#tim waggoner

The official novelization of Terrifier 2 will be published in paperback and e-book on October 8 via Titan Books. It's authored by Tim Waggoner (Halloween Kills, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter).

The 400-page adaptation of Damien Leone's 2022 slasher opus features cover art by Creepy Duck Design. Art the Clown returns to the big screen in Terrifier 3 on October 11 from Cineverse.

Tim Waggoner: I'm writing a book of advice to budding horror writers Waggoner: any advice to share? Stephen King: i like to listen to music to get in the appropriately spooky headspace Waggoner: ah interesting! Waggoner: what music? King: Mambo number 5 Waggoner:

King: [sitting at typewriter, cracking knuckles] ok! King: time to get down to business! King: [snaps fingers, fedora flies from off screen into his hand, smoothly places hat on head] King: [dancing] A LITTLE BIT OF MONICA IN MY LIFE!! King: A LITTLE BIT OF ERICA BY MY SIDE!!!

King: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society King: Poe: what's wrong? King: i don't know, i'm just not feeling it King: [snapping fingers] oh wait i know what's missing! King: A LITTLE BIT OF MONICA IN MY LIFE!! King: A LITTLE BIT OF ERICA BY MY SIDE!!

King: A LITTLE BIT OF MONICA IN MY LIFE King: A LITTLE BIT OF ERICA BY MY SIDE Poe: wow steve really likes that record Tabitha King: hm yeah he really does Tabitha King: hey let me see that record for a second Tabitha King: [immediately smashes record w/o breaking eye contact]

Stephen King: Tabitha King: I'm only going to ask this once King: have you King: or have you not King: heard about mambo number 5? King: CUZ EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MAMBO NUMBER 5 IS THE WORD! King: A LITTLE BIT OF MONICA BY MY SIDE- Joe Hill: mom, dad, are you getting divorced

Stephen King: joe! no no King: of course not! King: your mother and i still love each other very much King: it's just that sometimes when you've been married for a long time, you need King: [jumping up, dancing] A LITTLE BIT OF MONICA BY MY SIDE

Tim Waggoner: so I’m compiling some advice on writing horror Poe: oh excellent! As it just so happens Poe: I actually have a whole theory about that Poe: a whole philosophy of composition Poe: I call it The Philosophy of Composition Waggoner: interesting Waggoner: tell me about this Waggoner: philosophy of composition Poe: ok so the important thing to know is that the most poetical thing is the death of a beautiful woman Poe: the most poetical thing is the death of a beautiful woman Poe: god it’s just so tragic! Poe: to lose a beautiful woman Barker: oh look the straights are at it again Patricia Highsmith: no no let him cook

Poe: see, writers like to talk about artistic intuition Poe: that’s bunk Poe: writing is methodical and analytical, not spontaneous Poe: let me tell you something that authors don’t want you to know Waggoner: oh nice, some real dirt!

Poe: see, writers positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes... at the fully matured fancies discarded in despair... at the cautious selections and rejections King: edgar, no! King: oh my god, he’s giving away all our secrets!! King: the absolute mad man!!!

King: edgar, are you King: are you being serious? Or are you joking? Poe: you mean you can’t tell? King: edgar I am King: look edgar it’s just that sometimes King: sometimes King: goshdarn it I’m gonna say it King: sometimes edgar you’re known to be wry