''No One Gets Out Alive'' is a 2014 horror novel by British author

Adam Nevill Adam Nevill (also known as Adam LG Nevill) is an English writer of supernatural horror, known for his book ''The Ritual''. Prior to becoming a full-time author, Nevill worked as an editor. After publishing several novels through Pan Macmillan ...

. It was published in the United Kingdom in 2014 by Pan MacMillan and United States in 2015 by St. Martin's Press and focuses on a young woman who moves into a cheap apartment, only to find that she has put herself in danger by doing so.

Synopsis

Stephanie Booth is a young woman who works various temp jobs and is always strapped for cash. Because of this, she has always had fairly poor living environments and she is overjoyed when she finds a decently priced apartment in the

Perry Barr Perry Barr is a suburban area in north Birmingham, England. It is also the name of a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. Birmingham Perry Barr is also a parliamentary constituency; its Member of Parliament is Khalid Ma ...

neighborhood. While she does have some initial misgivings about the decision, the positives seem to outweigh the negatives and Stephanie eagerly signs on as a tenant. Soon after Stephanie begins to experience several strange and inexplicable phenomena that make her start to regret moving in, as she hears odd noises and feels a presence that begins to grow more hostile with each passing night.

Reception

Critical reception has been positive. The ''Lancashire Post'' gave ''No One Gets Out Alive'' a favorable review, writing that it was "a gripping, gruesome bone-chiller with resonant themes, a supernatural edge and an overwhelming sense of malevolence." '' Starburst'' and ''

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'' both gave positive reviews and commented on the book's bleak commentary on poverty, and ''Starburst'' wrote that the book was "one that’s frighteningly relevant and all the more compelling for it."

Awards

August Derleth Award The August Derleth Award is one of the British Fantasy Awards bestowed annually by the British Fantasy Society. The award is named after the American writer and editor August Derleth. It was inaugurated in 1972 for the best novel of the year, was n ...

(2015, won)

Film adaptation

On 8 September 2020,

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and

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announced that they would be adapting ''

No One Gets Out Alive ''No One Gets Out Alive'' is a 2014 horror novel by British author Adam Nevill. It was published in the United Kingdom in 2014 by Pan MacMillan and United States in 2015 by St. Martin's Press and focuses on a young woman who moves into a cheap a ...

'' as a film. Cristina Rodlo and

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were announced as part of the film's cast while

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would serve as executive producer alongside Adam Nevill,

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, and Will Tennant. The film was released 29 September 2021.

References

External links

* {{Adam Nevill 2014 British novels 2010s horror novels Novels set in Birmingham, West Midlands Novels by Adam Nevill British novels adapted into films Pan Books books