Informed by the eerie paranoia of horror film J M Tyrees uncanny novella follows a couple transplanted to Germanyamp10While in the throes of writing a book on Hitchcocks Vertigo a film scholar believes heamp8217s being followed by a strange presence Is this a supernatural force emanating from the prehistoric caves in the region one captured in lost footage from horror movies filmed in the area in the 1920s Or is he being stalked by his ex a mentor former lover and brilliant but problematic critic who claims to have discovered the secret history of a supernatural camera used in films by Murnau and Hitchcockamp10When our scholars wife disappears and the local police start investigating him he attempts to unravel a mystery that takes him to Berlin to Prague and into the haunted heart of movies whose scenes appear to be recurring in the presentamp10Moving between the double life of professional networking and obsessive unease The Haunted Screen blends the madness and obsession of academia with a dark thrilling current of psychological mystery
