This is like a bible for horror fans. It chronicles the historical origins of horror literature throughout the ages and the hundreds of forms it has tThis is like a bible for horror fans. It chronicles the historical origins of horror literature throughout the ages and the hundreds of forms it has taken over decade after decade. It explores dozens of unique genres and concepts, the novels that helped give birth to these categories and helped shape horror into what we eventually came to know it as in modern times. Many have stood the test of time, many others have faded into obscurity but provide plenty of cheesy thrills if you ever decide to dig through the big pile of golden oldies.
There's some legendary books mentioned in here liked Stephen King's IT, Dracula, Rosemary's Baby, The Omen, The Exorcist, the works of Lovecraft and Poe, Clive Barker, Shirley Jackson, Dean Koontz, Ramsey Campbell and many more. There's also tons of absolutely bizarre and weird vintage horror stuff in here that's pure pulpy ridiculousness. While these many books range greatly in terms of quality and content, one thing they all have in common is that they certainly aren't boring or unimaginative.
Paperbacks from Hell discusses various subgenres such as the big staples like paranormal horror, gothic horror, cosmic horror, psychological thrillers, as well as the more wild side like creature features, splatterpunk, bizarro fiction, pulp sword & sorcery, alien westerns, evil children, man-eating bugs, murderous fetuses, possessed animals and so on.
An essential read for any horror fan. It will give you a lot of background information on some of your favorite books and genres, as well as introduce you to plenty of new ones you've probably never even heard of.
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