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Young Adult horror books from the 1990s are some of the most prominent titles of the genre, but some still need to be adapted for TV. There is a 2024 trend of books about horror movies, which proves that there is a bias, and there arent very many TV show adaptations of these novels. Sadly, very few of the best horror TV shows of all time have a literary connection.

Many of the greatest horror authors ever are best remembered for their works from the 90s. R. L. Stine and Christopher Pike are two incredible writers behind multiple notable book series, like Goosebumps and The Cheerleaders, both of which are memorable reads for 90s kids. Horror books are fascinating and petrify even those who arent easy to scare, and there are so many brilliant titles that deserve a TV show.

Give Me an A is a a horror, sci-fi, dark comedy response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade and will be screening Sunday April 2nd at 3:30 at the Overlook Film Festival. Ahead of the fest, I caught up with Natasha Halevi, who talked about the origins of this film, the quick turnaround on the project, tackling this important subject, and more:

Give Me an A was created as a response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. How did the idea of this project first come about?

On June 24th, 2022 Roe v. Wade was overturned. Like a lot women (and anyone of any gender affected) I crumpled to the ground sobbing. I felt powerless and totally out of control. I knew in many states people would be affected immediately. I heard the Clarance Thomas statement that contraception and same sex marriage would be next so I knew this...

The Cheerleaders

Stars: Stephanie Fondue, Denise Dillaway, Jovita Bush, Sandy Evans, Brandy Woods | Written by Ace Baandige, Paul Glickler, Tad Richards | Directed by Paul Glickler

High schooler Jeannie dreams of joining the school cheerleading squad in the hopes that popularity and a loss of virginity will follow. What she doesn’t know is that the cheerleaders of Amorosa High have to plan to help out the schools football team by literally taking one for their team and seducing their rivals into exhaustion and “riding” their team to victory.

Revenge Of The Cheerleaders

Stars: Jerii Woods, Cheryl “Rainbeaux” Smith, Helen Lang, Patrice Rohmer, David Hasslehoff | Written by Ted Greenwald, Nathaniel Dorsky, Ace Baandige | Directed by Richard Lerner

The cheerleaders of Aloha High School in California are some of the popular kids in their school thanks to their amorous behaviour. They’re also the cause of the school’s lecherous reputation for underage sex and drug abuse.

While it seems like since Rodriguez/Tarantino’s Grindhouse, a slew of other similar styled throwback films have cluttered up our appreciation of drive-ins, James Bickert’s upcoming biker/horror film Dear God No! is going to change that, giving us a loving “lost” film in the vein of Werewolves on Wheels. Killer Film caught up with the director, who’s in post-production finishing the score and sound mix as we speak, for the low down on what should be a fan favorite soon.

Jon: If IMDb is to be believed, it’s been about 10 years since your last directed film in Troma’s Dumpster Baby. During this interval, what led to Dear God No‘s inception?

James Bickert: IMDb is correct. Dear God No! was one of many projects I had planned to do 10 years ago. It was called The Sketchy Seven and more of a biker Seven Samurai-meets-Cemetery without Crosses.