His father, this year Jim's father Dan, is forced to carve a face for the creature and then later persuade the creature to let itself be caught if it does happen to make it to the church by midnight.
While the winner's family does receive their prizes, the winning boy is killed so that he may become the new creature the following year when he is resurrected as a gnarled monster with a pumpkin head. Unbeknownst to the participants, the truth behind the ritual is far darker than what they would expect. Winners are frequently idolized and last year's winner, Jim Shepard, is no exception. The winner of the hunt receives the ability to leave the hamlet - something not otherwise possible- and his family is given a new home, car, and a year free from bills. Girls are forbidden from participating or being outside during the hunt. They are tasked with catching the creature before it makes it to the hamlet's church, which it must do before midnight in order to win the ordeal. The novel is set in an unnamed Midwestern hamlet where each year all of the young men take part in a yearly ritual where they hunt a giant pumpkin-headed creature that arises from the corn, known as both "Sawtooth Jack" and the "October Boy". Ī film adaptation of the novel was set to be released in 2022, but was pulled from the release schedule.
The book is set in a hamlet where its young men must confront a creature each year in the hopes that they will win a desirable prize. Dark Harvest is a 2006 horror novel by Norman Partridge.
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