Horrorstör - BookWyrm

248 pages

English language

Published Sept. 23, 2014

ISBN:: 978-1-59474-526-3
Goodreads:: 13129925

Horrorstör is a 2014 horror comedy novel that was written by Grady Hendrix and illustrated by Michael Rogalski. The novel was released in paperback on September 23, 2014 through Quirk Books and is set in ORSK, an IKEA-esque store that has been experiencing supernatural phenomena. The audiobook release was narrated by Tai Sammons and Bronson Pinchot. The book's events take place largely over the course of one night in ORSK and the story is accompanied by illustrations of ORSK products, which grow more sinister as the book progresses. Television rights to the series were optioned in 2015 by the Jackal Group, but fell through; as of 2020, the film rights have been optioned by New Republic Pictures.

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JJ reviewed Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

Entertaining horror story

3 stars

While not specially original, Horrorstör is an entertaining read, which really does feel like a horror movie (both for better and for worse), as the entire book maintains a light, quick pace while at the same time it does not explore the characters (or the creepy stuff) as much as I’d have liked.

The first part of the book (before shit hits the fan) was not creepy at all and instead it was even funny, and felt like an episode of TV Sitcom “Superstore”.

Horrorstör was an entertaining read but honestly, I’m not sure I’d recommend it, or if I would’ve picked it up at all, if it weren’t for the original IKEA parody and the genuinely cool physical edition that looks like an IKEA catalog.