At Midnight We Possess The Damned

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Pub Date Jan 14 2025 | Archive Date Not set
Dead Sky Publishing | Death's Head Press

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There are casual fans, and then there are genuine fanatics. Gary has been obsessed with the extreme side of cinema since he could remember, and has been on a quest to see every infamous film possible, the more shocking, the better.

He has even tried his hand at making his own films, but tonight he will be part of an urban legend, the thing people like him fantasize about: tonight Gary is going to see an actual snuff film.

But what he witnesses on a small screen at a secret location is only the beginning of a downward spiral where entertainment and fate collide…where Gary discovers there was a latent reason for his life long fascination with the dark side…

There are casual fans, and then there are genuine fanatics. Gary has been obsessed with the extreme side of cinema since he could remember, and has been on a quest to see every infamous film...


A Note From the Publisher

First-time collaboration between Nick Cato and Andre Duza

First-time collaboration between Nick Cato and Andre Duza


Advance Praise

Praise for Nick Cato

" An essential addition to the grindhouse scholar's shelf." ― Shade Rupe, author of Dark Stars Rising

"...Suburban Grindhouse is one of the greatest books I've ever read. Funny, in your face, and, most important of all, informative." ― John Szpunar, Xeroxferox, Blood Sucking Freak

"Nick Cato's desire for sex, blood, and filth fleshes out the lesser-known neighborhood venues where lone pervs would anonymously gather to get their collective rocks off. An essential addition to the grindhouse scholar's shelf." ― Shade Rupe, author of Dark Stars Rising

“Cato is the Marcel Proust of trash cinema, resurrecting memories of the kinds of late, lamented, Mom and Pop fleapits in which seeing an anti-social movie with your buddies was a gloriously anti-social act.”―  Michael Marano, Cemetery Dance

Praise for Andre Duza

"Andre Duza is one of the most exciting new voices in horror fiction. His prose hits like a fist of razor blades. Get in line early, and enjoy the hell out of the ride." ―Brian Keene, author of The Rising

Praise for Nick Cato

" An essential addition to the grindhouse scholar's shelf." ― Shade Rupe, author of Dark Stars Rising

"...Suburban Grindhouse is one of the greatest books I've ever read. Funny, in...


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What happens when you take your passion too far? This book does a great job of exploring the line between passion and obsession. It’s a riveting journey, I found myself constantly eager for what would happen next. A truly thrilling novella, that has so much action and depth despite its size. I enjoyed every second on the edge of my seat.

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Snuff Films, Grisly Murders, and Terrifying Trips Down the Rabbit Hole!

At Midnight We Possess the Damned is a quick thrill ride adventure chock full of disturbing acts of violence all while our main character, “Lee Revok” attempts to discover exactly how deep he is willing to travel within a secret (and deadly) organization.

The story places you very quickly in the middle of the action and lets you make decisions along with the narrator. You’re watching a beautiful train wreck unfold and you cannot look away. As the mystery aspect starts to be revealed, I found myself truly unable to look away. It’s just done very well and I think I might be desperate for more information on this world. We get left in a place where there could be follow-ups and I’d be very happy.

There are also some disturbing scenes and sequences that I think horror fans are going to love too. It’s a dark story bordering on splatterpunk (if it already isn’t classified as such), so this could be something to check out if you need to. I didn’t know what (or who) to trust by the end of it, but it made the final scenes breathtaking to read!

Don’t miss this story, it’s truly something readers will love!!

This is perfect for fans of David Sodergren, Brian Smith, and Craig DiLouie!

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This is a wild one. It starts out like an extreme horror nightmare, morphs into a religious horror nightmare, throws in a pandemic and from there it just blows you away. And this all in a novella length story. It’s well written with great characters and enough fun to not take itself too seriously. Recommended.

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In this book we follow Gary a down on his luck film maker doing whatever it takes to pursue his love for the craft. This story hits the gas and never lets up till the final page. Plenty of bloody gory scenes occur as Gary gets a job as a director of snuff films and his life begins to unravel. This is horror done in all the right ways.

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This was an enjoyable read, a well-crafted novella blending the urban legend of snuff films with supernatural and religious horror. It starts rather tamely, with the world facing a pandemic with very uncomfortable and embarrassing symptoms, but the action and the suspense escalate pretty fast; before you know it, you're already deep into demonic rituals and satanic cults. The main character, an ambitious filmmaker wannabe, is obviously flawed, fetishizes gore and horror, and soon finds himself directing snuff films. Although he's given plenty of reasons to regret his choice, especially when he realizes who he's working for, the money and the promise of making his own film lure him deeper into the world of his mysterious benefactor. At some point, he can no longer go on, and then things get really bad for him - and for everyone else as well, as the end of the world seems to have arrived. The ending was very surprising, taking into account the revelation about the protagonist, and it seems to leave space open for a sequel.

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"on the ride back to his apartment, Gary felt as if he murdered that priest himself. Now that he had seen a genuine snuff film, he wasn't sure if it was such a good idea. There was a major difference between watching cheap-looking zombies in Italian films eat people as fake blood splashed across the screen, and listening to a man plead for his life as two masked assailants slowly butchered him, right on the altar where Gary assumed he performed Sunday services."


From dream come true to worst nightmare. Certified horrorphile Gary Mcckay is about to gamble his soul. He has a thing for the 80s, particularly related to horror cinema.
When his film entry got rejected, things started to get a turn from crazy interesting to downright nasty and horrendous.
Shit started when he bought a snuff film of a priest (child molester) being murdered from a man he soon will know as 'thirty-six'. Soon, he will get to witness unalive sessions of these selected 'talents' by being offered a job (5 thousand dollars to direct each snuff film). Will he partake? Will he continue to take his obsession further? Is declining even an option without dire consequences?
Like a moth to a flame, we will witness how he gets lured further down the rabbit hell-hole by this mysterious man named 36.


Fastpaced...gruesome...atrocious...
demented - the cunning antagonist reminded me a bit of Leland Gaunt from Needful Things and some setting/scenarios I kinda imagine like Hell-bound heart when surrounded by Pinhead and his team of Cenobites.

Thanks to NetGalley, Death's head press and Dead Sky Publishing for the arc 🖤

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This was an interesting book. Enjoyed the story, the pacing, and the characters. Read it in one sitting, as I had to know what happened next. #AtMidnightWePossessTheDamned #NetGalley

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This horror story is not for the faint. It's gruesome, disturbing. Be warned.

How does one become a director of snuff films? Read on and you'll find out. And you'll also have nightmares.

Well-written. Suspenseful. Horror/thriller.

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ABSOLUTELY AWESOME- if this book isn’t on your radar, you need to check it out!

“The video you are about to see is real, and will be seen by your eyes and the eyes of three more people at a later date. This video will then be destroyed.”

A run down amateur film student gets an opportunity to break back into the movie world when he’s offered a well paying gig. The catch- he’ll be directing snuff films. Soon he’s caught up in a world of trouble, with forces for good and evil playing tug of war with his mind, body, and soul.

This story totally caught me by surprise- I was thinking it would be your basic splatterpunk, or extreme horror (nothing wrong with that), but the plot just became more and more twisted and intriguing. I could not believe the ending and what became of our main character Gary; it was FUCKING wild!!!!

I’ve been seeing a lot of red room/dark web/ snuff film stories in the horror world lately, and I appreciate each author’s take on this disgusting and gruesome topic. However, Duza & Cato spin this plot on its head- totally throwing readers off the scent of what they think is going on. It’s so well written and was an enthralling treat of a tale to read.

Thank you to NetGalley, the authors, and Dead Sky Publishing/ Death’s Head Press for a copy.

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This book hit the itch I needed to scratch. This is definitely extreme horror and gore done really well. The cover is sick too.

The writing style pulls you in and the descriptions are placed in sparingly but are incredibly demented. This is very creative gore and I am here for it. The attention to detail was awesome.

I didn't love the weird fake news bit and using the word "tweaker" to describe a houseless individual dependent on drugs, but I believe this was done to villainize the protagonist, so it worked. This book covers the Satanic Panic a bit as well, which was interesting to see play out.

The one thing I did not enjoy was the COVID virus being a theme throughout the book. I just wanted some gore splatter and am a bit fatigued by COVID. I quite literally have COVID currently, so this just takes me out of the story. Initially it contributed to the plot, but now it's on almost every 5 pages and it becomes a lot. However, it is part of the villain's personality.

I could barely stomach this book, so I'm giving it 4 stars even with the things I didn't love, because there's a good chance they were done intentionally.. This scratched an itch and I feel quite evil and disturbed now. Super unconventional but accessible horror book.

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If you were offered a life changing amount of money but you had to edit some down right disturbing footage. Would you? This book honestly reminded me of legion mixed with night crawler but the gore of that movie where the dudes are on vacation and rich people torture people. Oh yes Hostel! The gore was honestly very tastefully done it wasn’t revolting in any way. This is a novella so the main character isn’t crazy flushed out but he does his job. I’m honestly interested in another book about what he chooses to do with his talent now.

Thanks to NetGalley, Death's head press and Dead Sky Publishing and the authors for the arc!

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