Not as well curated as other collections attended by Datlow. A curious homogeneity blunts the anthology and, at the end, only a few stories stand out.
Contains:
Introduction / Ellen Datlow --
Das Gesicht / Dale Bailey --
Drunk physics / Kelley Armstrong --
Exhalation #10 / A.C. Wise --
Scream queen / Nathan Ballingrud --
Family / Lisa Morton --
Night of the living / Paul Cornell --
The one we tell bad children / Laird Barron --
Snuff in six scenes / Richard Kadrey --
Insanity among penguins / Brian Hodge --
From the balcony of the Idawolf Arms / Jeffrey Ford --
Lords of the matinee / Stephen Graham Jones --
A Ben Evans film / Josh Malerman --
The face is a mask / Christophen Golden --
Folie à deux, or the ticking hourglass / Usman T. Malik --
Hungry girls / Cassandra Khaw --
Cut frame / Gemma Files --
Many mouths to make a meal / Garth Nix --
Altered beast, altered me / John Langan. ( )

Ellen Datlow has been editing dark fantasy and horror anthologies for decades, and she definitely knows how to do it. This anthology of all-original stories is no exception; there’s something for everyone here, really. Sometimes the concept of “Hollywood” or horror stories involving film is somewhat stretched, as in the last and longest story in the book (and the one that terrified me the most), “Altered Beast, Altered Me” by John Langan; other stories such as Josh Malerman’s “A Ben Evans Film” are a bit more traditional. As ever with such anthologies, each reader will have his or her favourites; the two mentioned above were mine, but there is a lot of variety in the stories and fans of horror will be amply rewarded. Recommended! ( )