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Browsing around, I have noticed that a lot of novels today draws inspiration from the movies. Everybody watches movies, so there is a lot of established genre tropes for the author to borrow, especially since litterature hasn't invented any new genres itself lately. Movies are a bigger medium than the humble novel, and so the author is able to connect with a "greater" medium by making his novel a sort of fan art of a belowed movie genre.
SHUT THE **** UP AND DIE is inspired by the torture porn genre.
THE GIRL FROM THE WELL is J-horror.
HELL TRAIN is about a fictional Hammer movie (the book has a cover by fameous poster artist Graham Humphreys!)
THE CUTTING ROOM is a horror anthology on the theme of movies.
And don't forget: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S STAR WARS
Movies of the campy varity have traditionally used over-the-top titles to sell themselves. Titles such as 'I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE' or 'MY WIFE IS A GANGSTER'. Some books tries that too:
HOW TO DATE A WEREWOLF
HOW TO DATE A VAMPIRE
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
ON WRITING WELL - 50 ESSENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR EVERY WRITER has a chapter called "Writing Tool #28: Writing Cinematically". Here, the author tells us that 'Many authors now writes books with movies in mind' and goes on explaining how to replicate close-ups and arial shots in your writing. (This is silly - litterature shouldn't limmit itself to just trying to immitate another medium.)
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