The Art Of Vintage Horror Novels вђ Fit Newsroom The art of vintage horror novels. from the late 1960s to the mid ’90s, horror novels ruled the publishing world. stories about devil dolls, haunted villages, and giant insect attacks sported deliciously lurid covers, and sold millions of copies. a few years ago, author grady hendrix discovered the little people, a long forgotten paperback. Jan 2, 2021 from the late 1960s to the mid ’90s, horror novels ruled the publishing world. stories about devil dolls, haunted villages, and giant insect attacks sported deliciously lurid covers, and sold milli….
Pin On Spitball Horror themes are swiped and reused from one artist to another – and, thus, throughout the 1960s 1980s you see the same basic tropes played out again and again on horror paperbacks, comic books, vhs boxes and magazine covers. this is not a criticism – reusing a theme is nothing to be ashamed of. indeed, all art borrows from other artworks. Piggybacking on your mentions of the fisherman and the terror: i really love it when modern horror novels recontextualize old paintings for the cover art. both novels do it very well. i haven't read it yet, but i'd point to a sick grey laugh by nicole cushing as another good example of it. Also read: butcher billy turns stranger things into paperback horror novels sorry about the quality of some of the images. you know how it goes trying to find high res of these kinds of cult items. 33 .) house of leaves by mark z. danielewski. lists it appears on: best horror novels. bbc. “years ago, when house of leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the internet.
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