Since then, all of my tie-in novels (two Angel novels and now two Supernatural novels) have resulted from editors contacting me, asking if I’d like to submit proposals. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ghoul Trouble became my first tie-in novel. She invited me to submit and outline a sample chapter. A San Francisco Chronicle reviewer wrote that WITHER “hits the groove that makes TV’s ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ such a kick.” I was a big “Buffy” fan, so I approached the “Buffy” tie-in novel editor with that quote. I’ve been working in the supernatural and paranormal thriller genres ever since. Shortly thereafter, Pocket Books purchased the book rights. JOHN PASSARELLA: I wrote in various genres before Columbia Pictures purchased the movie rights to my co-authored first novel, the supernatural thriller WITHER. Can you tell us a bit about how you began writing professionally, how you got the gig for Supernatural: Night Terror and what that particular experience was like? I'll tell you, though, it's too bad family crises aren't this easily resolved by a boy's night out in the woods.AMANDA DYAR: Supernatural: Rite of Passage is only one of many novels you’ve published that deals primarily with supernatural and horror themes. In spite of what I've read in a few of the other reviews, the little bit of violence and profanity in this picture are of the PG-13 variety as a matter of fact, it could have been a bit more aggressive with it's sexuality and brutality in order to intensify the motivations culminating in this one-night, boys-to-men catharsis. Still, I doubt if a lot of the enthusiasm for this film would be there without Behr's good looks. No small mention should be made of Jason Behr, a WB-TV pretty-boy type who really carries the picture with a surprisingly inspired performance although a lot of sympathy for his character is still a result of his physical appeal, he does a very good job here alongside excellent performers like Dean Stockwell and James Remar.
It's an involving little ensemble drama with an amazing amount of tension and truth.
In spite of this theatrical, TV-movie veneer, RITES OF PASSAGE is still a satisfying low-budget feature thanks to a very appealing cast and the mature, sure-handed direction of Victor Salva (POWDER). I say routine, because the conflicts are reasonably familiar: the father's having a mid-life, extra-marital fling one son's gay and the other son's bogged down in his own suburban mediocrity not to mention that the whole drama takes place overnight in the woods, an almost absurd setting for all the abounding macho bonding. This is basically a character-driven thriller exploring some routine familial issues between a middle-class father and his two sons.
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