![]() ![]() At first, the novel seems to be about Jeremy, who, at 22 years old, isn’t so much stuck in his job at the Video Hut as he is comfortable, in an understated, midwestern way. Instead the horror movie tropes lead into something altogether more profound, a meditation on loss, faith and the nature of family, threaded through with mysteries somehow more significant than the question of what, precisely, is happening in that barn.ĭarnielle achieves this effect by undercutting traditional approaches to narrative. ![]() At first, Universal Harvester seems like it’s going to be part of the same trend. Disturbing footage and doctored videos have made appearances in everything from the Doctor Who episode Blink to the death-curse videos of Ringu and The Ring to the rash (some would say scourge) of found-footage horror films sparked by the success of the Blair Witch Project. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]()
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