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

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 despica…

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