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by Grady Hendrix


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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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  • Title Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
  • Author Grady Hendrix
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Quirk Books, Philadelphia
  • Date 2017-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781594749810 / 1594749817
  • Weight 2 lbs (0.91 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 7 x 0.8 in (25.15 x 17.78 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Horror tales - History and criticism, Ghost stories - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016957818
  • Dewey Decimal Code 809.387

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2017, Page 14
  • Foreword, 09/21/2017, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 09/01/2017, Page 117
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/31/2017, Page 0

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 Horrorstr, 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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