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Paperbacks from Hell
The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
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Paperbacks from Hell
Celebrating the weird, gory, freaky, amazing horror fiction of the 70s and 80s. With vintage art, hilarious commentary, recommended reading, and poignant creator biographies.
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See the amazing vintage book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs!
Read the shocking plots involving devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate!
Learn the stories of long-forgotten creators as well as familiar names like V.C. Andrews and Anne Rice. 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. It's an affectionate, nostalgic, and unflinching tour through the horror fiction boom of the seventies and eighties, complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles. Plus, recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time... and which should stay buried.
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a 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.
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Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix is celebrated for its entertaining exploration of horror paperbacks from the 1970s and ’80s. Reviews highlight its humour, engaging storytelling, and nostalgic appeal, noting Hendrix's ability to bring the genre's quirky and eerie past back to life. Critics appreciate the book's loving examination of pulp book covers and its engaging presentation, appealing to fans of horror and design.
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ISBN: 9781594749810
Publisher: Quirk Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 September 2017
Country: United States
Imprint: Quirk Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 179.0mm
Height: 253.0mm
Weight: 970g
Pages: 256
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About the Author
Grady Hendrix is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorst r, My Best Friend's Exorcism (which is being adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and The Final Girl Support Group. Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell and These Fists Break Bricks- How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World.
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