Tobe Hooper Brings His 'Midnight Movie' to Comic-Con
Tobe Hooper's name became synonymous with screen terror for his iconic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But the horror auteur is now tackling another medium -- the printed page. Hooper's first novel, Midnight Movie, will debut next week, on July 12th, from Three Rivers Press. And Hooper will appear at this month's San Diego Comic-Con, from 2-3:30 PM on Thursday, July 21st at the Random House booth, to sign copies. Check out the full cover art for the novel, as well as a synopsis, after the jump.
Here's the official synopsis we received from Hooper's publisher Random House...
The good news: Director Tobe Hooper has been invited to speak at a screening of Destiny Express, a movie he wrote and directed as a teenager, but that hasn't seen the light of day in decades. And Hooper's fans are ecstatic.
The bad news: Destiny Express proves to be a killer . . . literally. As the death toll mounts, Tobe embarks on a desperate journey to understand the film's thirty-year-old origins—and put an end to the strange epidemic his creation has set in motion.
Featuring the terror, humor, and sly documentary style Hooper devotees remember from such classics as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Midnight Movie is vintage Tobe Hooper, again demonstrating the director's place as one of the godfathers of modern horror.
