There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

At the same time, it has a few new offerings to keep book readers on their toes. It’s been a few years since I’ve read the book, but from my recollection, the movie centers on roughly the same cast of characters and hits the main beats from the novel. The high school drama softens the edges of this horror flick, but you can still expect a ton of suspense with the occasional chill running down your spine.

It’ll spook you enough to give you that rush you’re looking for, but it won’t keep you up for days on end, afraid to let your feet hang off the bed.Īs a result, the film adaptation provides a similar reaction. At least my brain can make sense of a real person wielding a knife.Īll this is to say that There’s Someone Inside Your House is a good young adult thriller to start with if you want to dip your toes into the genre. Sure, they’re more realistic than, say, supernatural horror, but there’s an innate element you can’t control when ghosts or zombies are involved. I scare easily, but I’ve found slashers to be a good entry point into this genre. It really is a YA novel through and through, just with the added element of murder. It took place in a small town (a familiar setting for romance novels) and had cute boys, high school drama, and stories about identity. After having enjoyed Stephanie Perkins’ other books, like Anna and the French Kiss, I was excited to learn she had a horror novel coming out.Īs a horror novice, There’s Someone Inside Your House was the perfect gateway into a new world. There’s Someone Inside Your House, Netflix’s movie based on the Stephanie Perkins novel, has everything you’d want in a slasher.Ī little over four years ago, I wrote a There’s Someone Inside Your House book review.

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins