Max thinks horror movies are stupid. Why would you pay to go to something that frightens you? Not that he would be scared. It’s make-believe. Just a movie. He vows he would just choose NOT to be scared.

To prove a point, he decides that his new school movie project, with buddy and classmate Hugo, will be a horror movie. Max believes all he has to do is make people scream and film it. No brainer right? It was easy at school wasn’t it? Just let out the most blood curdling scream on the playground, and their teacher came running. Every. Single. Time.

Supplies are bought. Green slime has to star in this movie, along with fake body parts and light switch trickery. The timing is perfect with Max & Hugo’s parents going to a quiz night, and a new babysitter (Max refuses to accept he needs one) will be their unwilling victim.

But things turn on Max, Hugo, and the babysitter. And that’s even before Max’s baby sister vanishes! Maybe horror stories are scary – especially when they’re in your own house!

Another funny tale starring eleven year old Funny Kid – Max. Max is determined to prove he’s not scared of horror movies, and so begins a plan to shoot his own.

Plans go awry fairly quickly and spectacularly and ‘brave’ Max has to admit that maybe he isn’t so brave. Especially after he wets his pants, screams more than the baby-sitter and then is really scared when his baby sister goes missing. She’s okay by the way, but these scenes are funny like only Funny Kid can be.

I have read many of the books in this series – which you don’t need to read in order – and loved every one.

Roll on Halloween!

Author/ Illustrator – Matt Stanton

Age – 7+

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(2024, Harper Collins, Funny, Humour, Ghosts, Babysitter, School Project, Home-made Movie, Plans not going to plan, Pranks, Tricks, Slime, Baby Sister, Missing Child, Series, Mystery)