{"product_id":"9781506728353","title":"Night of the Ghoul","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling work of horror, intercutting between the present day and the story of a lost film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHorror masters Scott Snyder (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWytches)\u003c\/i\u003e and Francesco Francavilla (\u003ci\u003eAfterlife with Archie)\u003c\/i\u003e collaborate for the first time!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis graphic novel is a bold and bloody reimagining of horror monsters that celebrates classic creature features, while creating an unsettling and contemporary new kind of horror story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHorror film obsessive Forest Inman stumbles across a seemingly forgotten canister of old footage.  Thinking he has found the legendary unreleased would-be classic 1936 film “Night of the Ghoul,” he sets off on a dark odyssey to the California desert, where he’s warned that the film’s ghoul is far more than a work of fiction: it’s a very real monster who plans to kill him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was said to be the greatest horror movie in cinematic history. Shot in 1936, “Night of the Ghoul” by writer\/director T.F. Merritt was meant to sit beside “Frankenstein” and “Dracula” as an instant classic…But the legendary film never made it to the silver screen. Just before editing was finished, a mysterious studio fire destroyed the footage and killed the cast and crew celebrating at wrap-party.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRumors of the doomed film’s greatness persist to this day, but no footage from it was ever recovered…until now. Forest Inman is a horror film obsessive who digitizes old films for the famed Aurora movie studio. When Forest stumbles across a seemingly forgotten canister of footage, he just might have discovered the remnants of the lost classic “Night of the Ghoul.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis discovery sends Forest on a dark odyssey to the California desert, where he’s warned by a mysterious old man that the film’s ghoul is far more than a work of fiction: it’s a very real monster who plans to kill him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollects \u003ci\u003eNight of the Ghoul\u003c\/i\u003e #1–#3 (originally published by Comixology and republished as single issues by Dark Horse).","brand":"Scott Snyder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45894192136404,"sku":"9781506728353","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0800eddd-d7b8-48f7-adb2-a8ffe1a9eeea.jpg?v=1732456673","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781506728353","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}