Do you know what can make for a seriously striking cover? A simple colour palette. I’m talking no more than three, maybe four, colours.
That’s exactly what was chosen for the cover the upcoming essay collection Strange Blood: 70 Essays on Offbeat and Underrated Vampire Movies, edited by Vanessa Morgan. And it works so very, very well.
You’ll have a chance to take a look at it in a moment, but first, hop on over to the Rafflecopter, where Vanessa’s giving away a copy of Strange Blood before its official April release.
Alright, ready to see this cover?
Don’t you just love the way that red pops? It really gets that horror and vampire mood across well.
About Strange Blood
This is an overview of the most offbeat and underrated vampire movies spanning nine decades and 23 countries.
Strange Blood encompasses well-known hits as well as obscurities that differ from your standard fang fare by turning genre conventions on their head. Here, vampires come in the form of cars, pets, aliens, mechanical objects, gorillas, or floating heads. And when they do look like a demonic monster or an aristocratic Count or Countess, they break the mold in terms of imagery, style, or setting.
Leading horror writers, filmmakers, actors, distributors, academics, and programmers present their favorite vampire films through in-depth essays, providing background information, analysis, and trivia regarding the various films. Some of these stories are hilarious, some are terrifying, some are touching, and some are just plain weird. Not all of these movies line up with the critical consensus, yet they have one thing in common: they are unlike anything you’ve ever seen in the world of vampires. Just when you thought that the children of the night had become a tired trope, it turns out they have quite a diverse inventory after all.
About Vanessa Morgan
Vanessa Morgan is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books in the horror genre. Three of her stories (The Strangers Outside, Next to Her and A Good Man), have become movies. When she’s not working on her latest book, you can find her reading, watching horror movies, digging through flea markets, or photographing felines for her blog Traveling Cats.
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