How does heroism or justice play into the slasher genre here? There’s a backdrop of superhero films and the use of masks. MM: Mannequins is a slasher, but a lot of the horror in this book comes from Sawyer rationalising himself as a hero. If you see a mannequin in a creek bed, you automatically think, “How did that thing get there?” You’re already constructing its backstory in your head. I also wanted something out of place in that giant creek bed. What made you choose this figure? What do you find uniquely unsettling about them? Balancing horror and humor, this novella puts a clever modern twist on a classic monster story.MM: Mannequins aren’t rare in horror, but they’re also not a staple of the genre. Jones expertly expresses Sawyer's teenage attitudes and anxieties while skillfully tipping readers off to the chilling understanding that Sawyer is not the most reliable of narrators. Believing "Manny" has morphed into a Frankenstein-style monster bent on offing its creators with no regard for who else gets hurt in the process, Sawyer decides that it's his responsibility to kill his fellow pranksters before Manny can get to them, and thus lessen the collateral damage for their families. When one of the friends is killed, along with her entire family, in a freak accident shortly thereafter, Sawyer becomes convinced that the mannequin's to blame. They all think it's a funny prank until Sawyer sees the mannequin walk out of the theater at the movie's end. Sawyer Grimes is one of five bored teens who decide to pose a discarded store mannequin as though it's a real patron in a movie theater in a suburb of Dallas, Tex. Jones (The Only Good Indians) tiptoes the border between supernatural and psychological horror in this weird and wild novella.
"Suffused with questions about the nature of change and friendship, “Night of the Mannequins” is a fairy tale of impermanence showcasing Graham Jones’s signature style of smart, irreverent horror." - The New York TimesĪt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. That's the thing about heroes-sometimes you have to become a monster first.
He'll do whatever he needs to so he can save the day.
He'll save everyone to the best of his ability.
Bringing a mannequin into a theater is just some harmless fun, right? Until it wakes up. One last laugh for the summer as it winds down. We thought we'd play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead. Award-winning author Stephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen prank goes very wrong and all hell breaks loose: is there a supernatural cause, a psychopath on the loose, or both?
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