks out of the house to go to the carnival as well...

[About the Author]: Dean R. Koontz, the author of many #1 "New York Times" bestsellers, lives with his wife, Gerda, and their dog, Trixie, in southern California.

Aventura / Cinema / Crime / Horror / Literatura Estrangeira / Romance / Suspense e Mistério / Terror