Horror Authors on Their Fall Film Adaptations

Three horror novels by Josh Malerman, Virginia Feito, and Daniel Kraus are being adapted into films releasing this fall: "Other Mommy" (Oct. 9), "Whalefall" (Oct. 16), and "Victorian Psycho" (Nov. 13), respectively. The authors discussed their involvement in the adaptations, with Malerman serving as executive producer, while Feito and Kraus wrote screenplays. They noted the films feature starry casts including Jessica Chastain, Maika Monroe, and Austin Abrams, and have generated early buzz through trailers and festival premieres. The authors emphasized they do not write with Hollywood in mind, with Kraus stating that thinking about adaptation while writing a novel would kill it. They also debated which protagonist has the worst day, with the whale scenario in "Whalefall" being deemed the most terrifying.