It gives them an old school horror film feel. The plastic gave the pictures a kind of 70's soft-focus look, which is unfortunate, but also kind of cool. Kill River is a 2015 horror novel written by Cameron Roubique, who specializes in 80s slasher stories, and it is his debut novel. I shared my thoughts on the first book before but I didn’t get the chance to share my thoughts on the sequels, so here’s my thoughts on those from Goodreads: Going back to Disco Deathtrap, we also go back to 1981. The camera I was going to use for shots on the rides unfortunately wasn't working, so my improvised "underwater camera" was actually my old phone in a Zip-Lock bag. It’s written by Cameron Roubique, who penned the Kill River trilogy, which instantly became a favorite of mine. I was lucky enough to take this one around 5 o'clock this afternoon and had the perfect afternoon light that I imagined a lot of the book had. Oh and also SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't read the book, this blog is gonna have spoilers.įirst off, that picture above is a better shot of what would be the four Ragin' Rivers in the book. Today though, I went from opening to close, just like back in the old days, and this time I got more Kill River location pictures to share with you. But this year, I did four house projects, took trips to Maine and San Francisco, and spent a ton of time getting my next book ready to be released. I've been so busy that I only got to go twice this year, usually I get a season pass and go between 8 and 10 times. Well, that's the end of my summer at Water World.
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