Almost two decades after the film DEADGIRL stunned audiences with its audacity, and became an instant cult classic, it’s being reimagined as a novel. Deadgirl: The Novelization is set to be released May 6, 2025, by award winning author Bridgett Nelson. Nelson takes Haaga’s script and expands one key element of the script: The Deadgirl herself.

When two high school misfits—bound by boredom and adolescent hunger—ditch class to slip beyond the rusted doors of an abandoned hospital, they stumble upon a gruesome secret that will shatter their innocence and test the limits of their sanity: a woman, stripped bare and chained to a table.

She’s abandoned. She’s beautiful. She’s dead… or is she?

Celebrated author Bridgett Nelson breathes new life into Trent Haaga’s infamous, unholy fever dream—a harrowing exploration of intimacy, morality, and the horrors of growing up. DEADGIRL is a grotesque coming-of-age nightmare that peels back the skin of innocence to expose the raw, throbbing horror beneath.

You can look away. You can tell yourself it’s only a story. You may deny what it reveals about you.

But DEADGIRL will still be there—waiting.

The novelization also includes forewords by the main actors Shiloh Fernandez (Rickie) and Noah Segan (JT) and features an original short story by author Jeff Strand.

Deadgirl: The Novelization will be available wherever books are sold on May 6, 2025, with pre-order links available now exclusively from Encyclopocalypse.com, International and third-party pre-order links will be available soon.