Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix

Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

Grady Hendrix

254 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history horror adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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Written in dead letters... and covered in blood!Demonic possession! Haunted condominiums! Murderous babies! Man-eating moths! No plot was too ludicrous, no cover art too appalling, no evil too despicable for the Paperbacks From Hell.Where did they...

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Moods

informative 87%
funny 72%
dark 38%
lighthearted 22%
reflective 13%
adventurous 10%
inspiring 5%
relaxing 4%
mysterious 3%
tense 2%
challenging 1%
emotional 1%
hopeful 1%

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medium 29%
slow 7%

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