The 1980s are ablaze with Satanic Panic hysteria, and no one is feeling the heat worse than teenage headbanger Mark Looger.

His chain-smoking, Bible-thumping mother has declared war on his heavy metal way of life, trashing his records… ruining his chances with Tori Payne… even calling the barber!

Driven to the brink by her righteous fury, Mark dares to meddle in the dark arts and…

HYPNOTIZES HIS MOTHER!

At first, it totally rocks! She’s making him breakfast, handing over her Diners Club card, and letting him throw the biggest party Liberty Bend has ever seen!

But wait… oh no! Her hypnotized mind is also a slave to heavy metal itself! Every twisted lyric she hears becomes a command she must obey!

And as the hi-fi is cranked to 666, the night erupts into a bloodbath of unholy horror… becoming everything the PMRC, the six o’clock news, and your parents ever warned you about!

Audie Harrison is a writer, filmmaker, and animator. A graduate of the CalArts Character Animation Program, his directing credits include the Cartoon Network series Uncle Grandpa and Trick or Treat Scooby Doo! for Warner Bros. Animation. Headbanger! is Audie’s debut novel, inspired by a lifelong love of heavy metal, horror movies and Saturday-morning cartoons. He lives in Pasadena, California with his family and a collection of dusty guitars.