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Bird Box

by Malerman, Josh

Book - 2014

This is the book that the Netflix movie is based upon. If you are looking for a fuller understanding of some of the themes in the movie (like the birds, a...Show more This is the book that the Netflix movie is based upon. If you are looking for a fuller understanding of some of the themes in the movie (like the birds, and a bit more description of the spectres that render those who see them suicidal) this may be a good place to start. Things may be more fully explained. Show less

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The 5th Wave

by Yancey, Richard

Book - 2015

The first in a series of YA novels. In The 5th Wave, Cassie finds herself in a world devastated by alien attack, desperate to save herself and find her lo...Show more The first in a series of YA novels. In The 5th Wave, Cassie finds herself in a world devastated by alien attack, desperate to save herself and find her lost brother. As the onslaught from the Others—the beings that look human and kill anyone they see—continues, Cassie’s mission is to stay alone and stay alive. Show less

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Deliverance

DVD - 2007

There is no alien invasion and the bad guys are certainly not inexplicable invaders but, there is plenty of whitewater rafting scenes, much like we see ne...Show more There is no alien invasion and the bad guys are certainly not inexplicable invaders but, there is plenty of whitewater rafting scenes, much like we see near the end of Bird Box. An excellent film that has aged well. Burt Reynolds and four weekend warrior friends head to the woods. They run into some locals and things get weird from there. The movie is famous for, among other things, the dueling banjos scene. Show less

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A Quiet Place

DVD - 2018

In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing. A powerful and evil force thr...Show more In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing. A powerful and evil force threatens to attack a family whenever they make a noise, causing them to plunge into lives of silence. Any move they make, they live with the terrifying threat of being ambushed at any moment. With their existence on the line, they will need to develop a plan to escape their perilous circumstances. The question is whether or not time has already run out on their aspirations to lead normal lives. This is another popular movie in the sensory deprivation genre. It's a stressful watch. Show less

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Station Eleven

by Mandel, Emily St. John

Book - 2014

This novel shares some of the same survival themes as Bird Box. . This ambitious story tackles a post-apocalyptic world in which a super flu has wiped out...Show more This novel shares some of the same survival themes as Bird Box. . This ambitious story tackles a post-apocalyptic world in which a super flu has wiped out the majority of the population. Ninety-nine percent of people die, leaving the world pockmarked with survivors. The main action surrounds a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. It shares the same hopeful ending as the Netflix movie as well. Show less

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The Silence

by Lebbon, Tim

eBook - 2015

More sensory deprivation horror. A family and their friends struggle to survive in a world overrun by ravenous creatures that hunt purely by sound. In th...Show more More sensory deprivation horror. A family and their friends struggle to survive in a world overrun by ravenous creatures that hunt purely by sound. In the darkness of a underground cave system, blind creatures hunt by sound. As the hordes lay waste to Europe, a girl watches to see if they will cross the sea. Deaf for many years, she knows how to live in silence; now, it is her family’s only chance of survival. To leave their home, to shun others, to find a remote haven where they can sit out the plague. But will it ever end? And what kind of world will be left? This is heading to the big screen later this year. There is, of course, much discussion accusing the producers of The Quiet Place of pilfering some of the ideas of this book for their movie. Read it and see for yourself. Show less

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Wait Until Dark

DVD - 2003

An early entry into the sensory deprivation genre. Starring the lovely Audrey Hepburn and first released in 1967 . A photographer unwittingly smuggles a d...Show more An early entry into the sensory deprivation genre. Starring the lovely Audrey Hepburn and first released in 1967 . A photographer unwittingly smuggles a doll stuffed with heroin into New York City. His recently blinded wife, alone in their apartment, is first terrorized by hired crooks, and then by the psychopathic Roat, in search of the doll. Incredibly intense. Show less

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The Fireman

by Hill, Joe

Book - 2016

A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities one by one: Boston, Detroit, Seattle. The doctors call it Draco Inc...Show more A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities one by one: Boston, Detroit, Seattle. The doctors call it Draco Incendia Trychophyton. To everyone else it’s Dragonscale, a highly contagious, deadly spore that marks its hosts with beautiful black and gold marks across their bodies—before causing them to burst into flames. Millions are infected; blazes erupt everywhere. There is no antidote. A chilling novel about a worldwide pandemic of spontaneous combustion that threatens to reduce civilization to ashes and a band of improbable heroes who battle to save it, led by one powerful and enigmatic man known as the Fireman. Show less

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