Books like Black Christmas by Lee Hays
Black Christmas is a novelization that adapts the chilling horror film for the page. Set amid Christmas, it follows a chilling serial killer whose terrifying presence and mind‑shattering encounters evoke dread and suspense. The novel preserves the film’s stylistic brutality while expanding on its ominous atmosphere, offering readers a vivid, unsettling experience.
First publish date: 1976
Genre: Horror/Psychological Horror
Authors: Lee Hays
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