All Through the House: The Novelization
Fifteen years ago, the quiet, festive streets of a peaceful neighborhood were shattered by an unspeakable tragedy: Peter Garrett went to jail the same night his five-year-old daughter, Jamie Garrett, mysteriously disappeared from her bedroom, never to be seen again. The chilling events cast a shadow over the town, one that has lingered ever since.Now, the neighborhood is once again gripped by terror as a sadistic killer, cloaked in a grotesque Santa mask, embarks on a bloody rampage-slaughtering women and brutally castrating men, all while leaving cryptic clues that lead back to the Garrett house.
All Through the House: The Novelization
Fifteen years ago, the quiet, festive streets of a peaceful neighborhood were shattered by an unspeakable tragedy: Peter Garrett went to jail the same night his five-year-old daughter, Jamie Garrett, mysteriously disappeared from her bedroom, never to be seen again. The chilling events cast a shadow over the town, one that has lingered ever since.Now, the neighborhood is once again gripped by terror as a sadistic killer, cloaked in a grotesque Santa mask, embarks on a bloody rampage-slaughtering women and brutally castrating men, all while leaving cryptic clues that lead back to the Garrett house.
A Christmas Slasher with Dark Secrets and Gruesome Surprises
For many of us, Christmas means cozy nights in, surrounded by family, binge-watching the endless line-up of holiday movies that come to define the season. There’s a sense of comfort in those classic Christmas tales—stories about love, redemption, family, and holiday cheer. From A Christmas Carol to Scrooged, holiday films can be found to meet a wide range of tastes. Undoubtedly, there is something for everyone when it comes to holiday movies.
My family and I look forward to them every year, the warmth of tradition blending with a shared love for stories that capture the holiday spirit. But as a horror fanatic, I’ve often craved something darker amidst the cozy scenes of snowfall and merriment. I wondered, what if that nostalgic magic could be blended with something truly twisted? What if there were a holiday story that took all those Christmas staples, turned them on their heads, and served up a bloody good time?
Enter All Through the House: The Novelization by Joshua Millican, a brutal Christmas slasher that answers that question with both creativity and carnage. It’s the perfect mix of extreme horror and holiday nostalgia, a novel that understands the allure of classic Christmas magic—but adds a dark, sinister twist that redefines what “holiday cheer” can mean. Millican’s take on the cult horror film reimagines the cozy festive season as a nightmare playground, subverting expectations and delivering thrills that any horror lover would eagerly unwrap under the tree.
All Through the House plunges readers into a story as chilling as it is intriguing. Fifteen years after Jamie Garrett, a young girl from a peaceful suburban neighborhood, mysteriously disappeared from her bedroom, the community remains haunted by unanswered questions and unresolved pain. Jamie’s father, Peter Garrett, went to jail that same night, casting a long shadow over the community. And now, with Christmas lights twinkling on doorsteps and festive songs filling the air, terror returns. This time, it’s a masked figure with a grotesque Santa disguise, rampaging through the town and leaving behind a string of gruesome clues that somehow all point back to the Garretts.
Millican hooks readers with his expertly crafted tension, his writing weaving between a sense of festive nostalgia and deep foreboding. Each murder, each grotesque act of violence, feels sharpened by the holiday setting, transforming cheerful decorations and symbols into sinister backdrops for terror. This Santa isn’t just here to spread cheer; he’s on a mission, with a twisted vendetta that leaves men castrated, women slaughtered, and the neighborhood in chaos. Millican’s ability to blend psychological horror with outright brutality creates an atmosphere so eerie, you feel like you’re creeping down the blood-streaked streets yourself, afraid of what lurks in every shadow.
Where the novel truly shines, though, is in its slow unraveling of the Garrett family’s dark history. As readers, we’re drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse, piecing together what really happened to young Jamie and the truth behind Peter’s imprisonment. The Santa-masked killer becomes an almost mythical figure, the embodiment of every grim rumor, dark suspicion, and repressed memory surrounding that fateful night fifteen years prior. The neighborhood’s secrets come to light with each grisly murder, creating an intricate web of mystery and horror that builds to an explosive revelation.
Millican’s Santa isn’t just a mindless slasher but a hauntingly charismatic villain, each twisted act layered with cryptic clues and perverse holiday symbolism. His dark, ironic humor—a staple of Millican’s style—serves as a macabre wink to the reader, reminding us just how deliciously wrong this Christmas story is. For anyone who loves the idea of taking holiday cheer and running it through a blood-soaked filter, the book hits all the right notes. And just when you think you’ve got a handle on the horror, Millican deepens the psychological stakes, weaving in themes of loss, betrayal, and vengeance as the Garrett family’s dark past unfolds.
This novel isn’t just for fans of the cult film; Millican expands on the original story, providing deeper backstories for characters, darker insights into their motivations, and a richer sense of the tragedy that continues to haunt the neighborhood. Millican’s writing is immersive and relentless, giving us a slasher tale that feels both fresh and nostalgic, a perfect holiday horror for those craving something a bit more twisted for their Christmas reads.