Universal Harvester (Hb)

New York Times Bestseller

Life in a small town takes a dark turn when mysterious footage begins appearing on VHS cassettes at the local Video Hut

Jeremy works at the counter of Video Hut in Nevada, Iowa. It?s a small town?the first ?a? in the name is pronounced ay?smack in the center of the state. This is the late 1990s, pre-DVD, and the Hollywood Video in Ames poses an existential threat to Video Hut. But there are regular customers, a predictable rush in the late afternoon. It?s good enough for Jeremy: It?s a job; it?s quiet and regular; he gets to watch movies; he likes the owner, Sarah Jane; it gets him out of the house, where he and his dad try to avoid missing Mom, who died six years ago in a car wreck.

But when Stephanie Parsons, a local schoolteacher, comes in to return her copy of Targets, starring Boris Karloff?an old movie, one Jeremy himself had ordered for the store?she has an odd complaint: ?There?s something on it,? she says, but doesn?t elaborate. Two days later, Lindsey Redinius brings back She?s All That, a new release, and complains that there?s something wrong with it: ?There?s another movie on this tape.?*This book may have remainder mark*