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Paperbacks from hell : the twisted history of '70s and '80s horror fiction
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Paperbacks from hell : the twisted history of '70s and '80s horror fiction
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Physical Description:
254 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Summary:
"Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary{u2019}s Baby. Complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles, this unforgettable volume dishes on familiar authors like V. C. Andrews and R. L. Stine, plus many more who{u2019}ve faded into obscurity. Also included are recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time and which should stay buried." --
Contents:
Hail, Satan -- Creepy kids -- When animals attack -- Real estate nightmares -- Weird science -- Gothic and romantic -- Inhumanoids -- Splatterpunks, serial killers, and super creeps.
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Publication Info:
Philadelphia : Quirk Books, [2017]

©2017.
Subject:
Horror tales -- History and criticism
Ghost stories -- History and criticism.
Paperbacks -- Illustrations -- Catalogs.
Pulp literature -- History and criticism.
Ghost stories -- Juvenile fiction
Ghosts -- Fiction
Ghosts -- Juvenile fiction
Bibliography -- Paperback editions
Paper backs
Paper-books
Paper-bounds
Paper-covers
Paperback books
Paperbooks
Paperbounds
Soft-covers
Softbound books
Softcovers
SAILS ISBN:
9781594749810