From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes an affectionate, nostalgic, and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970s and '80s 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'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'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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Quirk Books
Published: 09/19/2017
ISBN: 9781594749810
Pages: 256
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/31/2017
Booklist 08/01/2017 pg. 14
Library Journal 09/01/2017 pg. 117
Foreword 09/21/2017