David and Scott T. Goudsard have put together a strange and great reference for horror fans visiting Florida. They haven't over saturated the book with a ton of mainstream horror movies either. There are lots of literary and real life places mentioned.
Interestingly, they cover fictitious Florida towns from film and literature too!
This is just a good reference book for road trippers to keep on their shelf. Being me, I read it straight through taking notes. On my next Florida road trip, I will now be looking for filming locations seen in the Creature from the Black Lagoon Films.... I can take an air boat tour associated with a couple of horror films, and I can look for locations used in Edward Scissorhands!
I also learned about a cult now associated with a state park!
I learned some interesting Florida related facts concerning Maurice Gibb (and a score he did for a movie) and Stephen King. Also, as the authors discuss literature, I have added some interesting books to my reading list!
This is just a very uniquely done book.... I admire it's originality. It gets my highest possible recommendation
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