Author: Cameron Roubique
Genre: Horror
Pages: 283, paperback
ISBN: 9781729122983
Opening Lines: "Almost no one knew about the bodies lying less than four feet beneath the polished hardwood floor of the Rollerville Disco Skating Rink."
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It's New Year's Eve 1980, and the students of DeAngelo's High School are lacing up theor skates for the All-Night New Year's Lock-In at the Rollerville Roller Disco. Some of them just want to skate and dance the night away to the pounding disco music. Some want to pull a few pranks and have a few laughs. For others, like Dan Parsons, tonight is a chance to move on and forget about his ex-girlfirned, maybe even flirt with Denise, that cute girl behind the snack counter. It seems like nothing can go wrong.
But there's a massive blizzard raging outisde, thick snow and ice are piling up against all the doors. There are those rumors that Rollerville was built over part of the old graveyard next door, and someone out there is watching. Also, a strange homeless man in theparking lot says that tonight will be the start of the so-called "Year of Blood."
A night of skating and New Year's fun is about to turn into a night of violence and bloody mayhem in Disco Deathttrap. Slasher fans rejoice, old school horror is back!
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In the 1970s and into the 1990s, the rollerskating rink was the place to be! Filled with the smells of cheap concessions and old carpeting, somehow kids would find themselves lined up to get into the rinks. It was the place to request the newest hits, beat the high score on Donkey Kong, or spend your money on zombies. As a kid, the biggest danger was catching your wheel on your boyfriend/girlfriend's skate during couples' skate and nose diving it into the cement or hardwood floor. Or maybe it was the embarrassment of the Hokey Pokey. Disco Deathtrap takes the sanctuary of the rollerskating rink and turns it into an old school slasher film.
